DorkingMain
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Problem comes from the fact Twickenham P2 is 8 coaches max. Obviously the new metro fleet will only come in 5 or 10 car formations, the former not being suitable for rugby shuttles and the latter not fitting in the bay. Thus I don't get the impression there's a huge rush to bring it back.Since the resignalling last month, bay platform 2 is now accessible by means of a crossover outside St. Margarets, then running down the now reversible up main line. Nothing has been in there for years though now it's a signalled move I wonder if it might see use when the rugby's on.
Vauxhall - Platforms 5 and 6 (on the fast tracks used by trains to places like Exeter, Weymouth, Portsmouth, Alton etc) are very rarely used (and have never been in regular use for at least 40 years and probably a lot longer than that).
Queenstown Road (Battersea) - the platform opposite the Up side of the island platform hasn't been used for several years, though I believe that there is talk of bringing it back into use.
New Malden - the centre island platform (on the fast tracks) hasn't been used for years AFAIK.
East Putney - AFAIK no train has called at the platform on the spur line used by ECS trains to and from Wimbledon depot for many years.
Finsbury Park main line station has at least one island platform that's not in regular use.
Queenstown Road Platform 1 has long ceased to be an operational platform, likewise the two spur platforms at East Putney.
New Malden fast platforms are in use for emergencies only, due to the poor surface and access.
Not required in the sense that trains aren't timetabled to occupy both platforms at the same time, but two platforms at the end of a branch line is rather stretching the definition of "too many".Are there two platforms at Bromley North? If so, are both required?
The bidirectional running is on the "Up Fast" so it would be possible for a train to leave Platform 2 / 3 onto the "Up Slow" while a train at on the Up Fast in the down direction.Is the section of wrong-line running long enough so that a train can be stood 'in the middle' whilst keeping the Up Slow and Down Main clear; i.e. as soon as a train departs Platform 2, a fresh train can be stood waiting?
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