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Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
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michael


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26-11-2009 03:04 PM

Nasaroc,
Regarding your point about off-peak services, this was raised at the FH Society AGM and I shall say nothing to defend my statement. I got the tone and phrasing wrong when I was trying to highlight the disaster that will be caused to the peak evening services (although even then I have difficulty using the same word that we use to describe Tsunamis that kill hundreds of thousands of people - that is a real disaster).

Regarding semi-fast trains I still do not understand what the suggested problem would be.

Regarding cutting ELL trains - It is not something that I want to see, but if I was given a choice (as I was in the Meet the Manager session) between trains to London Bridge and trains to Shoreditch I know which I think is best. It does not seem to make sense to have 4tph from London Bridge and 8tph from Shoreditch. The London Bridge trains are twice as long and can carry significantly more passengers. Switching two of the slots from ELL to Southern would give equal numbers of trains on both services but would provide more space for passengers in line with where people travel.

It should be possible to run more than 12tph on our line but there are complications around Crystal Palace / Norwood.

I'm not going to speak on behalf of the Forest Hill Society but for myself I will state as clearly as I can:
I oppose all cuts to London Bridge services via Forest Hill - daytime, evening peak, late evening
I oppose cutting the direct services from Charing Cross to London Bridge
I do not wish to see any cuts to the proposed 8 tph running via Forest Hill
I oppose any further cuts to trains to London Bridge without the lengthening of all trains and platforms on our route

I welcome the morning peak services to Victoria
I welcome the plans to run Thameslink trains via Forest Hill in 2015
I want all the Victoria services to be at least 6 carriages (never 2 carriages in the late evenings)
I want all trains on the Forest Hill to London Bridge route to be 12 carriages by 2012 (rather than the 10 proposed by Network Rail)
I want the ELL to be extended to a 5 or 6 carriage service. Due to the nature of the carriages I believe this could be achieved with limited door opening at certain stations.
I want to see a Bellingham to Victoria service via Crofton Park to replace the South London Line (as long as it has no impact on services through Forest Hill)
I want to see the Bakerloo line extended via Forest Hill to Hayes (via the 176 route and an interchange at Bell Green).
I want Cannon Street to remain open after 8pm to service certain North Kent services, allowing for more services to run from Forest Hill to Charing Cross.
I want additional escalators at Canada Water for interchange between platforms.
I would like to see an interchange station at Brockley with the Crofton Park line.

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RE: Overcrowding Consultation - BarCar - 03-10-2008, 08:15 AM
RE: Trains to London Bridge - Redalways - 18-11-2008, 01:38 PM
RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak - michael - 26-11-2009 03:04 PM
Train services from Forest Hill - michael - 01-04-2008, 04:55 PM
RE: Train services from Forest Hill - Ghis - 01-04-2008, 05:10 PM
RE: Train services from Forest Hill - SSR - 09-04-2008, 09:44 AM
RE: Train services from Forest Hill - loca - 17-04-2008, 09:02 PM
RE: Train services from Forest Hill - loca - 17-04-2008, 09:42 PM
Reduced trains in the evening? - Gep - 27-01-2009, 09:38 PM
Snow disruption - michael - 02-02-2009, 09:47 AM
More Direct Trains to Charing X - Baumer - 23-02-2009, 10:49 AM
Rail Ticket Refunds - michael - 11-03-2009, 11:55 PM
Train disruption this evening - roz - 29-06-2009, 11:21 PM
RAIL MEETING TONIGHT - nasaroc - 17-09-2009, 07:09 AM
[] - Gaz - 20-11-2009, 01:58 PM
ELL journey times - Horseface - 22-11-2009, 01:55 PM
Trains - boudicca21 - 12-04-2012, 09:25 PM

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