The last 30+ posts on this thread (supposedly) about "Thameslink Services/Timetable from May 20th", seem to have turned into a rant about car parking at various stations in Hertfordshire. Does that mean that the complainers are running out of things to say about the subject matter or is it just expanding hang-ups about GTR?
But you say yourself that rehashing the same old arguments is tiresome. But no the views of the new timetable have not change from the great northern side.
Q. Is the service more reliable than it was in the summer of 2018?
A. Yes?
Q. Is the service acceptable?
A. Absolutely not - the weekends is still unusable.
Q. Is the frequency better than pre-Thameslink?
A. No. (Especially off peak)
Q. Is performance better than pre Thameslink?
A. No, just better than it was immediately after introduction
Q. Are there more seats?
A. Not in the peak. Off peak depends weekends no. When you have not got large gaps probably.
Q. Are journeys quicker?
A. The majority of key flows no. But we have some big winners and also big losers.
Q. Are the 700s comfortable?
A. No
Q. Are the 700s reliable?
A. They are still the least reliable unit in the GTR fleet according to MTIN figures.
So although the posts have dropped, the timetable still is not fit for purpose on great northern. It is just better than what we had immediately after introduction. The weekend is still unusable. We are not happy but as you have said yourself nobody cares and constantly posting to this forum won’t change anything.