Talk:New Cross station

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The rail box at the bottom has both St Johns and Lewisham listed as the next stations, but should it only have St. Johns, as you have to go through the station (or past it, if you're on the fast lines and go over the flyover) to get to Lewisham?

And more generally, do the rail boxes on the pages show geographical routes or are they a reflection of train services? And if the latter, what services should be shown? (eg should the page for Kidbrooke have an entry for the "next" station as Waterloo East due to the few fast trains in the morning that do run fast?) edd 15:28, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

That is the key $64,000 question, and no one has yet to come up with an answer. The physical lines (typified in the end by a network rail other number) differ from the services. The former may stretch from say Charing cross to Dover priory via Orpington, Tonbridge and Ashford. But the services will consist of fasts to the end and a variety of stoppers, some going to other locations. I don't have the knowledge to explain the various (complex) services in South London so i have treaded somewhat carefully. There is also a new template to use which is more complex so i haven't got around to updating all the infoboxes with the actual situation. The typical situation is to list the "typical off peak" train services, but if you know the details a <small>Limited Service</small> tag (or Peak service) can be added. Pickle 15:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC)