How will Gatwick station cope with a second runway?

[London Trains]

Perhaps the answer to providing extra capacity between London and Gatwick is actually to run an additional fast Thameslink service to Gatwick and beyond.

Pathing such a service through Windmill Bridge Junction shouldn't be an issue now as the paths of the Bedford to Littlehampton services (the remaining London Bridge to Littlehampton service runs in a different path), and the old path of the Caterham/Tattenham Corner service are both vacant.

Maybe even run the Peterborough service fast from East Croydon to Gatwick (and onwards), which can definitely be pathed considering the service used to run on the fast line to Stoats Nest, and connect the Horsham service with a different service on the other side of the core (or even terminate it at London Bridge).

 

[The Pelican]

Thats history now though, as post #10 shows, London Bridge and Thameslink stations are about 2.3m journeys, compared to Victoria 2.7m

If include the 0.55m journeys to/from Clapham Junction then Victoria is now under half the direct London destinations.

Victoria is much less popular route than when Gatwick Express launched 42 years ago in 1984, because Thameslink and Elizabeth line have changed travel patterns

Surely Clapham Junction is served by Victoria-bound trains, just not Gatwick Express trains? So if there's increasing demand there, it's only a question of adding Clapham Junction stops to the Gatwick Express?

 

[JonathanH]

Maybe even run the Peterborough service fast from East Croydon to Gatwick (and onwards), which can definitely be pathed considering the service used to run on the fast line to Stoats Nest, and connect the Horsham service with a different service on the other side of the core (or even terminate it at London Bridge).

What are you sending via Redhill in its place, given the Bedford to Three Bridges service tends to be the first cancellation in disruption? The Tulse Hill service might work but wouldn't be much use for journeys to and from London from the Redhill line?

Do you think that Gatwick expansion may mean that services via Redhill should be sacrificed to provide the capacity?

Certainly ten evenly spaced fast side trains from Gatwick to each of Victoria and London Bridge an hour would be a game changer if something could be done in the gaps for the slow side destinations.

 

[London Trains]

What are you sending via Redhill in its place, given the Bedford to Three Bridges service tends to be the first cancellation in disruption? The Tulse Hill service might work but wouldn't be much use for journeys to and from London from the Redhill line?

Do you think that Gatwick expansion may mean that services via Redhill should be sacrificed to provide the capacity?

As I mentioned in my previous post, there is enough capacity through Windmill Bridge Junction and on the fast lines between Norwood Junction and London Bridge for an extra 2tph (because of other services which have been removed or retimed since 2018), so the Horsham service would continue to exist between Horsham and London Bridge, but would no longer go to Peterborough and would either be joined with a different service through the core, or would terminate at London Bridge.

No services would need to be sacrificed, the only sacrifice may have to be the Horsham service having to use 8-coach 700s instead of 12-coach because there aren't enough 12-coach 700s.

 

[Magdalia]

Perhaps the answer to providing extra capacity between London and Gatwick is actually to run an additional fast Thameslink service to Gatwick and beyond.

Pathing such a service through Windmill Bridge Junction shouldn't be an issue now as the paths of the Bedford to Littlehampton services (the remaining London Bridge to Littlehampton service runs in a different path), and the old path of the Caterham/Tattenham Corner service are both vacant.

Maybe even run the Peterborough service fast from East Croydon to Gatwick (and onwards), which can definitely be pathed considering the service used to run on the fast line to Stoats Nest, and connect the Horsham service with a different service on the other side of the core (or even terminate it at London Bridge).

The Southern isn't really my area, but it doesn't look like it works to me.

The fast line New Cross Gate-Norwood Jn already runs 17tph in the peaks, the Quarry Line will be 16tph in the peaks once the Gatwick Express goes to 4tph.

 

[London Trains]

The Southern isn't really my area, but it doesn't look like it works to me.

The fast line New Cross Gate-Norwood Jn already runs 17tph in the peaks, the Quarry Line will be 16tph in the peaks once the Gatwick Express goes to 4tph.

There used to be 20tph on the fast lines between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction, so I fail to see the problem there.

I should have clarified in my previous post, the additional Thameslink service would be instead of the extra 2tph Gatwick Express, given the 700s are much better at swallowing large crowds and have more space for luggage because of the wide aisles.

