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Old October 23rd 08, 03:56 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Shenanigans at Paddington

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 05:22:29AM -0700, John B wrote:
On Oct 22, 12:38=A0pm, David Cantrell wrote:
One would think that the same would apply at Victoria then, but trains
there pretty much always leave from the same platform every day.

...as also happens on the commuter platforms at Euston. The general
pattern in London termini seems to be that commuter trains leave from
the same platform whilst intercity trains vary; I'm not sure why this
is.


The longer distance trains from Victoria are also predictable. Not to
quite the same extent as the local stoppers, but still very much
predictable.

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