On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:53:22 -0700 (PDT), MIG wrote:

Do we know if Network Rail has considered converting Waterloo back
into a thru station? *One could see Hampton Court and Kingston Loop
trains running thru to the Dartford loop. *Meanwhile operation of
Charing Cross would be simplified. *There would also be economies of
fleet size and reduction in platform utilization.

No thank you. Southeastern has enough delays of its own without importing
more from South West Trains.

Anyway, the spur would probably be haunted by the ghost of South Eastern
Railway director Captain Warren, who was struck and killed by a train when
he was walking on the spur.


If one was gonna run from Hampton Court to Dartford, wouldn't it be
simpler to run via Wandsworth Road etc? (Or does everything have to
go to Hackney for some reason?)

That would miss out the rather important stops at Waterloo and London
Bridge...