In message , at 23:12:39 on
Fri, 13 Aug 2010, Neil Williams
remarked:
I saw a rather different odd thing last time I was in Paris ... an
engineering train proceeding wrong-track through the opposite platform
to the one I was on (at about 8am). I crossed my fingers that my train
would not be delayed, and wondered what happened next. Presumably it
crossed over to the tracks my side and made its escape. Funny thing was,
trains were supposed to be passing on both tracks about every three
minutes.

It's not unknown for platforms 13 and 14 at Manc Picc to end up
getting swapped over in normal operation. It's a bit more intricate
to swap them back, though.

My train arrived correct-track as expected.
--
Roland Perry