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The Westcombe Park to Blackheath and vv trains change their head code at Slade Green, but are advertised at intermediate stations as providing a through service.

Westcombe Park to Blackheath. 2 miles, less than 10 minutes on a 108 bus, but close to an hour on the direct train. In fact on reflection, Greenwich to Lewisham is probably even more inefficient.

". . . And in fact Eurostar is the only intercity train service in the world (unless anyone can think of another) that survives solely on international business without also carrying domestic passengers in the countries it passes through." In the early days of Eurostar it was certainly possible...

I used to commute from Bexhill to Victoria for a short while. In the evening, one could change at Hampden Park and catch an eastbound train, getting to Bexhill 20 minutes before the train that I had got off on its way to Eastbourne.

West of England expresses started to stop at Castle Cary in, I think, 1971. Prior to about 1961, there was a service of three or four direct trains between Weymouth and Paddington. Two of the down services were provided by slip coaches off the 1030am ('Limited') and 330pm down WofE services...