On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:29:42 +0100, Paul Terry
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disgoftunwells writes

It seems air track could justify 12 carriage trains running out of the
old international platforms at Waterloo.

What else is planned for them?

It is said that platform 20 may be used by SWT for Windsor line services
from this December, when the new timetable starts (although that was
supposed to have happened last December).

The other platforms will come back into use when SWT extends to 12-car
trains on the Reading line (and 10-car on suburban services), but this
won't be until 2012-14 because of infrastructure changes needed at the
station throat. I suspect that that will result in a period of severe
disruption at Waterloo, given that the approach tracks are already one
of the main pinch points on the entire SWT system. No pain, no gain ...


The confined station throat is quite graphically illustrated in this
video. Use Ctrl+ to make it appear bigger in your browser window:

http://tinyurl.com/waterloo-throat
or:
http://www.aerialvideolibrary.co.uk/...ducts/AVL00125