On 16 Sep, 21:08, EE507 wrote:
On Sep 16, 8:44*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

Opening on Sunday 28th September according to the BBC, the article goes on
to mention that the station will be served by a (Southern) East Croydon -
Milton Keynes service (but see below...)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7618263.stm

Funnily enough, the trainline shows that on 15th December, Southern will be
running to MK hourly, but only from Clapham Junction, as there no longer
appear to be any through trains from further south.

Was this change expected at this early stage - I thought the initial plan
from the RUS _was_ for EC to MK and the cut back to CJ was for a later
change...

The NXEC booking engine shows hourly off-peak xx:10 ECR-MKC and xx:13
return services. The supposedly 455-worked 07:47 ECR-Shepherds Bush is
in there too.

GatEx Brighton extension timings also look accurate.

Is it clear what the 460s do during the high peak when 442 run to
Brighton? There are some London Victoria to Three Bridges services
via Redhill but these only go each half hour. The 1715 from Victoria
is the last Gatwick terminator and presumably forms the 1805 back. Is
there some complicated stepping up of 460s which allows the Three
Bridges via Redhill services to be 460s or something else going on?

Jonathan

PS: When can I expect to see the closure consultation for Acton Wells
Junction to Acton Poplar Junction and the other non-electrified lines
served by AXC services via Kensington Olympia?