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Few lines can survive dramatic declines in passenger numbers.
Which station in the KT postal area (SW of London) was built with more than 6 platforms but now operates with fewer than 3 platforms? |
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![]() "Troy Steadman" wrote in message om... Few lines can survive dramatic declines in passenger numbers. Which station in the KT postal area (SW of London) was built with more than 6 platforms but now operates with fewer than 3 platforms? Tattenham Corner? Chris |
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![]() "Troy Steadman" wrote Which station in the KT postal area (SW of London) was built with more than 6 platforms but now operates with fewer than 3 platforms? Kensington Olympia? John. |
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![]() "Chris Read" wrote in message ... "Troy Steadman" wrote in message om... Few lines can survive dramatic declines in passenger numbers. Which station in the KT postal area (SW of London) was built with more than 6 platforms but now operates with fewer than 3 platforms? Tattenham Corner? Epsom Downs originally had 8 platforms. AIUI the branch is now worked as a siding, with a single platform at the terminus. Does Esher retain platforms on the Fast Lines? It used to have some Race Platforms as well as platforms on the 4 through lines. Twickenham used to have several more platforms than the 3 (?) used now. Peter |
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:43:36 +0000, Peter Masson wrote:
"Chris Read" wrote in message ... "Troy Steadman" wrote in message om... Few lines can survive dramatic declines in passenger numbers. Which station in the KT postal area (SW of London) was built with more than 6 platforms but now operates with fewer than 3 platforms? Tattenham Corner? Epsom Downs originally had 8 platforms. AIUI the branch is now worked as a siding, with a single platform at the terminus. IIRC it was down to 2 (or was it 4) in the 70's. Wasn't it a fire at the local signal box which reduced it to single line working? Later, the line was shortened back and the original land sold to build a small housing estate on. This I have seen recently. Timbo |
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![]() "John Turner" wrote in message . .. Kensington Olympia? It's in W14, not KT, and still has 3 platforms (the OP specified fewer than 3, which cuts out my suggestion of Twickenham) - 2 for National Rail and 1 for LUL. Not far away is Willesden Junction (NW10), which at its peak had around 15 platforms, and now has 5. Peter |
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![]() "Peter Masson" wrote Kensington Olympia? It's in W14, not KT, That'll teach a Yorkshireman to get involved with stuff in Livingstonland. :-) John. |
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"Peter Masson" wrote in message
"John Turner" wrote in message . .. Kensington Olympia? It's in W14, not KT, and still has 3 platforms (the OP specified fewer than 3, which cuts out my suggestion of Twickenham) - 2 for National Rail and 1 for LUL. Not far away is Willesden Junction (NW10), which at its peak had around 15 platforms, and now has 5. Peter Yes Peter you were right the first time, Epsom Downs is the station I was thinking of, cut down from 9 platforms plus 8 or so sidings, and a turntable when it was built to the current single line. I was shown round the huge signal box by a bored signalman thirty years ago and couldn't believe its magnitude, levers everywhere. http://www.wymann.info/EpsomDowns/EpsomDowns.html http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/s...s/index4.shtml -- Posted via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG |
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![]() "Troy Steadman" wrote: Yes Peter you were right the first time, Epsom Downs is the station I was thinking of, cut down from 9 platforms plus 8 or so sidings, and a turntable when it was built to the current single line. I was shown round the huge signal box by a bored signalman thirty years ago and couldn't believe its magnitude, levers everywhere. The new 'station house' didn't survive long in railway use - it's a nursery (as in little kiddies not plants) now. Chris |
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![]() "Troy Steadman" wrote in message om... Few lines can survive dramatic declines in passenger numbers. Which station in the KT postal area (SW of London) was built with more than 6 platforms but now operates with fewer than 3 platforms? How does a reduction in platforms correlate to declining passenger numbers? |
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