In message , Roland Perry
writes
Similarly, at Luton Airport Parkway they falsely claim that you should
use all the (recently extended to 12-car) platform, when the next EMT
train due is almost always going to be a 5-car Meridian.

I assume that it's part of the Government's anti-obesity campaign: they
like to see passengers sprint down the platform from the far end when
they see how short the train is.

At Luton Airport Parkway another part of the campaign is to announce
that a train will arrive in platform X and have it arrive in platform Y
(while X is still shown on all the displays). I've seen that three
times this year already, though I don't use the station more than about
once a month. Rushing up one long staircase and down the next really
does get the blood moving (not to say boiling).

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Clive Page