Grumpy wrote:
The Govt. statement mentions a virtual doubling of services through
central London. And it's the full job with the GN linked in.

Currently they run at approx 4 minute headways, which implies at
future 2 minute headways. Which will be a nice trick if you can pull
it off especially given the junction at St P.

But doesn't this beg the question as to whether the decision to give
St P only 2 platform faces, rather than 4 (losing an easy once in a
lifetime opportunity) ranks as one of the most stupid ever made ?


Indeed, to run Thameslink successfully at such a high frequency, you
would think that an extra platform or two on the central London
section of the route would be essential.

The money saved was probably a small amount (a couple of tens of
millions) compared with the overall £5 billion cost of the project.
Short sighted in the extreme.