Quite a tricky one, Inverness Platform 7 has a separate line on the opposite side of the platform to the Platform 6 line, although the Platform 6 bay is only wide enough for one line - and the doors for a train on Platform 6 are only released on the other side (opposite Platform 5).
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Trivia: Stations that have two platforms for one track.
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Quite a tricky one, Inverness Platform 7 has a separate line on the opposite side of the platform to the Platform 6 line, although the Platform 6 bay is only wide enough for one line - and the doors for a train on Platform 6 are only released on the other side (opposite Platform 5).
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Ahh Finsbury Park. I remember back in the days of the Quad arts, that during the evening rush hour ( after school we nipped down from Wood Green to Kings Cross to get some insect haulage behind a pacific that had a service to Peterborough (( and possibly beyond)) that stopped at Finsbury Park
We used to hang around as there were times when in the down suburban platforms had three services in at once IIRC the Moorgate one came in on one of the 'outer' platforms and the City types used to pile of it and scamper through the one on the single line to gt to the other,Problem was there was also those going in the opposite direction!! It should have been filmed Brollies and Bowlers going in all directions. Those were the days
We used to hang around as there were times when in the down suburban platforms had three services in at once IIRC the Moorgate one came in on one of the 'outer' platforms and the City types used to pile of it and scamper through the one on the single line to gt to the other,Problem was there was also those going in the opposite direction!! It should have been filmed Brollies and Bowlers going in all directions. Those were the days
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Is there any reason why FGW can't open the doors on both sides on their trains at Greenford? There is no third rail so i can't see any hazards? This would be very useful as it would enable easy cross platform interchange with the Central Line in both directions. At the moment there is only cross platform interchange with the Northbound platform but for the Southbound platform you have to walk all the way around.
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Yes that is absolutely correct.
No, it was never operated double sided.
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The reason generally given is that the door controls on the vast majority of “modern” stock are designed to prevent both sides being opened at once.
RPM
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I think it is more to do with safe dispatch. A guard, or DOO driver cannot easily monitor two different platform/train interfaces at once.
I was wondering if the original intention was to allow the doors to be opened on both sides?
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Add Templecombe to the list too.
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Although the old platform has no general public access (i.e. there is a gate on the footbridge which is locked)
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I have just remembered that Crystal Palace is another one with one track serving both P6 and P7 at the station. Although the P7 side is now disused with doors only opening on the P6 side.
When you say that Banbury's platform was filled in, yes, it's correct, but I think that they did a bit of a rubbish job! It looks as though they just poured a load of ballast into the hole, making platforms 1 and 2 thinner at one end than they could be. This is because. A) ballast isn't good for public platforms, and B), there are fences going around the ballast.
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