Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i can't see what's in it for us regarding the > works at LB. we've lost train services which will > never get reinstated, put up with years of > commuting misery and this morning, I'm sat on a > train which is leaving countless trains go past at > high speed, the congestion hadn't eased. Exactly this. This is a suburban railway, primarily serving those commuting in, or through town, from outside the city. Southeast London needs some tube lines, or some proper 'metro' services. Perhaps if TFL take over we'll get the latter at least. This part of London is woefully underprovided for compared to the rest of the Captial.