Paul Terry wrote:
writes
"Paul Scott" wrote...

I stand to be corrected but don't think there are any
[Tyne & Wear Airport Extension] LC that are not at
stations, and therefore the train is always stationary
with the driver able to sight the LC before he sets off again.

That only works in one direction!

But you snipped Paul's first sentence in the above quote, which included
the words

all the stations seem to be split with the platforms on either
side of the level crossing.

I take that to mean ...

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----------------- X ----------------
----------------- X ----------------
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Surely that would work in both directions?

Sorry about the late response, but this intrigues me. Can anyone confirm
that that's what the setup really is? I ask because here in Adelaide
there are several split stations, but they're all...

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----------------- X ----------------
----------------- X ----------------
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....which means that the traffic doesn't have to wait for as long.