"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 11:42:40 on
Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Paul Scott remarked:
I won't believe it's finished until I can
get a through train from Cambridge to Gatwick - one of the original
attractions of the scheme for me.

Not a total pessimist then, they won't believe it's finished until they
can
get from Littlehampton to Kings Lynn...

Without changing trains? One of the enigmas about the plans are that
there are just three routes north of London, but twelve to the south
(including four 'beyond' Gatwick).

http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...DetailsID=1195

Just having a dig at the amount of stale information about. The linked map
shows early ideas extracted from all the planning documentation, but as
captioned, that map is only 'indicative'. The difference south of the river
is that an hourly Thameslink service at say Guildford is just an add on to
other intensive services, it's a bit different on the northern network, as
you say the 3 to 12 is quite noticeable.

As regularly discussed here though, the current South London RUS no longer
shows the south west parts of the network, eg Littlehampton and Guildford.
The Wimbledon loop is also to be turned into a Blackfriars - London Bridge
service. This is to avoid too many fast/slow flat crossing moves south of
Blackfriars.

It is about time NR brought their Thameslink site more up to date...

Paul