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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?

Also, has there been any real improvement on facilities? Like I said,
never used it much, but it seemed like there had been no improvements
to what was previously a pretty duff station.

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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?


The problem was insufficient room to extend both of the platforms to 3
car length (which was the primary reason for the rebuild). To make two
3 car platforms would have required widening the viaduct, which would
have been considerably more costly.

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"Martin Petrov" wrote in message
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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?

Have they lengthened the platform to take 3-unit trains? Originally it was
built for single units, and later lengthened for 2 units. Of course, since
Bank DLR opened most trains go there.

Peter

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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.

--
John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

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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?

Also, has there been any real improvement on facilities? Like I said,
never used it much, but it seemed like there had been no improvements
to what was previously a pretty duff station.

There's a detailed thread about this on uk.t.l:

http://groups.google.com/group/uk.tr...browse_thread/
thread/cad06b2a59393483#