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The following services all call at Hornsey and Harringay, basically pretty much anything heading to Hertford stops at those stations while Welwyn GC doesn't
Tad stupid as Hertfords can run insulated between Finsbury Park and Stevenage and leave the WGC services to pick up those calls as they already have 2tph that only call at Hatfield and Potters Bar but also as WGC has 6tph
As you don’t use the route or understand the timetable let me enlighten you.
The faster services are banished to the slow line. If the WGC - Moorgate services stopped everywhere then the Cambridge- London service would be slowed down even more.
Examples from WGC
0709 WGC - Moorgate was 0722 WGC - London (Ex Cambridge) 1 min behind at Finsbury Park. If the 0709 stopped more then the 0722 would be even slower.
0724 WGC - Moorgate does stop at all stations south of Alexander Palace but omits Hadley Wood, Oakliegh Park and New Southgate to do so. They have a worse service than previously as a result.
The 717s will provide a new Gordon Hill - Moorgate service so the 0724 can revert to a normal pattern but it will still need to miss stations after Alexander Palace to keep out the way of the 0732.
The 717s wont help this, running the Cambridge to London on the fast south of Potters Bar may help. But I suspect no path exists.
But it is the full slow line that prevents what you suggest.