lancastrian
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Today I was using Honeybourne Station. It was great to see it with the second platform restored and looking good with the double track restored, but as I looked at it, a couple of questions came to my mind.
First of all, the platform lengths. The old platform, No. 1 is only about 3 car lengths. It was interesting watching an HST pull up alongside it, especially with the front power car still on the platform, with only two other coaches were people were ab;e to alight from, the back coaches were not only off the platform but back under the bridge. After careful observation it seems to me that platform 1 could not only be extended about one coach length back to the bridge (London direction) but also extended as far as the signal (Evesham direction) about another 3/4 coach lengths.
Platform 2, the rebuilt platform is 5 coaches long, this easily accommodated the class 180 that called there. Plus it also could be extended for HST's easily. Yes I know that there is a cost, but with all the 'Elf & Safety' huh-ah that goes on, I would have thought at least both platforms would be of equal length.
Secondly, I looked behind platform 2, at a potential site for a platform 3, for the extended Gloucester Warwickshire Railway when it reaches Honeybourne, the year 2030 or later.
There is space for a decent length of platform there, with run-round potential, but for some reason the signal which controls the entrance to sidings at Honeybourne has been placed right in the path of any third platform. This to me seems a bit daft, but I am sure that there is a good reason for all my questions.
Any insight would be gratefully received. Thank you.
First of all, the platform lengths. The old platform, No. 1 is only about 3 car lengths. It was interesting watching an HST pull up alongside it, especially with the front power car still on the platform, with only two other coaches were people were ab;e to alight from, the back coaches were not only off the platform but back under the bridge. After careful observation it seems to me that platform 1 could not only be extended about one coach length back to the bridge (London direction) but also extended as far as the signal (Evesham direction) about another 3/4 coach lengths.
Platform 2, the rebuilt platform is 5 coaches long, this easily accommodated the class 180 that called there. Plus it also could be extended for HST's easily. Yes I know that there is a cost, but with all the 'Elf & Safety' huh-ah that goes on, I would have thought at least both platforms would be of equal length.
Secondly, I looked behind platform 2, at a potential site for a platform 3, for the extended Gloucester Warwickshire Railway when it reaches Honeybourne, the year 2030 or later.
There is space for a decent length of platform there, with run-round potential, but for some reason the signal which controls the entrance to sidings at Honeybourne has been placed right in the path of any third platform. This to me seems a bit daft, but I am sure that there is a good reason for all my questions.
Any insight would be gratefully received. Thank you.