On Jul 16, 10:40*pm, Theo Markettos theom
wrote:
That would be served by making them set-down/pick-up only, though, and not
advertise them as calling at CJ? *At CJ with trains to Waterloo from many
platforms, there's not much to be gained by standing on the fast Woking
lines platform on the chance of picking up a train to Waterloo, when there
are the slow lines plus the Windsor lines too with advertised trains. *Is it
really worth the commuter picking a packed 444 over a packed 455? *Does the
455's extra stops at Vauxhall (and maybe Queenstown Road) make such a
difference?

A 444 at Woking will be less packed than a 455 at Clapham, IMX. And
given the regularity of many Southern Region commuters' commutes, I
don't think advertised vs unadvertised makes much difference.

I've seen an article in the SWT magazine that described why they don't stop
in the up direction... IIRC a call takes about 1.5 mins which eats a path..
To switch to the slow lines to call eats even more paths.

Surely if the train behind is also stopping at CJ, then the net eating-
of-paths is 0?

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