In article ,
(Tim Roll-Pickering) wrote:

sweek wrote:

I'm sorry if this is a bit of a stupid questions, but by Wimbledon
loop do people mean the one with Sutton on it, right?

Yes.

What's the one from Clapham Junction to Richmond, Kingston and
Wimbledon called then?

The Kingston loop I think.

The Kingston roundabout.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 11 Apr, 15:58, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Please correct me if I'm being a bit geographically challenged, but isn't
the only one of these destinations that is on the South Coast actually
Brighton? *What's with these journalists ffs...

Please don't call Transport Briefing journalism. All he ever does is
reword press releases, except in this case he's cribbed from - of all
things - a blog post of mine and especially the comment thread that
followed it:

http://londonconnections.blogspot.co...published.html

Well I think so anyway, and he hasn't denied it. The RUS document
doesn't contain similar wording that we could have both cribbed from,
so that excuse doesn't wash.

(and yes, ooh handbag)

U

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http://londonconnections.blogspot.com/
A blog about transport projects in London

On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:12:35 -0700 (PDT), sweek
wrote:

I'm sorry if this is a bit of a stupid questions, but by Wimbledon
loop do people mean the one with Sutton on it, right?

Yes. aka Wall of Death.

What's the one from Clapham Junction to Richmond, Kingston and Wimbledon called then?

Kingston Roundabout.
--
Peter Lawrence

In message
,
Mizter T writes

On 11 Apr, 18:13, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote:

sweek wrote:
I'm sorry if this is a bit of a stupid questions, but by Wimbledon
loop do people mean the one with Sutton on it, right?

Yes.

It variously gets called the Wimbledon Loop, the Sutton Loop and the
Sutton/Wimbledon (or indeed Wimbledon/Sutton) Loop. All the same thing.

One delightful idiosyncrasy is that to get to Sutton direct from
Blackfriars you take a train indicated to Wimbledon, and vice versa.

--
Dave N

On Apr 12, 12:00 am, Dave Nesbitt
wrote:
One delightful idiosyncrasy is that to get to Sutton direct from
Blackfriars you take a train indicated to Wimbledon, and vice versa.

This is one of these cases where the departure boards at Blackfriars
should probably lie about the destination, by giving 'St Helier via
Sutton' and 'Morden South via Wimbledon' (or whatever pair of stations
works out to be the best advice) as the destinations.

--
Abi

"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

On 11 Apr, 18:13, "Tim Roll-Pickering"
wrote:

sweek wrote:
I'm sorry if this is a bit of a stupid questions, but by Wimbledon
loop do people mean the one with Sutton on it, right?

Yes.

It variously gets called the Wimbledon Loop, the Sutton Loop and the
Sutton/Wimbledon (or indeed Wimbledon/Sutton) Loop. All the same thing.

I think I might stick to Wimbledon Loop - if it's good enough for Network
Rail...

Paul

In article ,
Abigail Brady wrote:
On Apr 12, 12:00 am, Dave Nesbitt
wrote:
One delightful idiosyncrasy is that to get to Sutton direct from
Blackfriars you take a train indicated to Wimbledon, and vice versa.

This is one of these cases where the departure boards at Blackfriars
should probably lie about the destination, by giving 'St Helier via
Sutton' and 'Morden South via Wimbledon' (or whatever pair of stations
works out to be the best advice) as the destinations.

They do something similar with the Cambridge slows at KX, giving
"Foxton" as the destination (last station before Cambridge).

Abigail Brady wrote:
On Apr 12, 12:00 am, Dave Nesbitt
wrote:
One delightful idiosyncrasy is that to get to Sutton direct from
Blackfriars you take a train indicated to Wimbledon, and vice versa.

This is one of these cases where the departure boards at Blackfriars
should probably lie about the destination, by giving 'St Helier via
Sutton' and 'Morden South via Wimbledon' (or whatever pair of stations
works out to be the best advice) as the destinations.

There will be several stations for which the best train from Blackfriars
will be the next loop train regardless of direction. If they reduce the
service frequency enough, this would cover the entire loop, removing all
confusion. ;-)

"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
I'm sorry if this is a bit of a stupid questions, but by Wimbledon
loop do people mean the one with Sutton on it, right?

Yes. aka Wall of Death.


How did it come to be known by such a distinctive (and ominous) name?

news outlook wrote:
"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
I'm sorry if this is a bit of a stupid questions, but by Wimbledon
loop do people mean the one with Sutton on it, right?
Yes. aka Wall of Death.


How did it come to be known by such a distinctive (and ominous) name?


Just look at the gradients & curves.

--
Tony the Dragon