 

[Magdalia]

There used to be 20tph on the fast lines between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction, so I fail to see the problem there.

Thameslink, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Bald Rick]

Pathing such a service through Windmill Bridge Junction shouldn't be an issue now as the paths of the Bedford to Littlehampton services

The Bedford - Littlehampton service was only ever peak, and it still runs, but to East Grinstead instead.

 

[London Trains]

The Bedford - Littlehampton service was only ever peak, and it still runs, but to East Grinstead instead.

Yes it only ran in the peaks, but the Bedford to East Grinstead and Bedford to Littlehampton services both ran concurrently between May 2018 and Covid.

 

[Bald Rick]

Yes it only ran in the peaks, but the Bedford to East Grinstead and Bedford to Littlehampton services both ran concurrently between May 2018 and Covid.

In which case the Littlehampton trains are now the Three Bridges terminators. There are no spare paths off the MML into Thameslink in the morning high peak, the timetable is as it was in May 2018 (St P arrivals between 0749 and 0834.

 

[London Trains]

In which case the Littlehampton trains are now the Three Bridges terminators. There are no spare paths off the MML into Thameslink in the morning high peak, the timetable is as it was in May 2018 (St P arrivals between 0749 and 0834.

I haven't suggested anywhere that extra trains should run to/from Bedford, I was suggesting that an extra 2tph could run on the fasts between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.

 

[Bald Rick]

I haven't suggested anywhere that extra trains should run to/from Bedford, I was suggesting that an extra 2tph could run on the fasts between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.

I may have misunderstood then, I thought you were advocating using the paths of the former Bedford - Littlehampton trains.

My point is that these trains still run from Bedford to Croydon - I thought onwards to East Grinstead, but I was wrong there, they run to Three Bridges. Either way, definitely on the fasts from New Cross Gate to Norwood Junction (and beyond).

 

[London Trains]

I may have misunderstood then, I thought you were advocating using the paths of the former Bedford - Littlehampton trains.

My point is that these trains still run from Bedford to Croydon - I thought onwards to East Grinstead, but I was wrong there, they run to Three Bridges. Either way, definitely on the fasts from New Cross Gate to Norwood Junction (and beyond).

I was suggesting using the paths of the Bedford to Littlehampton services between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.

The services you are describing run in the path of the Bedford to East Grinstead services, not the Bedford to Littlehampton services. No services use the path of the Bedford to Littlehampton services between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction at any point of the day, except for the 10:22 London Bridge to Three Bridges service.

I'm not particularly sure why you're trying to catch me out anyway, my point is simply that there is enough capacity for an extra 2tph on this section, as there are paths that are not in regular use anymore because of post-Covid timetable changes. Whether these paths could be linked to another service through the core is a whole different issue, and is why I suggested the additional service could terminate at London Bridge. And regardless, its not like timetables can't change.

 

[Magdalia]

I was suggesting using the paths of the Bedford to Littlehampton services between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.

The services you are describing run in the path of the Bedford to East Grinstead services, not the Bedford to Littlehampton services. No services use the path of the Bedford to Littlehampton services between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction at any point of the day, except for the 10:22 London Bridge to Three Bridges service.

I'm not particularly sure why you're trying to catch me out anyway, my point is simply that there is enough capacity for an extra 2tph on this section, as there are paths that are not in regular use anymore because of post-Covid timetable changes. Whether these paths could be linked to another service through the core is a whole different issue, and is why I suggested the additional service could terminate at London Bridge. And regardless, its not like timetables can't change.

Quibbling about specific paths in the 2018 timetable misses the point, we are not in 2018 now.

While peak 20tph New Cross Gate-Norwood Junction might have been regarded as achievable in 2018, it should not be regarded as sensible in 2026, in the light of the experience of trying to operate Thameslink since 2018. What that experience has demonstrated is that Thameslink is very vulnerable to disruption and needs "firebreaks" in the timetable to aid service recovery. If a key section of the Thameslink network has a notional capacity of 20tph, then a timetable with 18tph delivers those "firebreaks".

Timetables can change, but, for routes operating at or near to full capacity, and with knock on impacts to other timetables, it is not a quick or easy process. The ECML timetable revision demonstrated that.

