choochoochoo
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Amongst the other flapping tonight, the 1820 Moorgate to Watton was canned and put into the bay at Gordon Hill.
I was on the following last GH terminator of the night which was hence put into platform 2 to terminate.
Considering how ultra cautious GN have been about platform stopping points and using SDO where entire trains are well in platforms, I was rather amused that the front door was opened almost entirely off the end of the marked platform. The ramp on that platform at Gordon Hill is fortunately rather shallow...!
To be honest I was more excited about my first down train into the up platform... but does seem a bit of an oversight!
The stop marker on gordon hill platform 2 in the down direction is weirdly far off the platform. I do wonder the reasoning. Perhaps someone forgot to program the SDO for that platform. If I remember correctly, when the 717s first entered service, there was a restriction that said no passenger service into platform 2 in the down direction. But that restriction has been removed.