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On 19 May, 18:45, "Paul Scott" wrote:
wrote: I see that the 'new' station building, the green Crystal Palace lookalike thing, is still there. *The plans showed this as to be demolished. *Is the original booking hall back in use? I believe that work is still to commence? We had a discussion about it a few weeks ago, it appeared then it has been dealt with as a separate planning application to the platform works and is running to a completely different timetable... Paul S I've just noticed that in this pictu http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...look_west2.jpg there seem to be metal handrails for some steps leading down from the now disused platform to the trackbed of the long-disused bay. What are they for? Are they for access to a S&T cabinet, or something similar? |
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, () wrote: I've just noticed that in this pictu http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...tform_6_look_w est2.jpg there seem to be metal handrails for some steps leading down from the now disused platform to the trackbed of the long-disused bay. What are they for? Are they for access to a S&T cabinet, or something similar? Also why the "Do not alight here" signs on a platform with seats on it? -- Colin Rosenstiel |
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On 21 May, 00:47, wrote:
In article , () wrote: I've just noticed that in this pictu http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...tn_platform_6_... est2.jpg there seem to be metal handrails for some steps leading down from the now disused platform to the trackbed of the long-disused bay. *What are they for? *Are they for access to a S&T cabinet, or something similar? Also why the "Do not alight here" signs on a platform with seats on it? -- Colin Rosenstiel Could they be temporary? Maybe Spanish Solution (two platforms serving the same track) is to be implemented? |
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wrote: In article , (Dr. Sunil) wrote: On 21 May, 00:47, wrote: In article , Also why the "Do not alight here" signs on a platform with seats on it? Could they be temporary? Maybe Spanish Solution (two platforms serving the same track) is to be implemented? Doubt it, though I notice there is also a sign indicating train departures as well. They probably just haven't got around to removing the seats and indicator yet. The main priority has got to be getting the new platforms ready, not tidying up the one that's being taken out of use. |
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Dr. Sunil wrote:
On 21 May, 00:47, wrote: Also why the "Do not alight here" signs on a platform with seats on it? Could they be temporary? Maybe Spanish Solution (two platforms serving the same track) is to be implemented? Not at all likely as [IIRC from discussions in uk.railway] current mainline stock door controls only allow opening on one side. Paul S |
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On Fri, 21 May 2010 17:48:44 +0100, "Paul Scott"
wrote: Not at all likely as [IIRC from discussions in uk.railway] current mainline stock door controls only allow opening on one side. Really? I'd be surprised if you couldn't open both sides separately[1]. Unless the "close" buttons close all doors regardless of size, in which case you'd need more staff to watch the "wrong" side when closing. [1] You definitely can on 321s, as these can often be seen in Bletchley CS with all doors open on both sides, presumably during cleaning. Neil -- Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK To reply put my first name before the at. |
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On 21 May, 17:48, "Paul Scott" wrote:
Could they be temporary? Maybe Spanish Solution (two platforms serving the same track) is to be implemented? Not at all likely as [IIRC from discussions in uk.railway] current mainline stock door controls only allow opening on one side. Why would that be the case' I'm not saying that it isn't? At some busy locations having separate entrance and exit platforms on opposite sides, and opening the exit doors first seems like a good idea, though it seems unlikely that they would want to do it here. Isn't this what they're doing on the Central Line at Stratford? I was at Crystal Palace today; came into the new platform 5, and departed from platform 2 on a train to croydon. The now disused old platform 4 is clearly not intended to be used anytime soon, though I did read somewhere that it was going to be kept in a state such that it could be re-instated if an extra platform was ever needed. The end of the footbridge leading to this platform has been blocked by decorative railings. there is a locked gate in them, but it is too narrow to be intended for public use. Strangely, the steps to this platform Seem to have new handrails, including a lower rail for use by children, as with he steps to the new centre platform. The steps leading down onto the trackbed of the long-disused bay on the other side of this platform do indeed provide access to a S&T cabinet. Beyond this cabinet the old stop block still exists in this bay, despite that it's had no track in it for many years. Climbing up the stairs to the footbridge to the footbridge from the recently re-built cebtre platform I'm rather puzzled. I'm pretty sure that there used to be two tracks between what is now platform 6, and the recently disused platform, and I think the new centre platform has been built wider than the old one was, though I never saw the old one. I can't quite make out what the old arrangement was. As I was climbing the stairs I thought they looked rather wider than they used to be, and assumed that they had been widened. However, once I reached the footbridge, I saw that right next to these stairs was what I had seen in the past, and assumed to be the stairs to the then demolished centre platform. This if fact seems to be a steep slope, about as steep as a staircase, but with no steps, just strips of woo fixed across it, and it doesn't go right down to the platform, only about half way. Was this the old staircase, cut back at some time, or something else? I'm pretty sure that there were some rooms on the short stub of the old centre platform which used to be there under the bridge,so staff must have had access to them somehow. Something I didn't think to check while I was there; access to trains from the new platform 6 is now from the opposite side to when it was from the old platform 4. Has the conductor rail on this track been moved to the opposite side? The site of the stop blocks for the old Croydon bays has been covered by some large green boxes; site huts for the building works possibly? |
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