Rob wrote:
Guy Gorton wrote in message
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On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:56:13 +0000 (UTC), Paul Robertson
wrote:

Peter Lawrence wrote:
Gunnersbury had 4 or 5 platforms in the 19th century and has
been shrinking in stages ever since. It is now one island
platform which makes it difficult for one face to be longer
than the other.

But it's possible. I've reposted a pic on a.b.p.r, entitled
LUL-L66atGunnersbury10-2-88TW, which shows the difference.

Is the extension to the north bound platform to allow the starter
signal at the other end of the platform to be set back further
from the junction which is immediately beyond the station?

Guy Gorton

nope, your level with the train on the other platform.

There is a small offset, primarily because the stairs down to the
platform are very near the northbound face, which means that the TV
monitors have to be south of the stairs. But the southern extension of
the northbound platform is longer than needed to compensate for this,
and most of it is not required for a 6-car D-stock train. Silverlink
Metro (NLL) trains are generally (always?) shorter.

also did kew have a bay road?

Kew Gardens? I don't know about a bay platform, but it probably had a
coal yard or goods yard. If you look at old maps of Kew at
www.old-maps.co.uk , you can see evidence of a railway yard just north
of the station building.

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Richard J.
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