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Morden to Sutton - still possible?
Was the line ever in Beeching plans for closure. The trouble with the
line is that on many of the stations St Helier, Morden South, South Merton, Wimbledon Chase the connections are pretty easy to the Underground either at Morden or Wimbledon. Even Sutton Common it is a relatively short bus ride to Morden and in West Sutton's case it is also pretty near Sutton. The line is ideal for conversion to tram operation with a Morden diversion between South Merton and Morden South. The patronage figure are poor. Trains from Kingston, Raynes Park, Epsom etc could then be diverted via Tooting, Streatham and onto the Thameslink system. The tram has totally boosted the Wimbledon-West Croydon line and I'm sure similar could happen on this line. Martin Mizter T wrote: Mystery Flyer wrote: The line and timetable doesnt work in 3 ways. (snip) 2) Getting to Kings Cross Thameslink (the only time I use these trains now) from Wimbledon takes over an hour including lots of what seems to be 10mph chugging. Wimbledon to KX Thameslink is 44 minutes according to the timetable. Wimbledon - Vauxhall - KXSP via Victoria Line is quicker of course, though more of a hassle with heavy luggage. Obviously if you're coming from a station between Sutton and Wimbledon the Thameslink journey will take longer. I agree that there does seem to be considerable amount of "10mph chugging",as you put it, on this route. There train often wait at the platforms at Herne Hill and Blackfriars, and there's a general sense of sluggishness. 3) Its *very* hard to fathom out where the trains are going since they are timetabled 'Sutton' or not at all - they often don't show up on the Wimbledon destination boards at all even though they are on the online timetable. I think the trains are either described as Sutton via Wimbledon if they're going clockwise, or Wimbledon via Sutton if anti-clockwise (though perhaps the via point doesn't appear all the time). I've not had information problems at Wimbledon before, at least not with the indicator on the bi-directional Thameslink platform - it has correctly shown clockwise departures to Sutton, and anti-clockwise (i.e. via central London) departures to Luton/Bedford/St. Albans. |
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