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Clive D. W. Feather · July 13th 05, 05:29 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article .com,
writes
WRT
to the Circle Line trains, it appears that the Inner Platform at KXSP
allows for placement near a door in both directions that is not used
again for several stops.

Edgware Road (probably though not certainly) for an Inner Rail
(westbound in this area) train and Aldgate for an Outer Rail one.

That means that the bomb would be on the
righthand side (facing front) of the eastbound train

Yes.

and the lefthand
side (facing front) of the westbound train.

No, the right hand side.

How likely is it for two Circle Line trains to be within a minute of
each other at KXSP between 8:30 and 9:00 in the morning?

Reasonable. Trains are about 2 minutes apart in each direction, and one
in 4 is a Circle. So about 1 in 4 for any given arrival time.

But irrelevant ... *any* train heading east from KXSP will go to just
before Aldgate (apart from the one or two Moorgate reversers) and half
the westbound trains go to Edgware Road (the others turn right at Baker
Street). You're making the mistake of assuming there's something magical
about the Circle.

If you are at the top of the escalator and a Piccadilly train is
arriving at the station, would you know it before you got to the bottom
of the escalator?

Almost certainly not.

In other words, if you were at the top of the
escalator and a train was arriving or pulling in to the station could
you be certain to get to the train before it left?

Almost certainly not.

If you are familiar with the station, how far in advance of a train's
appearance do you know one is arriving? Is there a signal, is there a
breeze, or do you just hear it coming?

There's an indicator board, a breeze, and you can sometimes hear it. But
I'm not sure what your point is here.

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