A Thameslink timetable revision is needed soon, and the Gatwick second runway is still quite a few years away, but managing the airport traffic will be a key part of a new timetable. I hope that a new Thameslink timetable will be more simple and resilient, not more complicated and flaky.

 

[SECR 65]

Could (if stock was available) the London-Ore/Littlehampton services be strengthened to 12 cars between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport only? The front 8 can be advertised as all stations but not Gatwick, and the rear four advertised as Gatwick only? How long would need to be timetabled to remove a unit and for the front 8 to continue?

 

[London Trains]

Quibbling about specific paths in the 2018 timetable misses the point, we are not in 2018 now.

While peak 20tph New Cross Gate-Norwood Junction might have been regarded as achievable in 2018, it should not be regarded as sensible in 2026, in the light of the experience of trying to operate Thameslink since 2018. What that experience has demonstrated is that Thameslink is very vulnerable to disruption and needs "firebreaks" in the timetable to aid service recovery. If a key section of the Thameslink network has a notional capacity of 20tph, then a timetable with 18tph delivers those "firebreaks".

Timetables can change, but, for routes operating at or near to full capacity, and with knock on impacts to other timetables, it is not a quick or easy process. The ECML timetable revision demonstrated that.

A Thameslink timetable revision is needed soon, and the Gatwick second runway is still quite a few years away, but managing the airport traffic will be a key part of a new timetable. I hope that a new Thameslink timetable will be more simple and resilient, not more complicated and flaky.

That is incorrect though, as the "notional" capacity between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction is higher than 20tph, but the number of services which can use this section is constrained by the number of services which can reliably run through Windmill Bridge Junction, and I am not proposing any more services here as the additional Thameslink service I am suggesting would replace 2tph of the Gatwick Express services.

This section of line is also not comparable to the Thameslink core, given it is a long stretch of line with only one station served, and the number of different destinations and conflicts of the various services on this stretch are a lot lower too. In my personal experience, this section of line is also very reliable, and even when Thameslink services are a complete mess due to disruption elsewhere, it is rare for delays to Thameslink services to be transmitted to the Southern services into London Bridge on this stretch specifically. The only service which need to be looked at (and probably removed), which is slightly relevant here are the peak time London Bridge to Norwood Junction stoppers, which needlessly continue to Sutton in the evening peak, but if they are even 30 seconds late leaving Norwood Junction then they delay a whole load of other services.
 
On your final point, my suggestion would actually be making the Thameslink timetable a lot more simple and reliable, as it would mean all ECML services run down the Quarry Line and not via Redhill, and if the Horsham service terminates at London Bridge as I also suggested, then it would infinitely improve reliability as it would mean the stations via Redhill and between Crawley and Horsham would all continue to have a reliable service that doesn't get canned the second something goes wrong in the core or north of the core.

 

[JonathanH]

On your final point, my suggestion would actually be making the Thameslink timetable a lot more simple and reliable, as it would mean all ECML services run down the Quarry Line and not via Redhill, and if the Horsham service terminates at London Bridge as I also suggested, then it would infinitely improve reliability as it would mean the stations via Redhill and between Crawley and Horsham would all continue to have a reliable service that doesn't get canned the second something goes wrong in the core or north of the core.

I think you are therefore saying that Peterborough would run to Gatwick and terminate, which, as its path is fixed by the ECML pathing would need to be at xx00 / xx30 from London Bridge. A separate London Bridge to Horsham via Redhill service would then run at xx22 from London Bridge, to place it before the xx25 to Epsom, and pick up the 'Littlehampton' path. However, this is a path to platform 3 at East Croydon, as the slow side at that time is occupied by first the Bedford to Gatwick, then the Victoria to East Grinstead paths. Two trains one minute apart at London Bridge for Redhill doesn't really make sense.

 

[Snow1964]

While peak 20tph New Cross Gate-Norwood Junction might have been regarded as achievable in 2018, it should not be regarded as sensible in 2026, in the light of the experience of trying to operate Thameslink since 2018. What that experience has demonstrated is that Thameslink is very vulnerable to disruption and needs "firebreaks" in the timetable to aid service recovery. If a key section of the Thameslink network has a notional capacity of 20tph, then a timetable with 18tph delivers those "firebreaks".

