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Why did Thameslink by-pass Crystal Palace?
In uk.railway MIG wrote:
On 6 Feb, 18:56, "Yokel" wrote: I personally had a go on the Guildford route once. Â*It was like one of those enthusiasts' railtours - you got to see a lot of interesting track and not a few junction curves, but unless you were out for pleasure or had a phobia about the Underground it was a pretty pointless exercise. Â*Anyone travelling to some purpose for whom journey time had any importance could find a number of much quicker options. I had a go too. It was something like a little under 1h30 from Guildford to King's Cross. That was handy as we had luggage and didn't want to traipse around the tube, but anyone who wanted to do it unencumbered was best going to Waterloo. Yokel's description chimes with my memory of it. I don't know if it's just me, but unrefurbished 319s/455s slowly trundling around south London stopping everywhere aren't my idea of a nice journey. (I tar all the Guildford New Line services with the same brush) But West Croydon and Sutton to Guildford is useful. Just saves changing drivers and turning trains round. Similar to Victoria to Portsmouth etc: plenty of demand along the route even if not much end to end traffic. Unless they've gone, there are still Guildford trains to London Bridge via West Croydon, but they're peak hours only. I've certainly seen Electrostars in platform 1 at Guildford, so they've been running fairly recently. Theo |
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