Norwood Junction - New roof for Platform 6

[Railcar]

Last week, a team of men were attaching corrugated plastic sheeting to form a roof for Platform 6 at Norwood Junction. This platform has an exit to Clifford Road and is furthest from the ticket office. Platforms 4 and 5 handle the busy suburban traffic (Southern and Overground), with platform 3 (Down Main) used by the Thameslink stoppers.
If platform 6 is to be brought back into use will it be for the suburban services (and popular for commuters living in Woodside)?

 

[Sunset route]

Last week, a team of men were attaching corrugated plastic sheeting to form a roof for Platform 6 at Norwood Junction. This platform has an exit to Clifford Road and is furthest from the ticket office. Platforms 4 and 5 handle the busy suburban traffic (Southern and Overground), with platform 3 (Down Main) used by the Thameslink stoppers.
If platform 6 is to be brought back into use will it be for the suburban services (and popular for commuters living in Woodside)?

Platform 6 at Norwood Junction is in constant use, however platform 7 on the other side of the island platform has been out of use for well over 40 years.

 

[paul1609]

Platform 6 at Norwood Junction is in constant use, however platform 7 on the other side of the island platform has been out of use for well over 40 years.

Wasn't platform 7 for services over the Norwood Spur Junction to Beckenham? I don't think it was ever electrified and has probably been out of use for closer to 100 years. I think the track was left in place because it was used by coal traffic to Norwood yard until the early 1970s.

 

[Railcar]

My mistake. I looked yesterday. It is the roof over platform 8 that is being replaced (there is still a gap at the country end). The track approaching the platform is overgrown with weeds and shrubbery and it becomes a siding, ending in a bufferstop.
Since NR would hardly spend capital on a disused platform accessed by a useless track (no third rail), can we presume that the work on platform 8 is preparation for the changes to Windmill Bridge Junction and East Croydon station?

 

[Peregrine 4903]

My mistake. I looked yesterday. It is the roof over platform 8 that is being replaced (there is still a gap at the country end). The track approaching the platform is overgrown with weeds and shrubbery and it becomes a siding, ending in a bufferstop.
Since NR would hardly spend capital on a disused platform accessed by a useless track (no third rail), can we presume that the work on platform 8 is preparation for the changes to Windmill Bridge Junction and East Croydon station?

Do you mean Platform 7?

Don't think Platform 8 at Norwood Junction has ever existed.

 

[Railcar]

Do you mean Platform 7?

Don't think Platform 8 at Norwood Junction has ever existed.

Platform 7 (although it has no signs) forms an island wih Platform 6. The building accessed from Clifford Road, with a platform facing the overgrown track, is being re-roofed. The numbering sequence would make that Platform 8

 

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Platform 7 (although it has no signs) forms an island wih Platform 6. The building accessed from Clifford Road, with a platform facing the overgrown track, is being re-roofed. The numbering sequence would make that Platform 8

We don’t have a platform 8 at Norwood Junction.

 

[zwk500]

can we presume that the work on platform 8 is preparation for the changes to Windmill Bridge Junction and East Croydon station?

I don't believe there's been any decision either way on CARS.

 

[PGAT]

It's another one of those projects that's been forgotten about/scrapped because of COVID

 

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Since NR would hardly spend capital on a disused platform accessed by a useless track (no third rail), can we presume that the work on platform 8 is preparation for the changes to Windmill Bridge Junction and East Croydon station?

The talk at work is that the CARS project has been scrapped indefinitely, especially as the current train service and train lengths don’t warrant it anymore.