whoosh
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Stevenage platforms are all 12 car capable and have been for years.
Point is if you’re fully in platform does it matter where you stop?
Eg 12 car platform and all services stop at a specific marker even 4 cars.
As long as all the doors are on the platform I don't think it's an issue on the odd occasion. The different stopping points are to position the train relative to the entrance/exit to the platform (which sometimes creates conflict between minimising slips trips and falls of passengers hurrying for trains, and drivers stopping short - a separate issue really).
The only thing at Stevenage is that the CD/RA equipment is positioned before the the 12 car marker, so 12 car 365s need manually dispatching with bat and flag - 387s and 700s have in cab monitors so are driver despatched using these.
Going a bit past the stop car marker with all the doors on the platform is much MUCH more preferable than stopping short!