On Sep 16, 11:39Â pm, Mizter T
gmail.com> wrote:>> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:44:32 +0100, "Paul Scott"
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btinternet.com> wrote:>>>Funnily enough, the trainline shows that on 15th December, Southern will be
>>>running to MK hourly, but only from Clapham Junction, as there no longer
>>>appear to be any through trains from further south.
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>> Superb. Â That'll be wonderful for me if I need to go to our Staines
>> office, and it might also be a nice alternative route to Tower Hill
>> where I work at present (go down from BLY/MKC to CJ then into
>> Waterloo) if I'm bored.
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> For a moment there I thought you were contemplating the District line
> from West Brompton, which would be interesting if you like introducing
> a wild card into your journeys (what with the possibility of being
> dealt the Earls Court - Do Not Pass Go^H^H Through card).
>
> Nice walk down the river from the Tower to Waterloo as well.
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>> Through to Gatwick would have been nice, but the "round the side"
>> train coming back up to MK is a wonderful piece of news.
>
> New Forest and the coast via CJ too!
I think that currently the quickest journeys from Olympia to Gatwick
require a nasty change from 17 to 13 at Clapham Junction.
In future there won't be the sedate option of sitting it out with your
luggage, but maybe they'll be timed for a quick cross/same platform
interchange at East Croydon, which won't be so bad?
