On 6 May, 12:10, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Jamie Thompson wrote:
On May 5, 10:03 pm, Tom Barry wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
At last!

Bit late to the party, i know, but i went on it. It was very new,
not very busy, the trains were very quiet, and Dalston Junction
station is HUGE.

Why is it so huge?

IIRC it's been built with more than one eye on the future
Chelsea-Hackney Crossrail 2 line sharing the same facilities.
Obviously building it big enough in the first place is a good deal
easier than enlarging a too-small station when it's actually in
daily use.

Tom

Yet they didn't build the bays capable of taking 8-car trains?

That's probably because there are so many other platforms on the original
ELL that cannot easily be extended beyond current size. *If they wanted to
use longer trains generally, Dalston would be the least of the problems.

Paul S

So why build Shoreditch High Street with 8 car platforms?

I had a look and most seemed quite achievable given the will to do so.