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Trivia: Parallel moves (signalling)
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mallard
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Leicester seems to have the option of simultaneous passenger departures southbound, despite there only being two lines (nominally and up/down pair, there is also an adjacent fright loop through the station). It usually only happens when a Birmingham-bound service is departing from platform 1 and a London-bound from 3, but any combination of 1/2 and 3/4 seems to be possible. Both lines are reversible at least as far as Market Harborough apparently (referencing a diagram from the 1980s resignalling of the area).
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QueensCurve
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Forgive me if this has been mentioned before, but a train can depart Dundee for Perth of P4 at the same time as a train departing for the Tay Bridge.
This facility was introduced in the 1985 remodelling and was used routinely with the Aberdeen to Glasgow routed via P4 during the fist months or years.
The facility for parallel arrivals of the two routes does not (or did not) exist.
This facility was introduced in the 1985 remodelling and was used routinely with the Aberdeen to Glasgow routed via P4 during the fist months or years.
The facility for parallel arrivals of the two routes does not (or did not) exist.
Hunts Cross can have a Merseyrail service leaving platform 3 at the same time as a Northern/EMT service leaving platform 1 for a drag race down to Hunts Cross West Jn from what I've seen (however not that recently because the Northern services are terminating in Plat 2 and Merseyrail terminating at South Parkway).
fairysdad
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Surprised not mentioned already (unless the search function on this site is just as bad as the one on the old one!!): Wimbledon.
You will often have Up suburbans depart from platform 5 at the same time as an Underground leaves from platform 4, and, during the eponymous tennis tournament, long-distances from platform 6.
In the down direction, you can have SWR suburbans on platform 8, Thameslink from platform 9, and Tramlink from 10 all depart at the same time - indeed, I have been on an SWR service when that has happened! (I presume that, again, during the tennis, you could have a mainline departure from platform 7 as well.)
You will often have Up suburbans depart from platform 5 at the same time as an Underground leaves from platform 4, and, during the eponymous tennis tournament, long-distances from platform 6.
In the down direction, you can have SWR suburbans on platform 8, Thameslink from platform 9, and Tramlink from 10 all depart at the same time - indeed, I have been on an SWR service when that has happened! (I presume that, again, during the tennis, you could have a mainline departure from platform 7 as well.)
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Wasn't meaning to correct, more to inform. Though not the thread I did all get to use the aforementioned Coulsdon North Ground Frame. And in any case while there was a very unusual move there was certainly nothing in the way of parallel working that night.
Wasn't meaning to correct, more to inform. Though not the thread I did all get to use the aforementioned Coulsdon North Ground Frame. And in any case while there was a very unusual move there was certainly nothing in the way of parallel working that night.
Highlandspring
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There are a couple of other parallel moves possible at Dundee -
Platform 3 to Up Perth/West Reception at the same time as platform 1 to Up Fife,
Platform 1 and platform 4 to Camperdown Jn
There are also lots of parallel moves available at Perth and Stirling.
1018509
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Rayners Lane on LUL Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines. Only two platforms but trains on either platform can depart in either direction although the "wrong direction move" from the London bound platform is into the siding.
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Brockenhurst to Lymington and also to Bournemouth but only for a short distance.
SpacePhoenix
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and Poole for a limited distance as well (train on the down line to Weymouth and a train on the up line heading down to the carriage sidings)
Kite159
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Woking towards Basingstoke happens on a Sunday at XX:46 when a service for Exeter departs alongside a 450 for Basingstoke, normally for a few seconds before the 450 charges on ahead before the 159s catches it up as it slows for Brookwood
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Surprised nobody mentioned Woking yet; on the up, xx:59 Basingstoke stopper (1) xx:59 Portsmouth fast (2)
Meanwhile on the down, exactly on almost every hour, the xx:00 to Weymouth on the fast (4) and the xx:00 to Alton on the slow (5)
Meanwhile on the down, exactly on almost every hour, the xx:00 to Weymouth on the fast (4) and the xx:00 to Alton on the slow (5)
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