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08:57:30 on Tue, 7 Apr 2009, Mizter T remarked:
The Thameslink services are going to be non-stop from London Bridge to
East Croydon, then non-stop again to Gatwick - so what makes them
pretty slow south of SPILL, the trudge through the 'Thameslink core'?
I'm kind of expecting that the core section will pick up some speed
after (at least some of) the works have been done.

Part of it's the core, and part is the generally low speed on the line
to Brighton. London Bridge to Gatwick is 24 miles, timetabled currently
at 29 minutes. 100mph it ain't. (The ride is terrible, too).
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Roland Perry