0230 Gatwick Airport to London Bridge - Route?

[Techniquest]

Hi all,

I'm in position to do the titled move on Saturday morning, but I have yet to determine which route it goes. It's only booked to call at East Croydon and London Bridge (lower level platforms), but I can't tell whether it goes via Coulsdon South before Croydon and even more importantly which way it goes to Bridge.

Anyone here know? Most appreciated!

Ta,

Julian

 

[glynn80]

Booked via Stoats Nest Junction (so not via Coulsdon South) then via Streatham Common and Tulse Hill to London Bridge

 

[westcoaster]

if its an fcc service tnen via the above route , redhill/selhurst/peckham rye/ london bridge LL

 

[Techniquest]

Ta, I'll check the Baker later and see if it's worth doing.

If not, I'll probs just do the North Terminal thingy or something.

 

[yorkie]

2W80

[B]GTW   0230  [/B]                     
ELD   0236                      
RDH   0237                                 
PUR   0243                      
SCY   0245                      
[B]ECR   0247  [/B]                           
SRS   0250                  
SRC   0255                      
STE   0257                      
TUH   0301                      
PMR   0305                         
[B]LBG   0312[/B]

 

[Techniquest]

I assume RDH is Red Hill? If so, job done!

 

[87015]

I assume RDH is Red Hill? If so, job done!

You can't count it unless you can confirm you actually went that way...

 

[Techniquest]

Trust me, I'll be staring out of the window anyway for the purpose of the Quail anyway. Will be getting proof of going that way somehow.

Booked to go that way after East Croydon anyway with Southern on the 0532 London Victoria to Portsmouth Harbour as it turns out.

 

[Techniquest]

Since I ended up doing the move, I thought I may as well describe the route we actually took:

Gatwick Airport platform 1 > Up Fast > Redhill avoider > Stoats Nest Junction > Purley > East Croydon platform 4 > Up Victoria Slow > Streatham Common > Tulse Hill > Peckham Rye > Up London Bridge Slow > London Bridge platform 8.

And for anyone who cares, we had 319427 and 319215 (still in Southern livery) on the service.

 

[ashworth]

I'm glad I spotted this thread. Perhaps somebody will be answer my question.
I'm staying in East Croydon this weekend and will need to travel from Central London to East Croydon in the early hours of Saturday morning.

I usually use the 0200 hrs train from Victoria but didn't realise that trains ran during the night from London Bridge. Have I read correctly that there is a half hourly service right through the night from London Bridge. If that is the case, is London Bridge station actually open all night, or do you have to wait outside and it just opens about 10 minutes before each train departs as is the case with Victoria?

 

[westcoaster]

trains are only using london bridge low level during the night because of the thameslink program.

 

[Techniquest]

For some of the mornings, I believe it's only hourly but half-hourly after a short time. Not quite sure, but a journey search should yield the desired results.

Not sure what the deal is with London Bridge, but there didn't appear to be staff ordering everyone out of the place and locking gates until the pending departures or whatever. Victoria was also open from 0424 onwards, which surprised me.