Mary Reid

As you go through Wimbledon Station the announcement tells you to "Alight here for connections to Kings Cross". This refers to the Thameslink service, managed by First Capital Connect, that runs on a north/south route through London.

Today (well, it was today when I started writing this) I needed to get to Kings Cross for a meeting, so I went to First Capital Connect to check the times from Wimbledon to Kings Cross. To my surprise, it sent me via Vauxhall and the Victoria line rather than on Thameslink! I tried the, usually very helpful, Transport for London Journey Planner and it did the same, with pretty graphics of the route as a bonus.

After much googling I did take a look at Wikipedia, where the map showed me that the Kings Cross Thameslink station was closed before Christmas so it can be upgraded. But Thameslink now stops at St Pancras International; not that First Capital Connect wanted to tell me this...

Back to First Capital Connect. Please when does the train run from Wimbledon to St Pancras? It gave me a list which now included the Thameslink trains.

The annoying thing about all this is that Kings Cross and St Pancras are literally next door to each other, and indeed share a Tube station called Kings Cross St Pancras.

Any chance that they could change that announcement at Wimbledon? Or even do something intelligent like giving the route from Wimbledon to Kings Cross via Thameslink and St Pancras International, followed by a 2 minute walk?