I agree completely, whatever way anyone wants to try and dress this up it's awful. Not only Anerley and Penge West lose the London Bridge service, stations New Cross Gate to Anerley lose a direct link to East Croydon and NXG to Sydenham only have 2tph to and from London Bridge, nobody wants to change at Canada Water.
I do find it funny how people are supposed to put up and shut up and just accept a less than ideal commute or journey, the thing they don’t get is that the majority still work in central London and not the docklands, what use is the Docklands if you don’t work there? I do wonder if people who say we should put up and shut up, work regular hours, commuting in high peak, which can be very stressful.
The fact of the matter is post covid has proven one thing wrong, the West End is still a major draw for the majority of Londoners, the shops, cinemas, theatres, bars, museums, galleries, etc are all pretty much based in the West End.
You’re right though, Canada Water is an awful interchange and even with CrossRail the Jubilee line is still busy and rammed.
much like they did on the Greenwich line. The network evolved and simplified, and things moved on.
The loss of Charing Cross on that line is still felt, and it’s far from simple, Thameslink isn’t exactly reliable on that line.
I’d be willing to bet it’s less than 100.
I don’t know, still I don’t think things should be made inconvenient even if it’s just a minority.