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Paul Terry[_2_] · May 1st 10, 07:16 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(Mizter T) wrote:

No - what I meant was that this proposed solution is only possible
because of the (essentially unused) middle road / centre track between
platforms 2 and 3 - if it wasn't there, then the whole plan wouldn't
be feasible.

I vaguely recall wondering what was the point of it when I was a child. I
suspect it became mostly redundant at electrification.

I think it was used for goods trains that needed to reverse into
Kensington sidings - mostly milk trains from the South West that came
via East Putney. The reversal was needed because there was no access to
Kensington sidings from the west and the central road allowed the
reversal to take place without blocking the passenger lines.

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Paul Terry