On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:35:14AM +0100, Jim wrote:

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ...

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On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 09:35:14AM +0100, Jim wrote:

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ...

West Hampstead is not noted for having loads of tourists daily

David Cantrell wrote:

I much preferred the original name of ST PAUL'S THAMESLINK but
presumably this was changed to avoid confusion with St Pauls underground
station.

Ahh, that must be why there's no West Hampstead Thameslink. Oh, wait ...

The West Hampstead are all within easy walking distance for the typical
interchange traffic. City Thameslink is rather far from St Paul's to serve
as a useful interchange, especially given that Thameslink serves two
airports and that many more tourists would use it.
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On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9 wrote:

When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost
a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station
from Monday to Friday?

Since the nice new Bankside entrance to Blackfriars has opened, which is
near my office, I've found myself using Thameslink fairly regularly when
heading towards northwards - but given the extremely short distance
between City Thameslink and Blackfriars (and really, between Farringdon
and City Thameslink) why you'd want to keep City Thameslink there at all?

On 2012\06\04 13:14, martin_petrov wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9 wrote:

When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems almost
a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is this station
from Monday to Friday?

Since the nice new Bankside entrance to Blackfriars has opened, which is
near my office, I've found myself using Thameslink fairly regularly when
heading towards northwards - but given the extremely short distance
between City Thameslink and Blackfriars (and really, between Farringdon
and City Thameslink) why you'd want to keep City Thameslink there at all?

Keeps down dwell times at the other two... could be important when the
line gets 24 tph.

On Jun 3, 11:24*am, Robin9 wrote:
I use public transport mainly at weekends so my experiences almost
certainly are not representative of what most people have to contend
with.

When I pass through City Thameslink Station at weekends it seems
almost a ghost station, with no passengers in sight. How busy is
this station from Monday to Friday?

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Well the City itself is pretty much a ghost town at weekends -
virtually all the shops are closed!

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Well the City itself is pretty much a ghost town at weekends -
virtually all the shops are closed!

You obviously han't visited for a while; One New Change is open all weekend,
as are a lot nearby shops along Cheapside, and there are plenty of
customers.

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On 03/06/2012 16:35, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Sun, 3 Jun 2012 11:24:33 +0100, Robin9
wrote:


Don't know about M-F off peak though.



One could say just from a glance that passenger volumes are respectable,
though I have no stats on that.