Railfuture urges end of dedicated Gatwick Express to boost Brighton Mainline capacity

A railway lobbying group is calling for the Gatwick Express to be shut down as a dedicated rail link and for its trains to be reused to increase capacity on the busy Brighton Mainline.
1994 Gatwick Express advert
The organisation Railfuture argues that Gatwick Express trains run with spare capacity because regular travellers know that Southern and Thameslink services are much cheaper and comparable in travel times.
However, the conventional train services are themselves overcrowded, which makes