Mizter T wrote:

I would contest that at peak times the Dartford to Victoria service is
loaded pretty heavily, at least it is on leaving Victoria. It also
seems to have a reasonable patronage by day, but then again perhaps my
subjective judgement is a bit wonky.

My limited experience would bear that out. When I boarded the train it
about 10 min before departure I thought it was fairly empty. By the time
it left, people were standing on each others shoulders.
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