There is a question of if 20tph included firebreaks, and capacity of line was nearer 22-24tph, or if 20tph was absolute max. Clearly if headway is nearer 130-170 seconds then 18tph (200 seconds) is quite a lot of spare.

Back in 2018, would also have had the much slower 455s in the area (but perhaps they never ventured onto fast lines). Not sure if the 171s went that way in 2018, or if they do now, but they wouldn't help if slotted between high performance EMUs. There is more consistency in higher power trains nowadays which much help clear sections more evenly.

 

[AlexSJW]

Once Birmingham airport is around 35 mins from London, I see no need for a second runway at Gatwick. The building of the line from OOC to Birmingham airport needs accelerating ASAP. The other bits can wait.

 

[London Trains]

I think you are therefore saying that Peterborough would run to Gatwick and terminate, which, as its path is fixed by the ECML pathing would need to be at xx00 / xx30 from London Bridge. A separate London Bridge to Horsham via Redhill service would then run at xx22 from London Bridge, to place it before the xx25 to Epsom, and pick up the 'Littlehampton' path. However, this is a path to platform 3 at East Croydon, as the slow side at that time is occupied by first the Bedford to Gatwick, then the Victoria to East Grinstead paths. Two trains one minute apart at London Bridge for Redhill doesn't really make sense.

Yes this is roughly what I had in mind.

Your last point is why I mentioned that there would have to be other changes to the timetable, because as you say, it wouldn't make sense to put the two services via Redhill one minute apart. To solve this, I would have the London Bridge to Horsham services run at xx02/xx32 from London Bridge (the current path of the Coastway peak extras), which very nicely places the service in the existing path of the Peterborough to Horsham service at East Croydon, and would move the Coastway peak extras to run at xx22/xx52, which as you mention, is a path that can only run onto the fast lines at East Croydon without having to change a lot of other services.

 

[cle]

Haven't some London Bridge (peak) terminators been removed recently? I think there are paths for these which could possibly be as simple as East Croydon - Gatwick Airport - Three Bridges.

If Quarry was full, via Redhill and call there, adding a fast service for a busy station. But keep it really tight and shuttle, like (PIXC) - run it right in front of something which needs the help (and maybe calls at Norwood)

 

[takno]

Yes this is roughly what I had in mind.

Your last point is why I mentioned that there would have to be other changes to the timetable, because as you say, it wouldn't make sense to put the two services via Redhill one minute apart. To solve this, I would have the London Bridge to Horsham services run at xx02/xx32 from London Bridge (the current path of the Coastway peak extras), which very nicely places the service in the existing path of the Peterborough to Horsham service at East Croydon, and would move the Coastway peak extras to run at xx22/xx52, which as you mention, is a path that can only run onto the fast lines at East Croydon without having to change a lot of other services.

I'm struggling to see what you're saying. Doesn't this remove direct-to-kings-cross services from a fair number of stations?

 

[Bald Rick]

I was suggesting using the paths of the Bedford to Littlehampton services between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction.

I know.

No services use the path of the Bedford to Littlehampton services between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction at any point of the day, except for the 10:22 London Bridge to Three Bridges service.

I’m not trying to catch you out. What I’m saying, evidently not very welll is that the Bedford - Littlehampton peak services still run, including between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction. But not to Littlehampton.

 

[London Trains]

I'm struggling to see what you're saying. Doesn't this remove direct-to-kings-cross services from a fair number of stations?

Yeah, my suggestion would mean that Earlswood and Salfords (I'd have the London Bridge to Horsham service serve all stops between Purley and Horsham, and the Bedford to Three Bridges only serve the busier stops), and the stops Crawley-Horsham inclusive would lose their direct services to the Thameslink core - this would have the significant benefit of providing a much more reliable, robust service between London Bridge and Horsham, similar to the pattern before May 2018, that does not fall apart whenever something goes wrong in the Thameslink core or on the ECML.

Ideally this service would also serve New Cross Gate, but pathing this would most likely cause more problems than it solves.

