In message
, at
02:28:14 on Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Mr Thant
remarked:
Why are the platforms at St Pancras Thameslink so massive in width?

There has been some discussion of whether or not the box was designed to
a take two island platforms, but reduced to the current layout to save
costs. Now that it's possible to access the station, perhaps we can see
if it would be possible to steal the outer edges of each platform to
make a track each side, to regain an island layout?

I had a think about this when I was there on Sunday. The answer is
probably yes, but you'd be left with Clapham style islands and
escalators no nowhere.

You'd have to move things like the escalators.

Sorry, I wasn't very clear. The platforms would be two feet wide, so
installing anything wider than a stepladder would block access to the
south end.

The platforms can't both be "massive" and "only 2 ft wide" - if an extra
track was inserted. Anyone done some measurements?
--
Roland Perry