"Robin9" wrote in message ...


Graham Nye;140397 Wrote:

In the early 70s I used to commute between Woking and Surbiton on 12
car
trains. In the afternoons I could see 16 car expresses heading down
through Surbiton.

I'm very surprised to hear that. You're sure they were
passenger-carrying
trains and not empty stock movements? I didn't know there were any
platforms sufficiently long for 16 car trains.

I'm quite sure they weren't passenger-carrying. At the time the only
passenger trains on the SR longer than 12 coaches were some Victoria -
Dover/Folkestone Boat Trains, which had 14, including a MLV and a BG, and
the Night Ferry which could have 17 vehicles behind the loco, including
wagons-lits and fourgons. It had to use platform 2 at Victoria; the 14-car
Boat Trains could use 2 or 6.

Peter




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Robin9