Southern Railway is still in negotiations with Network Rail concerning a proposed extension of its West London line service over the West Coast main line to Milton Keynes. The proposal is that the current Brighton - Watford Junction service would become an East Croydon - Milton Keynes service in the new Timetable.
However actual implementation would probably be put off until January 2009 due to the amount of commissioning work due at Milton Keynes over the Christmas period this year. There are some suggestions that the northern terminus would end up being Leyton Buzzard, with trains running northwards prior to crossing over to return south.
By Stephen Aselford
12:36, 05 Sep 2008
by Matthew Rees