Redhill would also be better served by one of the Southern coast services diverted off the quarries.
Which users of the Southern coast services are happy to have their service diverted via Redhill adding delay and overcrowding to it?
This is an unfunded project according to NR article but is it hiding under the Brighton Main Line NREP scheme which is at decision to develop hence this proposal. Although not sure it really helps BML as the Slow lines between Redhill and Gatwick are hardly at capacity.
The point you miss here is that building the Reigate platform removes splitting at Redhill and makes journeys quicker for people from stations south of Redhill who currently have to wait at Redhill for ten minutes in each direction.
The occupation of platform 3 at Redhill for splitting causes quite a lot of delay. The fact that no fast trains run via Redhill is due to the potential delay caused by stopping and splitting trains. Now that the Victoria to Brighton Southern service is being diverted to the East Coastway, there is perhaps an outside possibility of a Victoria to Brighton slow being reintroduced once the Croydon work is done.
Switching the BED-GAT TL service to Reigate will save at least one diagram as the layover is 28mins currently.
Quite a useful thing as there aren't enough 12-car units for the desired services.
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