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Old March 4th 11, 10:55 AM posted to uk.transport,uk.transport.london
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Default Why no assigned platforms?

Greetings.

In article , Huge wrote:
On 2011-03-04, Tristan Miller wrote:

What is it about British railway stations that prevents them from
assigning platforms to trains in advance, as it is done elsewhere?


Because British railways are not run for the benefit of the customer.


Neither are DB railways, nor anything else in capitalism. But that still
doesn't explain why DB assigns platforms in advance, whereas British
railways don't.

Regards,
Tristan

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