On 2011-10-15, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 14 Oct 2011, wrote:

In article , d ()
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:27:00 +0100
Richard wrote:
On Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:57:42 +0100, Ross wrote:

Until they were renumbered some years ago, Worcester Shrub Bill's down
platform was 1 & 2, and the up platform was 3 & 4.

Thanks for all the replies. There are *many* more than I thought!

Did anyone mention Cambridge?

Many times.

But not Colchester! Platforms 4 and 3 are the same (don't be fooled by the
small wall - it's no more than a pillar):

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/statio.../COL/plan.html

But it's not like that. The platform face is _not_ continuous, the up
main serves platform 3 but platform 4 is a loop off the up main. If you
got hold of a 16-car train and stopped the front at the far end of
platform 3, the rear could be on platform 4 but there would be a door or
two with no platform.

You can see well enough on Googlemaps what the layout is like.

Eric

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