adamedwards
Member
- Joined
- 4 Apr 2016
- Messages
- 796
If there were no through lines at Lancaster, there would be no need for approach control to the turnouts (40 mph going south in the cabride video I just watched) to the platforms off the main lines. That would speed up all the services which call there and I assume this is virtually every train.
The space freed up could then be used for an extra platform, or to ease the running in speeds for other platforms, further improving the speeds in and out of the station.
Now that gain may or may not be worth having and of course there could be a need to increase the speed through the plaforms for non-stopping freight.
I appreciate this is a bit 1980s in terms of track reductions, but if everything calls at the station anyway, the value of the loops must be limited?
Expert views from those who know appreciated.
The space freed up could then be used for an extra platform, or to ease the running in speeds for other platforms, further improving the speeds in and out of the station.
Now that gain may or may not be worth having and of course there could be a need to increase the speed through the plaforms for non-stopping freight.
I appreciate this is a bit 1980s in terms of track reductions, but if everything calls at the station anyway, the value of the loops must be limited?
Expert views from those who know appreciated.