Owen - we all realise you have an absolute loathing for Easyjet and Gatwick. We get it. But please get your facts right! Thameslink from Blackfriars (owing to the long term upgrade if London Bridge!) is now as quick as 45 mins. Gatwick Express is 30 mins (I'll give you that one). Southern to London Bridge - fastest trains do it in 51 minutes. Southern to Victoria - fastest trains do it in 35 minutes (and at half the price of the Gatwick Express to boot). Take it from the 10's of thousands of people who commute it daily as well as one off trips. We can all make statistics do what we want on forums such as these. Check the timetables if you want further clarification - and yes those are the currect timetables allowing for leaf fall and the redevelopment of London Bridge which has thrown all the times out.