Where a station has two platforms but is surrounded on both sides by single track, do the trains always use the left-hand platform? (As if it was a double-track route). This would make 'usability' easier as it would have one platform in each direction, so it could have signs saying "Platorm x for trains to x" even if it has no monitors.
I think most stations on the Cambrian, etc. use this arrangement, except Welshpool where there is no crossing move required,then I think they just use one platform (although it's an island platform so shouldn't cause too much confusion).
I noticed on the East Lancashire Railway that at Ramsbottom (two side platforms), when a crossing was required, each train used the left-hand platform, but when I went on the return journey (towards Bury/Heywood), there was no train to cross and it used the right-hand platform! (This has potential for confusion if done on the National Rail network, but is there anywhere where something similar is done on National Rail where the station has two side platforms?).
I know that the loop at Tallerddig has the first train go into the loop line while the passing train goes through the main line, but there is no station there.
I think most stations on the Cambrian, etc. use this arrangement, except Welshpool where there is no crossing move required,then I think they just use one platform (although it's an island platform so shouldn't cause too much confusion).
I noticed on the East Lancashire Railway that at Ramsbottom (two side platforms), when a crossing was required, each train used the left-hand platform, but when I went on the return journey (towards Bury/Heywood), there was no train to cross and it used the right-hand platform! (This has potential for confusion if done on the National Rail network, but is there anywhere where something similar is done on National Rail where the station has two side platforms?).
I know that the loop at Tallerddig has the first train go into the loop line while the passing train goes through the main line, but there is no station there.