deltic1989
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Would Collingham (lincs) count as the only station to have a signal slap bang in the middle of the platform? I'm clutching at straws here a little because i simply can't think.
Would Collingham (lincs) count as the only station to have a signal slap bang in the middle of the platform? I'm clutching at straws here a little because i simply can't think.
Indeed it does, on the up platform...
Although splitting platforms into two sections with an in-between signal must not be that uncommon (signals usually being suspended from above), this one indeed grows up from the ground.
The station also seems to have (confirmed by GoogleCar(TM)) a height difference between portions of the platforms. Probably the signal signifies the end of the raised portion of the platform and thus effectively the end of platform in itself, at least the portion meant for normal use. Don't know if the level crossing right next to the end of platform also plays a part...
Rural charm.
There is a similar sounding facility near Faslane Naval Base just near to 'Garelochead' - about four sidings with platform like structures - all very new looking, with street lighting, but all totally fenced off with signs saying 'MOD Property'. Gates across the track entrance and barbed wire everywhere.
I once saw a pair of 20s parked in there - and you know what that means
I'd suggest that it's entirely down to the level crossing, and the need to position the signal a certain distance in rear of that (for a stopping train, the signal will be at Danger and the barriers on the AHB still raised when the train approaches). At a guess, the platform has only been raised in rear of the signal because there's no point raising it where the train won't stop!
Stations with a similar arrangement linked to an adjacent AHB include Burton Joyce, Swineshead and Havenhouse - at least one of those (Havenhouse) has the protecting signal some way down the platform, and the protecting signal at each of the latter two is auto-plated in an Absolute Block section - surely unusual?
Prestwick International Airport, the only railway station operated and maintained by an airport company rather than a TOC, PTE or Network Rail
There being two of them probably invalidates the unique-ness, but would Corkerhill and Drumbreck on the Paisley Canal Line be the only electrified stations that only have diesel passenger services?
Farringdon.
Where the First Capital Connect (Thameslink) passenger train changes its electricity pick up whilst standing in the station. Going north it raises its shoes off the third rail and raises the pantograph for the overhead wires. Going south it does the reverse.
Trains on the West London Line do similiar but on the move between stations.
...and I think at Camden Road (and possibly a couple of other locations on the North London line) too?
I'm afraid not - The arrangement at North Camp (See photo) is almost identical, practically speaking...Would Collingham (lincs) count as the only station to have a signal slap bang in the middle of the platform? I'm clutching at straws here a little because i simply can't think.
I'm afraid not - The arrangement at North Camp (See photo) is almost identical, practically speaking...
Anyhow, here's my go - Based on observations made during my Scandanavian voyages...
York - The only station in the United Kingdom to have a Norwegen name; The city (And thus the station built a few years later) were named after Gjorvik by the Vikings who captured and inhabited the city in 866CE.
York - The only station in the United Kingdom to have a Norwegen name; The city (And thus the station built a few years later) were named after Gjorvik by the Vikings who captured and inhabited the city in 866CE.
Exeter St Davids. Only station in England and Wales that offers a choice of 2 different direct services to London that depart in opposite directions.
You might want to look up where Whitby came from (Witebi, white settlement). Think there's Selby too. They changed the spelling of Shipton to Skipton so they could pronounce it but that might not count..
No need to shout!No, FAREHAM, PORCHESTER AND COSHAM ARE THE SAME!!!!!!
Firstly, someone said earlier that "its like saying all EC trains call at KGX", well there is of course the Aberdeen-Leeds service, so even that doesn't work :P
Firstly, someone said earlier that "its like saying all EC trains call at KGX", well there is of course the Aberdeen-Leeds service, so even that doesn't work :P (Although on a side note, I make c2c the only TOC to have services always going to London, i.e. always from or to) Also Someone said Stratford has third rail, I think I might be correct in saying that the new NLL platforms are OLE? Therefore it is only three power types, same as Highbury and Islington and Farringdon, and Wimbledon come to think of it.
Now I've stopped being picky I think Raynes Park may qualify as being the only station located on a Grade Seperated Junction?
With what little I know of Stafford (London), I can count 4-5 different types of traction power:Firstly, someone said earlier that "its like saying all EC trains call at KGX", well there is of course the Aberdeen-Leeds service, so even that doesn't work :P (Although on a side note, I make c2c the only TOC to have services always going to London, i.e. always from or to) Also Someone said Stratford has third rail, I think I might be correct in saying that the new NLL platforms are OLE? Therefore it is only three power types, same as Highbury and Islington and Farringdon, and Wimbledon come to think of it.
Is that really grade seperated though? All of the platforms are on the same level, and the only grade seperation I can think of in the Raynes Park area is where the up line from Motspur passes underneath the SWML!Now I've stopped being picky I think Raynes Park may qualify as being the only station located on a Grade Seperated Junction?
DLR uses third rail