Kirk Sandall
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How is this project coming along?
Well.... they've built a footbridge to it that looks like a derailed train...
Is it going to be a through platform? as there is a buffer stop at present at the south end of the new platform or does that go when its completed?
Could anyone provide any recent photographs? I'm interested in the progress.
I would be interested in why it looks like a derailed train.
That is the Jeremy Corbyn of footbridges- misguided, hopeless, a train wreck.
Drunken architect, perchance?
I would expect them to use 'A' rather than -1.I just hate platforms '0' If they were to add another would it be '-1'?
I would expect them to use 'A' rather than -1.
I've seen this new platform a few times now and it does look pretty horrendous. It's awkward to get to, it's extremely narrow, it has a canopy which looks next to useless and it will be a very bleak place to be in inclement weather.
But from an operational point of view, it will obviously be a useful addition so I don't imagine the parties involved will care about things like that!
I've seen this new platform a few times now and it does look pretty horrendous. It's awkward to get to, it's extremely narrow, it has a canopy which looks next to useless and it will be a very bleak place to be in inclement weather.
But from an operational point of view, it will obviously be a useful addition so I don't imagine the parties involved will care about things like that!
You do wonder how useful Platform O will be, however. Currently the only terminating trains arriving / departing in the Thorne Junction direction are the hourly Northern stoppers from Hull. They spend around 20 minutes in Doncaster and currently use platform 1, though have to park further south (Monday to Friday) to allow the xx.15 service from Leeds to London to use platform 1. The new platform O may therefore allow the Hull stoppers to depart back to Hull a little earlier at say xx.42 (as on Sats).
It does seem a huge cost to accommodate one service per hour
It will become more common when the 185s leave the franchise to go South.
Platform 0 looks to be un-needed, but when planned, it was proposed that Cleethorpes trains to Sheffield and Manchester be scrapped.
They claimed they wouldn't do that, but already there's Cleethorpes trains starting and ending at Doncaster. It will become more common when the 185s leave the franchise to go South.
The ITT for the South Western Franchise 21 of the Class 185 trains are suggested for bidders to use as part of a bid, no other class is specificslly mentioned. This is for 2019/2020.Do you know something that we don't?
The ITT for the South Western Franchise 21 of the Class 185 trains are suggested for bidders to use as part of a bid, no other class is specificslly mentioned. This is for 2019/2020.