Future Developments
Southern Railway will be significantly revising its timetable to incorporate additional services on the Brighton Main Line after its June 2008 takeover of the Gatwick Express (due to come into effect 14 December 2008). The effect on future services from Horley has yet to be published.
The Thameslink Programme (formerly Thameslink 2000) project proposes to turn some of the Southern services over to the expanded Thameslink network currently operated by First Capital Connect. This project will see services that currently terminate at London Bridge continuing through Central London and north wards via the Midland Main Line or East Coast Main Line to destinations such as Luton or Cambridge. This however is not imminent, a Department for Transport whitepaper states only that "the Thameslink Programme will be completed by the end of 2015" and that "interim outputs will be delivered by the end of 2011", leaving Southern as the main operator for several more years to come.
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