wellhouse
Member
Does anyone know the policy for positioning Platform Stop Boards?
There was a thread a little while ago about stop boards not aligning with platform shelters, but what has caught my attention is the inconsistent installation of stop boards for trains of different lengths at the same station.
I understand that with curved platforms, clear sightlines for dispatching may be an issue, but at Wrenbury, for example, with dead straight platforms, the Up line has a single 'S' stop board, while the Down has boards for 2, 3 and 4 car stops. Then when a single Class 153 arrives, it stops short of any of them, with no marker. I seem to recall that Ludlow also has different stop boards on each platform.
There was a thread a little while ago about stop boards not aligning with platform shelters, but what has caught my attention is the inconsistent installation of stop boards for trains of different lengths at the same station.
I understand that with curved platforms, clear sightlines for dispatching may be an issue, but at Wrenbury, for example, with dead straight platforms, the Up line has a single 'S' stop board, while the Down has boards for 2, 3 and 4 car stops. Then when a single Class 153 arrives, it stops short of any of them, with no marker. I seem to recall that Ludlow also has different stop boards on each platform.