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Old March 2nd 16, 10:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\03\02 23:19, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2016\03\02 17:25, Robin9 wrote:

I drove down Woodgrange Road today past the two stations a few
hours before reading your post. Next time I'll re-set my clock and
measure the distance.


Forest Gate geo:51.5494,0.0242
Wanstead Park geo:51.5518,0.0264

The north-south distance is 267m, the actual distance is near enough to
that.


Incidentally, the 12-carriage platforms at St Pancras Thameslink etc are
something like 240m long I believe.


Pah, the Eurostar platforms are 400m long, and if you arrive in a high
numbered carriage you have to walk almost that full length just to leave
the platform. It's probably another 100m+ to get to a Tube platform. So you
could easily walk 500m or more to get from your Eurostar seat to a Tube
train -- not much fun if you have luggage. But at least it's all under
cover, and it can be step-free if needed.