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Graeme Wall · November 23rd 04, 10:24 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

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In uk.railway Graeme Wall wrote:
Given my national rail (aka SWT) train to Waterloo doesn't stop at
Vauxhall that is not a great deal of help. I'm in the quadrant that is
probably most affected by the change. I'm too far west to make using
Ashford at all attractive and too far south for an easy journey to St
Pancras. Also will there be CIV tickets available?

I must be missing something as I do Waterloo-St Pancras everytime I
go and see my girlfriend in Bournemouth (thus avoiding Virgin voyagers
and CT fun since the Cov-Loughborough service was shelved). This is
sometimes with a _large_ rucksack or trolley for a week's stay. I
usually go St.Pancras to Leicester Square on the Piccy and then on to
Waterloo on the Northern. There's a few steps in there and sometimes
the Tube can be a bit packed (especially at peak times) but its not a
big deal IMHO.

Point is that the extra time taken to get from Waterloo to St Pancras neatly
cancels out the time saved by building the CTRL, bit of a bummer!

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