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March 4th 11, 11:27 AM posted to uk.transport,uk.transport.london

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Why no assigned platforms?

Greetings.

In article , d
wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:58:45 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
Any trains that have seat reservations will be announced a lot sooner
than a few minutes before departure. And unless you're a regular user
you're not
going to know where your carraige will stop on the platform anyway so
you'll
just have people milling about on the platform instead of the
concourse.

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

Because the benefits are slight to non existent probably.

DB makes as big deal out of telling pax not just which platform, but
where on the platform they should wait.

Thats all very well, but what happens if delays occur and the platform
isn't free? Reroute the train to another platform and have 500 people get
very ****ed off as they make their way to it or have the train wait until
the platform is free and block the line?

Better that 500 people get ****ed off 5% of the time having to change
platforms than 10,000 people get ****ed off 100% of the time by not being
told the correct platform until the last minute.

Regards,
Tristan

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