notverydeep
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Passengers suffering crowding at Stevenage on the 07:36 departure could do worse than travelling later. Being a sad puppy, I alighted from 2T93 (07:20 Cambridge North to King's Cross) at Finsbury Park to join 1P49 0733 Peterborough (08:27 at Stevenage) to London Kings Cross 5 minutes later. I did this to get my first GN ride on a 700, though as I use Thameslink to Blackfriars everyday, I won't be going out of my way again to ride on one! I was fairly surprised to see that 700125 was quite lightly loaded (for a 12 car) and there had clearly been free seats prior to Finsbury Park, even in the middle of the train. Stevenage to Finsbury Park would be the heaviest loaded section of this train's journey. There were leaflets on the seats extolling the good things we can expect, although strangely enough it didn't mention the planned reduction in seated capacity from Welwyn Garden City (see the GN 387s thread and others passim)...