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[email protected] · April 29th 10, 08:45 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Mizter T) wrote:

On Apr 29, 2:48*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:

"Recliner" wrote in message

"Mizter T"

On Apr 29, 1:52 pm, TimB wrote:
I thought they were expected to use the same platform (2?) at
Clapham Jn?

Platform 1 is to be reinstated (across the island from platform 2).

I thought Ih ad read that this plan had been abandoned?

AIUI the current plan is to use platform 2 in two halves. Presumably
WLL trains will use the eastern half of the platform, and ELL trains
will use the western half via a new mid-platform crossover.

Described in this month's Modern Railways (IIRC) as the "Cambridge
solution". :-))

That's very interesting - first time I've come across that. That plan
makes the notion of sharing a platform face actually workable (having
the WLL and ELL services actually share the very same operational
platform would be a recipe for total disaster, which is why I'd
dismissed it previously - never thought of what you've mentioned
though). It's possible of course because there's a centre track in
between those on platforms 2 and 3.

Isn't there a middle road between 2 and 3 at Clapham Junction?

Actually quite ingenious. I knew that the decking beneath the track
space of platform 1 wasn't in a very healthy state - I guess that some
time in the future that might have to be dealt with properly, then
again maybe it's fine and can continue to be patched up so long as it
doesn't need to take the weight of a train or two.

I think the other problem with the original platform 1 is the signalling
or other hardware that would have to be moved.

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Colin Rosenstiel