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Thameslink 13:44 was 14 minutes late at Hitchin to Cambridge due to "Train crew being delayed" - presumably by being on another late running service prior to leaving.

That's great, but there is no alternative for the stations on the GN Cambridge branch, its a monopoly. You have to use Thameslink services to get home, OK you can get to Cambridge by going via Liverpool street, but that still doesn't get you to say, Letchworth. Hitchin could be a solution, but...

Thru the core might be OK statistics wise, but further out on GN, it more often than not turns to chaos, particularly on the Hitchin- Cambridge branch with only 2 tracks and no passing places.

Its extremely expensive for leisure travel as well - well unless you book a long time in advance - walk on fares are crazy long distance.

"the reliability and convenience has been shot to pieces" - totally destroyed I think is the word you are looking for - you can't rely on the service anymore. Even if you get into London, its a lottery whether your planned train home is going to be delayed, or cancelled- no wonder people are...

Regardless of all that, all the investment, the planning, the effort. The train service is far , far worse than I've ever know it. Far from apologizing for ThamesLink we need a plan of where we go from here, especially when the school holidays are over, and everyone is trying to get back to work !

And don't forget the "Atlantic Coast Express" through coaches to Waterloo , without changing - ahhh Progress....:-) Cleethorpes I think was the only actual full train that ran long distance from Exmouth on occasion, although I remember travelling on a "excursion" to London when I was very...

All this seems to be so self inflicted - I've never known anything like it!

What I'm struggling to comprehend is a problem in or near Brighton ( or anywhere south of the the river come to that) totally decimates for hours the service on the Cambridge line through Baldock - this never used to happen before - as in previous post if they run more and more trains through...