"Theo Markettos" wrote in message
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David Cantrell wrote:
Gosh, and there are so many trains to London Bridge from places like
Lewes! And even if you start at a station which does have services to
both Victoria and London Bridge, it's often quicker to just take the
first train and change than to wait for a direct train.

Is there a capacity issue with stopping Southern trains at Clapham
Junction
in the peaks? SWT claim there aren't enough paths on their side, so in
the
peaks everything long-ish distance goes through non-stop. Not much point
having an interchange if most of the commuters can't use it.

AIUI both SWT and Southern don't like stopping longer distance trains at CJ
in the peaks to discourage their use for short hops.

It isn't just at CJ but SWT reduce stops at Surbiton and Wimbledon as well.
I don't know if it is still true but there used to be an hour gap in the
evening peak if you wanted a train from Wimbledon to Surbiton (something
which is about every 10 minutes for most of the day).

tim