On 10 Nov, 22:06, "Peter Masson" wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote

I don't think Wembley Central was ever really designed to be used as
it is now. The DC line platforms have always had a very regular
service (both Watford- Euston and Bakerloo) and hence at some point in
the fairly recent past were gated. I'm not sure whether the other
platforms were ever in regular use before the current Southern service
(which started back in Connex South Central days and originally
extended up to Rugby). I'm also unsure of how many of these services
called at Wembley Central at the beginning - this service certainly
calls there more often nowadays than it did.

For many years after 1966 the only passenger use the Wembley Central Fast
and Slow Line platforms got was a call by a very early morning passenger and
news train out of Euston, plus specials for events at Wembley Stadium. When
the Connex Southcentral (now Southern) service started there were no stops
at Wembley Central, and most didn't stop at Harrow & Wealdstone either.

Peter


Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

I didn't realise that the Connex service only had a few stops at H&W
when it began.

Am I right in saying the Connex service to Rugby was in fact launched
in pre-Connex days by Network SouthCentral (the pre-privatisation
Train Operating Unit as was before it fell under Connex ownership)?
And was it originally planned by Network SouthEast or was it a genuine
bit of innovation by the managers of Network SouthCentral?