Interestingly. Between 7am and 8am and 8am and 9am, there are 8 trains between Surbiton and Clapham Junction each hour. That matches the usual off peak frequency. In addition to that one can save 1 minute once an hour by changing at Wimbledon. I love National Rail Enquiries, where a minute quicker service is shown. I guess every minute counts to some people! Wimbledon also have 8 an hour from Surbiton.
That frequency is better than what exists when there isn't such large scale engineering works! I wonder what passengers will think of the increase and then the decrease once the works are completed?
I understand why only 4 trains hour run during the usual morning peak but I'm sure passengers who notice the increase won't all appreciate why it must decrease again once the work are completed.
Obviously some other lines have no services but it seems some places at least, they will get an enhanced peak time to some stations compared to normal.
It is in testing because during the morning high peak, fast trains appear to still all be skipping Clapham Junction, so a fair number of trains must still be going through the fast lines to Waterloo.
Actually Woking is getting two trains an hour stopping Clapham Junction. These are semi fast so perhaps they are using the fast line.
Now Woking is going to get 4 trains a hour that stop at Wimbledon and Clapham Junction. Two semi fast and two slow. Currently it gets nothing. Again if passengers notice this, they may not understand why after the works, Woking will get nothing to those stations once more.
I know people who catch a train just after 7am in the morning, in order to get the last rating to Clapham Junction. They have a slightly longer lie in, if they so wish.
So I think the timetable looks good but I've only looked at some of the lines I've use from time to time in the past.
)
