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healey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've always been amazed at how poor the service > from London Bridge to Farringdon is, for example. > It should be linked up like Charing X - every 5 > mins or so. Given as the only (sensible) route from London Bridge to Farringdon is via Charing Cross, that would result in the scrapping of every other North-South service through Charing Cross. Somehow, I can't see that one getting the thumbs up.

cdaywilson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Panicking... the LB to Victoria line potentially > being axed! Do we know how likely this is? Kind of covered in this thread - http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,933821 Most of the stations will be covered by the East London Line extension, with the exception of the bit between 'Brixton' and Victoria.

Pretty certain that it isn't ending. See the planned network map at http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/cms/pages/view/30. However, in terms of timetables, don't think they've been published for FCC beyond the December switch yet, so if you're after a cast-iron confirmation between DMK and STP, think others might be better placed to answer. Series of badly put-together edits: It's possible that this story could have been misinterpreted http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/bromley/9878307.Consultation_over_slashing_of_Sevenoaks_to_Bedford_train_service/?ref=nt ? DFT's consultation document for future franchise is http://assets.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-23/consultation-thameslink.pdf , but that doesn't take effect for another year yet. From that document, this snippet: Crucially, it doesn't really mention the Sevenoaks service via Elephant & Castle... This later section does, though:

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