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Roland Perry · February 14th 11, 09:00 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 15:25:35
on Sun, 13 Feb 2011, remarked:

On a slightly different note is there any way that this gateline can
plausibly cope with a crush loaded East Coast train arriving or is
this just a plot to make train travel as unpleasant as possible.

Plenty of other stations are like that - a morning peak Shenfield train
coming into Liverpool St takes quite a while to get through the
barriers. I would doubt this would put Network Rail off at Kings Cross
either.

And somewhat closer to home, a packed 8-car FCC arriving at Kings
Cross Suburban.

How about a packed 12-car FCC arriving at Kings Cross main shed?

I wasn't aware that these were currently arriving at barriered
platforms, but if you say they are, then that would be another way to
predict how much chaos would ensue when an Intercity arrives at a
barriered platform.
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Roland Perry