Can see both points of view here - as a passenger on the existing crowded southern railways trains (usually stood I hasten to add) extra trains would be a benefit. However, pax from LGW boarding trains up to London in the morning rush will NOT be able to get on a crowded train from Brighton/Bogner/Littlehampton/Portsmouth - or wherever the train starts from. The same will be true in the evening rush out of London - standing pax on south central trains is the norm on anything leaving Victoria anytime between 1700 and 1830. Where will any pax wanting LGW only put luggage etc? WIll we see the return of the baggage car on the end of these trains - I think not. If the LGW Express does run through to B'ton etc will fares be different to those charged by South Central? Probably not - so we are back to the problem of 2 fare classes for what is in essence a horribly overcrowded, expensive and unreliable service between London and Brighton.