MIG wrote:
On Jul 28, 7:58 pm, asdf wrote:
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...-

They have plenty of services to Dartford and are pretty easy to get to
from Hampton Court etc (OK one change for London Bridge).

The evidence presented at the TL2K inquiry stated that 95% of passengers got
on or off in the central area. This suggest that a Hampton to Dartford
service missing London might only have 5% loadings.