On Dec 9, 11:02*am, David Cantrell wrote:
I'm reading the new Sherlock Holmes story "The House of Silk" by Anthony
Horowitz, and I'm very much afraid that he hasn't done his homework
properly. *He mentions a train service from Wimbledon to London Bridge
in November 1890. *I very much doubt that such a service existed, am I
right? *I'd like to check my facts before mentioning it in my book
review!

Certainly there is no such service now, and while the route was
*possible* (Wimbledon to Clapham Junction then onto the inner South
London Line and thence to London Bridge via Peckham Rye) I can't see
why it would exist, given that Wimbledon to Waterloo is so much shorter
and quicker, and Waterloo is so close to London Bridge anyway.

Certainly there is a Wimbledon to London Bridge service now, via Tulse
Hill.
Not many though, the ones I've found a

Southbound: 0600, 0630, 0658, 0729, 0806, 1706, 1737, 1808
Northbound: 0632, 0702, 0731, 0802

Doesn't seem to be any northbounds in the evening, and the southbound
takes an hour compared to the northbound's half hour because it goes
around the Sutton loop. (They start / terminate at Wimbledon)

Half an hour isn't probably much different to train to Waterloo and
tube or
walk to London Bridge.