Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Were I heading that way and given where I live, surely I would just take a train from London Bridge or Victoria directly to East Croydon?
That might, perhaps, be the chosen routing of the unimaginative, inexperienced traveller.

Trust me. I know about these things. In two weeks commuting I only got on the wrong train once; and even then I kept my sh*t together so that I was able to make the decision to leave the train at Rochester and wait for v to collect me.