While it'd be nice to have through services to Blackfriars, St.Pancras, City Thameslink etc, the preservation of the current services to London Bridge and East Croydon is essential, along with the RUS suggestion for 5 car ELL trains and extra ELL peaks from Crystal Palace in the mornings, along with the ever pressing extra late Mon-Sat services to Forest Hill on the ELL which is still shambolic, even if they run trains past midnight to NXG which connect with the 0036 from London Bridge.

One of the reasons why Thameslink may have left Forest Hill behind is the ELL extension which has given us a much improved train service compared to before May 2010.