On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:06:35 +0100 someone who may be Roland Perry
wrote this:-

It seems a shame to abandon the Moorgate Thameslink route though.

But it has to be closed to be able to extend the platform at Farringdon.

It does not have to be closed. The plan is to close it because,
apparently, of a RI diktat regarding level platforms. The same RI
seem perfectly happy with passengers getting off trams in Manchester
and onto the ramp of the (few remaining) profiled platforms. I have
yet to hear of a huge number of injuries as a result of this.

Note that the RI are sometimes used as an excuse by some people on
the railways now. Their "diktat" may be nothing of the sort and the
problem is dumbed down railway staff. However, note the word
"sometimes", there are examples of a stupid approach by the RI (one
of which has been highlighted in Modern Railways).


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