OT I know but during this summer's tennis, I was on an ex-Dorking train on platform 5 which departed at the same time as a 'tennis special' on platform 6, and a District line on platform 4! Was quite interesting to have three trains departing at the same time and in the same direction from adjacent platforms! I mean, it probably happens in loads of other places across the network, but it was amusing to me...
1/2 at Temple Meads are not track-circuited, but do have platform interfaces iirc.
Platform 1 is in use for the Severn Beach services, and platform 2 isnt numbered and doesn't exist as such.
Those services usually use number 4 to allow the XC behind into number 3
When was the last time there was a regular service using Small Heath platforms 1 & 2?
Isn't there an unnumbered platform at Hooton as well
Think it may have been in the early 1990s, but I'll stand corrected on that. I remember there was a late night Shirley to Birmingham New Street train, which I used to catch every now and again, and I'm sure that used to call there. I've been working thro there for more than 20 years, and theyve been closed all of that time.
And just when I mention it on this thread, guess what platform I arrived on last night?
I've been on a fair few Carlisle runs from platform 12 until the recent changes and it now sees regular booked XC services through the day: the 09:35 to Southampton is sitting there now.
