Gatwick Express to be scrapped
Passengers' groups have welcomed plans to axe the dedicated rail service between London and Gatwick Airport in order to ease overcrowding on one of the UK's busiest lines.
Gatwick Express trains will no longer run non-stop from the airport to London Victoria, and airport-bound passengers will have to compete for seats with commuters from the south coast, under proposals by the Strategic Rail Authority.
The SRA says the Gatwick Express is often only half-full, whereas
mainline services to Brighton in Sussex are regularly 30% over capacity with hundreds of people being forced to stand.