 

[Magdalia]

That is incorrect though, as the "notional" capacity between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction is higher than 20tph, but the number of services which can use this section is constrained by the number of services which can reliably run through Windmill Bridge Junction

Yes, I know that Windmill Bridge Junction is the real constraint. But I don't understand Windmill Bridge Junction very well, so I find it easier to have a proxy for the constraint by thinking of the routes feeding in and out of it.

However, this is a path to platform 3 at East Croydon, as the slow side at that time is occupied by first the Bedford to Gatwick, then the Victoria to East Grinstead paths.

For example, I know that my Windmill Bridge Junction knowledge isn't deep enough to pick up things like this!

Clearly if headway is nearer 130-170 seconds then 18tph (200 seconds) is quite a lot of spare.

I think of 18tph with firebreaks as a train every 3 minutes/180 seconds, with one empty slot every 30 minutes to provide the firebreaks. I still think that this is a sensible upper bound for a section of line with Windmill Bridge Junction at one end of it.

On your final point, my suggestion would actually be making the Thameslink timetable a lot more simple and reliable, as it would mean all ECML services run down the Quarry Line and not via Redhill

In principle I support this, the devil is in the detail, some of which is beyond me! In particular, the issue of how to serve the Redhill loop seems unresolved. I have 2 thoughts here that have not been suggested yet, though I expect them to be shot down.

• going back to running the Victoria-Portsmouth/Bognor trains via Redhill
• linking Horsham and the Redhill loop with Thameslink through the core but only to Kentish Town or West Hampstead, using RLU class 700s released by knocking out the Rainham service

If both of these could be done together then it might be possible to move the Bedford-Three Bridges trains onto the Quarry line too.

 

[JonathanH]

In principle I support this, the devil is in the detail, some of which is beyond me! In particular, the issue of how to serve the Redhill loop seems unresolved. I have 2 thoughts here that have not been suggested yet, though I expect them to be shot down.

• going back to running the Victoria-Portsmouth/Bognor trains via Redhill

Not a good idea at all. There is no room at key times for Redhill passengers aboard the Arun Valley services, and they are better off on the Quarry Line.

• linking Horsham and the Redhill loop with Thameslink through the core but only to Kentish Town or West Hampstead, using RLU class 700s released by knocking out the Rainham service

Maybe, so is your idea that Redhill is served solely by short distance Thameslink services? I think it might be challenging at peak times to not have 12-car 700s via Redhill, although no particular issue off peak.

If both of these could be done together then it might be possible to move the Bedford-Three Bridges trains onto the Quarry line too.

Is there a good reason to get the Bedford to Three Bridges service on the Quarry Line?

 

[devon_belle]

How about a Box Hill Curve from the Mole Valley line near Dorking to the Redhill-bound North Downs line, with 1tph of extended South Western railway terminators through Reigate to Redhill, then reversal to Gatwick.

Interestingly this was planned by the SR who envisaged an electric Victoria rounder via Reigate. But unfortunately other than some land purchased in the 1920s nothing was ever done and the permissions lapsed.

And if Oxford is important, why not combine Gatwick-Reading and Reading-Oxford services.

I recall reading in some route study documents that Gatwick to Oxford is an "ambition", mostly prevented by terminating capacity at Oxford (and possibly nowadays lack of units).
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I agree with other posters that Gatwick Express should call at Clapham Jnc and be fare-matched or cheaper for journeys between Victoria, Clapham and Gatwick. The North Downs line indeed has untapped potential but that would be an opportunity for growth rather than reliving pressure on existing trains in my view.

 

[Mgameing123]

One of the problems that needs to be thought about is where do airport passengers travel to/from by train.

When look at Origin and destination, start to see places like Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Finsbury Park, West Hampstead Thameslink being popular. Are these real destinations (seems unlikely) or where people changed trains and tickets, possibly switching to PAYG or cheaper tickets (seems more likely).

