Ok, fair enough - in all honesty I hardly ever use the direct services from Charing Cross, so I'm probably not the best placed to comment. I'd probably be annoyed if I was you.

But if I was the traian company, I might think it wasn't causing too much disruption to get people to change at London Bridge - just like everybody has to do all day, including rush hour.

The fact is, direct services don't save you that much time or that much effort. It just makes getting home a bit easier in my experience. Actually, if I'm honest, the best thing about it is that the train is always empty and you get a seat at Charing Cross, unlike London Bridge when it seems like every man and his dog wants to get on.