On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:51:13 +0000, Paul Corfield
wrote:

Err I don't think so. It was originally Paddington - Whitechapel. The
extension to Mile End followed later.

I sit corrected

The huge difference though was that the 205 was given a 10 minute
frequency serving all stops every day of the week at main travel times
while the 705 was half hourly only and limited stop and I'm not even
sure it was a daily service. I think that if the 705 had been every 10
minutes serving all stops then it would have done equally as well.

Valid point, but it (like the RV1) would still have been quite slow -
an advantage of the 205 is that it's basically just straight up the
Euston/City Roads so there isn't much weaving about to be done, unlike
Sarf ov da Rivva.

But I guess the RV1 in a way *is* part of the southern Stationlink -
it certainly links Fenchurch St with Waterloo, at which you can take a
Red Arrow to Victoria (I think)...

Neil

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