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Posted by David Fairthorne on Sat Oct 30 01:03:25 2004, in response to Re: London's five-year plan, posted by Rail Blue on Fri Oct 29 18:51:21 2004. Pedantic correction: 9-13 are long enough; 8 and 14-16 can only fit eight cars.I meant that all stations on the fast Brighton line (Quarry line) have 12 car platforms. Some 12-car peak hour Southern services do run from London Bridge to Bognor, Eastbourne, Littlehampton and Brighton. I would like a few more 12-car London Bridge to Brighton Southern trains in peak hours, rather than crowded 8-car Thameslink trains. One problem is that, south of the Thames, Thameslink trains take different routes in peak and off-peak hours, due in part to the London Bridge bottleneck. That bottleneck will not go away unless Thameslink 2000 or something like it is built. Another problem is that the Brighton service is less frequent in peak hours than off-peak, and it's overcrowded. Here is a slightly modified plan that eliminates the need for a Thameslink service to terminate in the busy East Croydon area. On the Brighton line, I suggest 2 tph serving London Bridge and 2 tph via Herne Hill. To avoid the London Bridge bottleneck, the 2 tph serving London Bridge would terminate there, be operated by Southern, and be extended to 12 cars in peak hours. For a relatively long distance service 2 tph is quite sufficient. There already are two off-peak stopping patterns. Stops between Haywards Heath and Brighton only have 2 tph (one of which goes to Watford). The local loop could stay on one route all day (Thameslink - Wimbledon - Sutton - Thameslink or London Bridge terminus). Other local routes could be added to Thameslink, such as the Catford loop. Moorgate would remain open, at least in peak hours, because it is useful, and because you need more tph north of the Thames. |
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