On Apr 29, 9:45*pm, wrote:

(Mizter T) wrote:
On Apr 29, 2:48*pm, "Peter Masson" wrote:
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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". :-))

Well that'll show me for not having read it this month!


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?

Yes, that's exactly what I mean above when I said there was a centre
track.


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.

My memory is that there track bed space isn't used for anything
critical like that, BICBW.