Top destinations from Gatwick Airport station are :
London Victoria 2,727,742
London Bridge 1,084,056
East Croydon 955,931
London Blackfriars 570,213
Clapham Junction 557,459

(so 2-5 combined exceed Victoria, so is Gatwick Express a minority service to London, and actually Gatwick express is serving wrong part of London)

Brighton 352,748
Farringdon 317,224
London St Pancras International 298,967

(so another 600+k wanting different London station than Victoria, more evidence Gatwick Express might be serving wrong London station)

Three Bridges 132,875
Hayward Heath 112,589
Horley 79,470

(is this airport workers, or those dodging expensive airport parking)

Finsbury Park 74,325
Reading 69,600
City Thameslink 65,239
Eastbourne 61,147
West Hampstead Thameslink 60,863

(some of these suggest people are connecting or driving to get a direct train, I suspect part of these numbers are not actual other end of journey to/from airport, but simply place to pick up a direct train)

Horsham 58,920
Guildford 58,159
Redhill 56,665
Southampton Central 54,496
Balham 53,420

(only now do we get below 1000 journeys per week)

Hove 47,515
Purley 43,562
Cambridge 38,775
Wimbledon 38,054
St Albans City 35,426
Crawley 34,963
Chichester 32,505
Shepherd's Bush 32,364
Putney 31,246
Havant 29,820
Burgess Hill 28,930
Lewes 28,440
London Waterloo 27,907
Portsmouth Harbour 27,710
Vauxhall 27,702

(there's another 150k for London, but with journeys that require a change of train, so now got to start considering connections to trains serving the airport)

Polegate 27,412
Worthing 27,202
Fratton 27,118
Tottenham Court Road 26,239
Luton Airport Parkway 26,191

(will stop there at the 500 per week, in the list, if I had carried on as far down as 10,000 per year, would have got places like Oxford or Bournemouth included, places that require change of trains, or with journeys of over 2 hours)

So if anyone is serious about expanding capacity, have to start considering how the service should operate, it is looking like Thameslink destinations are more popular than Victoria, so should the airport trains be running to somewhere like West Hampstead or Finsbury Park, serving 3 or 4 London stations then running fast to the airport. Until now some of these have not really been thought of as important.

Maybe some others in the list (eg Southampton need to have a faster or more frequent service. Perhaps there is a case for diverting the service from Cardiff, Bristol Bath etc to Gatwick via Chichester, rather than Portsmouth. And if Oxford is important, why not combine Gatwick-Reading and Reading-Oxford services. To serve expansion, need to cater for the masses, not stay stuck continuing a service pattern from decades ago because do nothing change-wise is easy option.

https://www.railwaydata.co.uk/odm/gbr/?dest=all&string_out=Gatwick+Airport+%5B5416%5D

We could easily get GX to serve 3/5 of the busiest destinations. If the trains just called an East Croydon and Clapham Junction like all the Southern trains do then that would fix that problem.

 

[London Trains]

In principle I support this, the devil is in the detail, some of which is beyond me! In particular, the issue of how to serve the Redhill loop seems unresolved. I have 2 thoughts here that have not been suggested yet, though I expect them to be shot down.

• going back to running the Victoria-Portsmouth/Bognor trains via Redhill
• linking Horsham and the Redhill loop with Thameslink through the core but only to Kentish Town or West Hampstead, using RLU class 700s released by knocking out the Rainham service

If both of these could be done together then it might be possible to move the Bedford-Three Bridges trains onto the Quarry line too.

Running the Portsmouth/Bognor trains via Redhill wouldn't be a good idea as these trains don't have the capacity to take Redhill passengers on top of their existing loadings (I believe this is why they were diverted away), and it would lengthen journey times too.

I think it would be better if the Horsham to London Bridge service I suggested didn't serve the core at all, as it would significantly improve reliability and ensure that stations along the Redhill line aren't left with little to no service whenever something goes wrong in the core or on the ECML. The Bedford to Three Bridges service would continue to link the busier stations along the Redhill line to the Thameslink core.

 

[takno]

The Bedford to Three Bridges service would continue to link the busier stations along the Redhill line to the Thameslink core.

There have been literally thousands of flats built in close proximity to many of these stations since Thameslink started running through the core. That's not restricted to the "busy" stations, and the people travelling from those stations and paying to commute are still the bedrock of rail revenue.

You're also taking out most of the core trains from the slow platforms at East Croydon, which leaves East grinstead and other passengers to make a much more difficult connection to the core

Binning off direct services to anywhere useful in central London for the convenience of Gatwick passengers isn't going to go down well. You can try selling it as good for service reliability all you like, but honestly disruption from the core rarely causes more than 20 minutes delay, and forcing a change likely adds more than that to every single daily commute.