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It’s probably be faster and cheaper to do a St Pancras- Blackfriars- Lewisham on a Thameslink + Southeastern, rail only journey. Or even faster if using a LU metropolitan to Farringdon then Elizabeth Line to Abbey Wood for SL3 bus which is about £1 more than the original LU + NR zone 1+2 journey

I am afraid you have made a wrong quote. BrFares struggle in allocating whether that a London station is the correct London Terminal stations that can be used. Only Paddington and Waterloo (+Vauxhall) can be applied as London terminal station for Reading. For Farringdon ticket, it has be a...

It’s likely cheaper to build a new tunnel with new lifts than 20 years cost of lifts maintenance

There’s no point of having a new HS1 station between stratford and ebbsfleet as it’s too close in the sense of high speed. And dagenham dock extension as said, the London Overground extension to Barking Riverside reduced the essentialness of having additional rail connection to the barking...

The south limit of *Any Permitted ticket from Ashford International would be to Eastleigh. So it may probably be cheaper to get to Eastleigh, then a local single / return from Eastleigh to Southampton (most regional / intercity trains call at both stations). Or, alternatively, buy from Sandling...

I find that most southeastern metro area want access to London Bridge mainly and Victoria is being the less wanted one. I think a even spaced 4tph across all lines would be the baseline. I am glad that Bexleyheath Line is re-gaining back the even 4tph interval to London Bridge. While for...

We can hope for that, but Southeastern metro devolution won't be so soon as just Great Northern devolution is gonna take ages before it's fruition. Also, there seems to be a tendency of making Dartford metros to utilise more of Cannon Street as it's more underutilised during off peak times...

I agree that it is too much of a stretch of Thameslink going all the way to Medway. However, cross London services do benefit well to residents within London. Operationally, cutting the Luton - Rainham service to a Kentish Town - Gravesend service would provide a good service within densely...

The ticket seems to be a point to point ticket to Shepherd's Bush NR. Though, from practical observation to the LU gateline staff, they would just waive through this kind of ticket as NR ticket rules are too complex (usually they judge by "reasonable route" principle instead). Any non-NR...

Charing Cross via New Cross is really difficult to plan as it crossover too many tracks in the east of London Bridge, which only can be justified during engineering work. I think some alternatives may need to thought of, like Cannon Street via Lewisham to Dartford via Sidcup / Bexleyheath or...

I think that’s rather logical, given that most leisure traffic prefers Charing Cross and Waterloo East. However, what’s concerning would be, how would New Cross and St Johns connection to Lewisham can be made on Sunday, unless the Orpington one is going via Lewisham

True, it’s a multiple services stitched together as due to operational issues. Technically we can run a Gravesend - Medway stopper service but there’s lack of reversing west of Gravesend. Henceforth it get stitched to a local stopper from London to Gravesend (or a semi-fast before thameslink)...

not really cos freight traffic in off-peak would be the major constraints (slow downs the line, or even just junction conflict, etc.)

For the case of frequency, it's better to start as base with the off peak services, where Southeastern managed to top up quite a good number of services in the peak. I am a bit worried with the current (still) cash strapped DfT, whether it is affordable to allow any metro lines having more...

I think with the opening of the Elizabeth Line, that line become the "new fast line" for Dartford, despite it's being a bit hassle for extra one change. Of course, it would be great to get at least 2tph run fast to London Bridge, the most welcomed destination, but given that all lines (NKL...