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So are these new screens something developed for the wider network, just introduced first with Thameslink?

Is its being a platform with people on it limited thru running speed? Could they put up a barrier or wall at the edge of P8 and run trains through faster?

There will eventually be all day Crossrail services to all the stations. This is just a 'bug' in the rollout I guess.

It does appear you'll be able to enter the Paddington mainline concourse on foot from Eastbourne Terrace, having descended a few steps to the slightly lower level as shown in your rendering. As I understand it, the taxi rank and drop off points on Eastbourne Terrace will not be returning. The...

Yes, if you have a look at a typical day at Clapham Junction on RTT, you can see a plenty of trains, both empty stock moves and passenger services passing platform 8: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/CLJ/2019/03/08/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=pass&order=wtt

So the interesting part of that is TfL will take over the Reading services on time, December 2019. This was originally when those services were supposed to become Crossrail and head in to the Crossrail core.

Yeah, I'd thought about that one myself. Richmond/Ealing trains turn left at Earls Court and go to HSK/Edgware Road, then go South all the way to Wimbledon, then go from there out East, reverse and return to Richmond/Ealing. No conflicting moves through Earls Court, but massive potential for...

So nearly a month after the concourse looked nearly ready to open, I think it's still not open? Right?

Who says you need to use the toilet on the train you're on? Find a Class 450 or 458 that isn't leaving for 10 or so minutes, hop on, do your business, and on your way before it leaves! A trick I've used many a time.

To make a Wimbleware service viable the key is solving the conflict between Wimbleware and Districts at Earls Court (they cross each other on the flat going East right now). It is an enormous shame that literally right now, to the west of Earls Court, there is a once in a century opportunity to...

I noticed a couple of extra late night / early morning services. For example, the 23:22 from Sevenoaks, terminating at London Blackfriars at 00:33.

Southern run these: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/LBG/to/SUC/2019/04/01/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt They appear to be one half of route SN3.11 / SN 3.12 from the GTR 2018 timetable consultation. So perhaps they will continue on to Blackfriars once there is platform...

Would have also meant 8tph at Tulse Hill and Herne Hill in to Blackfriars - would have been a nice improvement for another pair of rather overcrowded stations.

I recall (and I may be misremembering) that the plan before 2012 or so was supposedly 4tph clockwise and 4tph anticlockwise, at least during the peaks. If this plan had stuck perhaps the programme would have needed to spend money on signalling upgrades and so on. I personally have no idea what...

Originally, this was the plan, however due to last May's disaster, things seem to be running one cycle late. It's definitely not happening this May (these timetables are already up). I suspect the Sevenoaks to Welwyn service will commence in December 2019. Blackfriars was originally designed...

Ain't nobody got time for that

True. I suppose we all work in different ways. I rarely pay attention to what flashes up on the ticket gates when I'm rushing in/out of work - besides, I don't think there's anything you can do about it at a station anyway right? You just have to make a mental note to sort it when you get home.

Many people commuting in from Wimbledon don't want to go to Paddington or Edgware Road. They want to go to the City. So all you're doing is making those passengers change trains at Earls Court on to the same trains that are coming in from Richmond or Ealing Broadway. It looks neater on a map but...

Remember though, traffic coming up from the Western side of the Circle is mixed in with the H&C trains coming up from Hammersmith for a few hundred metres between Praed Street junction and the four platforms of Edgware Road. So whether or not the platforms can cope with reversing 18tph, what...

The Oyster website and phone app are now capable of showing you the complete breakdown of your contactless travel and its costs, and if there's an incomplete journey you can fairly easily fix it through the website and get a refund next time you travel.