On 23 May, 12:12, Abigail Brady wrote:
As of my visit to West Croydon at 12.12 the info is still claiming
that trains will be departing from platform 1, correcting itself
later...

I was on the same train. I heard the correction that the train would
now depart from platform 3, but did not hear the original
announcement. If they're going to reverse four Overground trains in
platform 3 each hour without getting in the way of Southern trains
running through the station then there are going to have to be some
pretty smart turn-arounds.

I can't remember which carriage I was in, but it wasn't very full when
it left Croydon. A baby in a three-wheeled buggy thing, and a small
boy with a bicycle got on at some point, and the train didn't seem to
have any problem taking either; there's plenty of standing space.

The air-conditioning seemed to be somewhat over-efficient; I prefer
the temperature to be somewhat on the low side, but this felt quite
cold to me. The return journey later in the day was several degrees
warmer. I got out at Dalston, then 38 bus to Victoria to visit
Photographica, 24 bus to Hampstead Heath, Rail replacement bus to
Dalston, then Overground to Crystal Palace. Looking North at Dalston,
the line seems to curve to the West; Is there any provision to be
able to re-build the East curve if needed in the future? It doesn't
look like it.