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Watford Junction Towards St. Pancras Harrow & Wealdstone and beyond Wembley Central London Shepherd’s Bush Blackfriars Towards Blackfriars and beyond Kensington (Olympia) London Victoria West Brompton Battersea Park London Bridge Elephant South Clapham & Castle Bermondsey Imperial Junction Wharf Wandsworth Common Queens Road Peckham Balham New Cross Gate Loughborough Peckham Rye Streatham Junction Hill Herne Hill East Dulwich Brockley Wimbledon Tooting

Wimbledon Haydons Road North South Merton Chase Streatham Tulse Hill Dulwich Mitcham Junction Mitcham East elds Honor Oak Park Morden South Streatham Common West Norwood Norbury Gipsy Hill Forest Hill Hackbridge Thornton Heath St. Helier Crystal Palace Sydenham Carshalton Selhurst Norwood Sutton Common Junction Anerley Penge West Carchlton Wallington Waddon West Croydon Sutton Beeches West Sutton East Croydon Belmont Beckenham South Croydon Birkbeck Junction Banstead Epsom Cheam Downs Ewell East Purley Oaks Epsom Tattenham Corner Kingswood Woodmansterne Reedham Purley Whyteleafe Ashtead Caterham London Road Ef ngton Tadworth Chipstead Coulsdon Kenley Whyteleafe (Guildford) Clandon Junction Leatherhead Town South Horsley Bookham Box Hill & Westhumble Dorking

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Horsham Service improvements During 2015, some of the older 319s in use on the route will be • These Thameslink services will operated by new class replaced by new-build class 387s on an interim basis Southern 700 units Metro routes will see the continued operation of 10 carriage • From 2018, two additional peak trains will be provided formations on the busiest trains, as introduced recently by between Wimbledon and London Bridge Southern. They will continue to be served by a mix of class (via Peckham Rye) to help alleviate overcrowding 377 and class 455 trains, but with some reduction in the use of the older 455s by 2018 • From 2018 earlier Sunday services from the Wimbledon loop to London Blackfriars to reflect the changing nature of From December 2015 earlier Saturday morning Southern Sunday demand Metro services to and from London. Late night Metro services introduced by Southern in 2010 are retained • 4tph to operate between Purley and Caterham on Monday to Saturday evenings (increased from 2tph) from 2018 On the Wimbledon Loop, existing class 319 rolling stock will be gradually replaced by the new-build class 700 Siemens trains • There will also be further 10 carriage trains introduced in on a phased basis between 2017 and 2018. The new trains the Southern Metro in 2018 and an additional peak service will increase total carrying • It is planned to withdraw the Purley to Tattenham Corner capacity between the Wimbledon Loop and London Blackfriars shuttle train from December 2015 by around 50% in the three-hour morning peak • A similar service pattern is planned for the West London New Thameslink connections in 2018: Line to that provided currently; with some further additional • Two trains per hour (2tph) will operate all day between carriages to those currently being introduced Tattenham Corner and Cambridge (from May 2018) by Southern • 2tph will operate in the peaks between Caterham and • The existing Thameslink fleet will then be entirely replaced Welwyn Garden City (from December 2018) by new-build class 700 Siemens trains between 2016 and 2018 Stations All stations on the franchise will benefit from a share of the Free WiFi £50m investment planned in improving station facilities and appearance. Benefits for stations in the South London area Free WiFi is planned to be introduced at 104 of the busiest include the following: stations across the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) franchise. • Interactive touch screens to be installed at London Blackfriars, East Croydon and Sutton, providing train running information, journey planning, connection First to last station staffing information and local maps First to last staffing will be introduced at Ashtead, Dorking, • Ticket gatelines to be introduced at Caterham, Elephant and Castle, Leatherhead, Loughborough Junction, East Dulwich, Elephant and Castle, Purley, South Croydon and Tooting as part of plans to provide Loughborough Junction, Queens Road Peckham, it at the 101 busiest stations in the GTR franchise. Sanderstead, Tooting and Wandsworth Common Our investment programme for stations includes funding for more CCTV, toilet refurbishments, new retail facilities, help points and car park improvements – as well as plans for increased cycle storage and improved transport integration. More details on specific plans for individual stations will be provided at a later stage.