Knottingley did have platforms on the Askern route, back in the day, I believe. I spoke to someone from the Friends of Askern Station years ago; I don't think they realised you couldn't extend Leeds-Knottingley services down that way to Doncaster without omitting Knottingley itself!
Ravensthorpe is getting a rebuild and will be on both routes post-TRU, hurrah.
Show up clearly on the National Library of Scotland georeferenced maps
There is already a station called "Oulton Broad South" on the East Suffolk line, so additional platforms on this line at Oulton Broad North would be of minimal value, unlike most of the other suggestions on this thread.
You wouldnt have the room between the tunnels and Proof House Junction. Its also on a viaduct and the gradient changes in the vicinity to about 1 in 45, so I doubt platforms would be ideal on that. Its also in the second signal section out of New St, so you couldn't plan a train out of New St until a train had departed the Curzon St station.
I was thinking of new platfoms off the WCML mainline. So more a redevelopment, with new terminating platforms in the space between Moor St and Curzon St accessed by new chords from WCML.
On this occasion, I don't think it was broken up planning but more just the basic practicalities of it. As mentioned, the Alignment of the WCML and proximity to New Street here makes anything connecting into it basically impossible to achieve without destroying the functionality of the existing railways.
It'd be nice to do it but the question is how do you get to the other line for passengers. The other way to do it would be to put in a second curve to allow Pen Mill trains to call at Junction.
If either of these are ever resignalled they'd likely gain a second platform then.
It's a ~5 minute walk through the St Martins Queensway tunnel between Moor/Curzon St and New St, which might be further improved with a travelator. You'll likely wait longer for a tram before even starting to move, though it's good that it will exist for those who can't move easily over such a distance, or other mobility solutions between the terminals might be laid on.
Not sure of the benefits of chords off the WCML and also, again, how you could build them. In terms of HS2 and your proposed chords, thats a different conversation on what HS2 is for. Particularly whether the proposed network and Delta Jn and elsewhere could cope with it.
Yeah I know. I was just suggesting that there could be platforms there if they wanted
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That article does say it's specifically a life extension of existing assets, rather than a recontrol or upgrade of the interlocking. The level crossings may well have been a factor in workload, although I'd expect the line from Haxby to Scarborough to all be on the same workstation, rather than Malton be on York Station's area. I agree that when the time comes from a full S&C renewal the platform may get revisited.At Malton, NR replaced the original 55-year-old panel in 2020. That suggests an old relay interlocking with electric points and colour lights. The interlocking might itself be or have been replaced like for like with a newer relay or processsor-based installation. The benefits of moving control to York must have been considered when the panel was renewed. VDU workstations can remotely control older relay interlockings if desired as well as computer types. Maybe the issue is workload. The York station desk may already be at capacity. Adding Malton might overburden the position, especially considering the number of level crossings supervised (evident from the new panel pictured in the article). like Triggers Broom, all parts of the signalling including point motors, signals, equipment cabinets and cables could be or may have been renewed gradually around the existing layout and single platform. The new platform and access could be provided today as the layout would support it. Maybe when the crossover points come up for renewal, that's the time to consider contributing a portion of that PW budget towards a platform scheme to eliminate some or all of the pointwork.Control panel provides new lease of life for Malton signal box - Rail UK
Control panel provides new lease of life for Malton signal box - Signalling and Telecoms
The article only mentions the panel project, but other assets in the area may be renewed in the future or may have already been renewed without a wholesale resignalling. The British Power Signalling Register states Malton to be a free wired interlocking dating from 1966, but this may have been rewired to a greater or lesser extent and relays are often replaced - smaller simpler installations like that are often much easier to carry out piecemeal renewals on than the big interlockings of the main lines and major cities. That's why I mentioned the Trigger's Broom phenomenon. I agree an additional workstation covering all of York (exclusive) to Scarborough would appear to make sense but there are other boxes to the east that have also had work carried out in recent years, including Seamer's assumption of the Scarborough station area of control, for which a new free wired interlocking was built in 2010. Seamer is also a modern panel like Malton and controls further remote interlockings along the coast towards Hull. There's an intermediate box too, Weaverthorpe, also with a heap of crossings. There are still three small boxes on the line between Malton and York, of which Strensall forms the Fringe between York's TCB and AB that applies to the rest of the line to Seamer.
Yes, accessible bridges can be highly visually obtrusive in addition to being costly. An alternative at Malton might be a 'Penryn style' long platform extension with the facing crossover part way along it (either in the existing position or moved a little as shown here:
No they aren't
For both of these all lines have platforms, so not quite sure where your new platforms are going.
Pilning could arguably be resited rather than the old platform reopened. Polesworth should probably just have the money spent on getting the platform back up.Pilning/Polesworth
Platforms 3 and 4 are disused, although the station map from the NR website may be outdated.
Even if the platform is already there at SAC, the point is that no EMR trains serve it, despite it being a large enough city to justify it.
They arent disused, if a two track block is on trains will stop there.
