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Redhill actually has two sets of fast lines. The Quarry line bypasses it entirely but there are also fast lines running through Redhill station in between the platforms. Presumably its in a similar situation to Bromley South - the overnights don't stop there so that trains may take either...

It does, but only from the South. The London Terminals vary by direction; you cannot use a London Terminals ticket to pass through Farringdon to reach a London Terminal on the other side of central London.

The simplest way to understand this rule is that a London Terminals ticket is not valid for alighting at, or passing through, Farringdon.

Live page on BBC News now (although not much there at time of writing): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy8dy2pr8ymt

If you're anything like me: go one way and back the other, for the variety!

Just for anyone (like me) who continues to be enthralled by this wonderful map and staggered at the amount of work it must have taken, I note that Paul has created a new DRAFT 008 of the map: https://www.balmer.uk/paulsrailmap.pdf Paul has kindly added one very minor correction that I reported...

Astounding work. Wonderful!

Expect to see much more of this in the new era, as the lack of any need to give contractual certainty to businesses will mean decision-making needn't be as long-term as it has been, especially for pre-covid franchise arrangements. There are both upsides and downsides to this, of course.

Presumably this service joined the fast (Charing Cross) lines at Grove Park? It would have to cross quite a few lines to get to Cannon Street wouldn't it?

For clarity, the reason I made the above suggestion was to (a) speed up the Thameslink service, the slowness of which was being criticised and (b) preserve access to the Elizabeth line for stations that would be skipped by a sped-up Thameslink.

I'm sure there are lots of reasons why this wouldn't work, but I'd: - truncate the Victoria - Gravesend service at Dartford - extend the Cannon Street to Dartford via Blackheath and Woolwich Arsenal to Gravesend calling at all stations (to preserve link with Elizabeth line) - remove the...

Medway also has the peak time fasts to London Bridge and Cannon Street going via (but not stopping at) Chislehurst. 1772459572 The Woolwich Arsenal line will have 6tph from Cannon Street. I think the journey opportunities to Blackfriars, Farringdon, St Pancras Intl and stations north of London...

I'm rather surprised to see this dislike of Thameslink - in my view it is good for the northern of the three routes to have a variety of London terminals, as the other two routes do, rather than 8x Cannon Street. It's a shame that the "via Blackheath" service doesn't go to Charing Cross, but I...

I think a better question might be "Why haven't we built more DLRs elsewhere?"

What about the fastest of the class 444 services out of Waterloo?