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Roland Perry · August 3rd 08, 01:28 PM posted to cam.transport,uk.railway,uk.transport.london

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04:28:08 on Sun, 3 Aug 2008,
remarked:
Other stations similarly constrained include London Bridge (no
platform can take more than 12 cars), Liverpool Street, Kings Cross
and Cambridge. Glasgow Central also has a number of short platforms.

The through platform at Cambridge needs extending by about half a
carriage (either end) to accommodate 12-car trains in the Thameslink
plan [maybe they were originally designed for a loco +10]. But if they
are thinking of running 12-car trains then presumably these will be made
of 4-cars from Kings Lynn joining the rear of a fresh 8-cars, and the
northern half of the platform will therefore be blocked by this
operation for five minutes. [And the converse in the evening].

The peak FCC trains tend to use main KX platforms these days, which are
already accommodating a few 12-car trains to Peterborough. In the
distant future they may run through to the south (unless TLK-2012 turns
out not to incorporate this much-awaited feature).

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Roland Perry