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On Tue, 22 May 2012 14:40:29 +0100
"Peter Masson" wrote:
Not the day after. The platforms would have had to be raised. And I
suspect

I don't remember them being low. Were they? Don't see the point if they
were,
there was no chance of a UIC guage train ever getting there.

Yes. E* platforms are lower than National Rail standard (though the NoL E*s
seemed to manage OK with standard height platforms, e.g. on the White Rose
service on the ECML). The International platforms at Stratford have been
temporarily heightened for use by the Javelin service.

Peter