MKC-Croydon service

[MCR247]

East or South Croydon

 

[MK Tom]

They're jam packed off WFJ in the morning, but how many of these pax are getting off at Wembley?

I thought Wembley was pick up only heading south?

 

[Nym]

I thought Wembley was pick up only heading south?

Ah...

Clearly not that many then...

Was a laugh when I was observing peak crowds when I came down here looking for somewhere to live, loads of 8 and 12 car Class 350 units coming through platform 9, then the SN service turns up and the whole platform compresses into a tiny lil space

If they want somewhere to terminate a second service from Clapham / Croydon then the logical spots are either Milton Keynes, the same as the current one, Watford Junction, giving changes onto all the LM services and the VT service North (Would be nice if a MAN service called here too), or pushing the extra SN service further north to Northampton or Rugby, but these don't seem likely, my money would be on MKC or WFJ.

(While we're at it, some through services to Stratford on Overground would be nice too, but they're unlikely)

 

[MK Tom]

Ah...

Clearly not that many then...

Was a laugh when I was observing peak crowds when I came down here looking for somewhere to live, loads of 8 and 12 car Class 350 units coming through platform 9, then the SN service turns up and the whole platform compresses into a tiny lil space

If they want somewhere to terminate a second service from Clapham / Croydon then the logical spots are either Milton Keynes, the same as the current one, Watford Junction, giving changes onto all the LM services and the VT service North (Would be nice if a MAN service called here too), or pushing the extra SN service further north to Northampton or Rugby, but these don't seem likely, my money would be on MKC or WFJ.

(While we're at it, some through services to Stratford on Overground would be nice too, but they're unlikely)

2tph to MKC with one continuing to NMP would be excellent, perhaps with the stop at Tring taken out to speed up timings (the LM service from Birmingham that leaves MKC at xx:22 could stop there instead, restoring the NMP-Tring connection and giving Tring a direct link to Rugby, Coventry etc). The only issue there is paths on the WCML slows, which becomes a bigger issue when Bedford-MK and E-WR services start. Could always have one terminate at Bletchley - it's easy to forget Bletchley is capable of turning trains round. Only do that if there's no other option but it is there as an option.

 

[IanD]

I thought Wembley was pick up only heading south?

That changed a few months ago (but was hardly enforced before that!)

 

[Nym]

The thing is, if this service was included in my benifits package as a service I'd likely be using it to get to work on a daily basis as it provides an easyer and quieter connection to get to the southern end of the District line or the Central Line than any service into Euston, although the Central has better connections than the District, but it's significaly less foot mileage for either line via the WLL than Euston.