Narrow platforms - the Barcelona solution

[modernrail]

Spotted (and had to use this) on a platform in Barcelona. Interesting solution, allowing passengers to alight so no need to move through the train but preventing boarding. Perhaps not to bad from a safety perspective as most people will have cleared the section by the time the train pulls away.

 

[Bletchleyite]

There is an arrangement sort of like that at Bushey on the down fast.

 

[C96]

Could imagine the pr disaster with people with large luge or overweight people alighting from that carriage and unable to exit.

 

[modernrail]

Well I suppose if people will insist on taking large luges on public transport they should expect some bother.

 

[Lewlew]

Where abouts in London do you think this is needed?

 

[Bletchleyite]

Where abouts in London do you think this is needed?

Bushey. Where a variation of it exists!

 

[notverydeep]

Well I suppose if people will insist on taking large luges on public transport they should expect some bother.

How on earth would I be able to get off with my four person bobsleigh...?

 

[C96]

How on earth would I be able to get off with my four person bobsleigh...?

Think you need to pre-book that assistance and travel in carriage 2 in the designated bobsleigh area.

 

[modernrail]

Think you need to pre-book that assistance and travel in carriage 2 in the designated bobsleigh

Or switch sport and use a skeleton service

 

[gazr]

Bushey. Where a variation of it exists!

Bushey P3 sees such little use (usually at unsociable hours), it would be a waste of money. For a start, only 4 carriages fit on the platform. The one time I alighted there, I was at the front and ready to take pictures and I noticed he guard was waving his arms at me vigorously from the 4th carriage. I ran towards him and he said I had to leave the platform by buzzing a security door before the train could be dispatched. The platform is an oddity in London.

 

[Tangent]

Bushey. Where a variation of it exists!

The ideal place would be stations where you have large numbers of alighters and boarders at peak hours - the Underground stations at terminals such as Victoria or King's Cross would seem to be good starting points.