Res Platform Preston Station ?

[Butts]

I noticed on my visit to Preston today that one of the Platforms has the above "moniker what does it mean please ?"

 

[MidnightFlyer]

They're the former Royal Mail platforms or similar I believe. Very, very rarely, but it does happen, used for passenger services.

 

[Butts]

They're the former Royal Mail platforms or similar I believe. Very, very rarely, but it does happen, used for passenger services.

Ah thanks for that - I did notice the huge Royal Mail Depot adjacent to that side of the Station.

 

[142094]

RES = Rail Express Systems, someone will have better details but it was formed before Privatisation alongside the other Trainload sectors, but focussed on post trains.

 

[ExRes]

No, no, no, no,

Res = Rail express systems

Thank you

 

[umontu]

It was used last for passengers during the Lytham Open Golf tournament in 2012 as far as I know. They ran a shuttle to and from Ansdell and Fairhaven.

I seem to remember they erected some fences to keep people away from the sidings at either end.

 

[AndyW33]

When it is used for passenger services it is known as Platform 0, and access is only via the subway. It was originally a passenger platform before electrification/resignalling.

 

[driver9000]

Known as the PCD (Parcels Concentration Depot) officially. When the golf open was at Ansdell & Fairhaven in 2012 the platform indicators showed it as 'RES' rather than 0. Originally the PCD was platform 2 (platform 1 was behind and is now South Siding No.3 and North Bay) before being taken out of passenger use, the line itself is now the Down and Up Goods.

 

[Elecman]

They are planning on bringing it back into passenger usage in the non too distant future