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Thameslink to Beckenham Junction - why did it happen?

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For a brief period between around 2015 to 2018, Thameslink trains stopped (or even terminated) at Beckenham Junction.

That service is gone now, but it has been (sort of) replaced with a rush hour service to and from Blackfriars by Southeastern.

What I can't find out is why the original Thameslink service ran in the first place. Was it a diversion from the normal route at Orpington? If so, why did some trains terminate earlier in Becknenham?
 
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We did this one only a few months ago see here:

Thameslink to Beckenham Junction?

At Farringdon station there are signs showing a list of destinations. All of them are stations served by Thameslink, with the exception of Beckenham Junction. Did there used to be a service to Beckenham from Farringdon? I know there's a few SE trains from Blackfriars there at peak times, and if...
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