Paul Terry wrote:
In message ,
Richard J. writes

Paul Terry wrote:

Its only a short walk to Richmond station, from where a fast
train will get to Waterloo in 10 minutes.

Not that fast, in the afternoon anyway; 19 minutes is the fastest.

Yes, sorry - that should have been 20 minutes, not 10.

Curiously, despite having 4 tracks from Barnes onwards, none of the
all-stations stopping trains are overtaken by the fasts.

With the current timetable, the four-track section is used to allow
the fasts to overtake Hounslow loop stopping-services in the up
direction.

Not in the afternoon when the OP would be travelling, unless you can
give an example.
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Richard J.
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