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Old March 9th 09, 09:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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On Mar 8, 6:46*pm, Martin Petrov wrote:
Never really used it much in my life, but took a detour to see what
they've done to it while it was closed. Seemed a little odd to me -
what was the reasoning behind turning a 2 platform station into a 1
platform station? Were turnaround times and platform congestion so bad
previously that sacrificing a platform was the best option?


Remember the approach to TG was single-track anyway, so the sacrifice
in capacity is not all that dramatic.

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