zin92 wrote:
wrote:
Paul Terry wrote:
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The platform 3 rails always look very rusty when I go past and the
southbound Mudchute timetable (http://tinyurl.com/6xjy347) and the
southbound Crossharbour timetable (http://tinyurl.com/6j8ek6v) look
identical.

Obviously a fair amount of money was spent creating the third platform
and there was a lot of inconvenience whilst this was happening.

I think it might have been used for a Mudchute - Tower Gateway
service, had last month's DLR strike gone ahead. But basically it
seems a bit of a folly, especially as terminating trains have to
cross the northbound line to get to platform 3, and potentially
delay any through trains behind them while waiting for clearance.
Not a good plan for a high frequency line.

Wasn't it just re-providing the triangular pair of terminal platforms at
the old Mudchute station? I don't recall ever seeing the western track
there in other than rusty condition.

I'm not quite sure what you mean...

He may have been thinking of the earlier Island Gardens station, when it was
the terminus.