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Does anyone know why the country end of the Southeastern station is open
to the elements? The value of the approx 100m * 100m airspace, including
the adjacent car park / taxi area, must be eye-watering. I don't think
any diesel trains go in there, so open air is not needed.

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Basil Jet wrote on 12 Apr 2017 at 17:10 ...
Does anyone know why the country end of the Southeastern station is open
to the elements? The value of the approx 100m * 100m airspace, including
the adjacent car park / taxi area, must be eye-watering. I don't think
any diesel trains go in there, so open air is not needed.


There are steam excursions though - about 5 a month in the summeer.

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On 2017\04\12 18:37, Richard J. wrote:
Basil Jet wrote on 12 Apr 2017 at 17:10 ...
Does anyone know why the country end of the Southeastern station is open
to the elements? The value of the approx 100m * 100m airspace, including
the adjacent car park / taxi area, must be eye-watering. I don't think
any diesel trains go in there, so open air is not needed.


There are steam excursions though - about 5 a month in the summeer.


On the Southeastern side?
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Basil Jet wrote on 12 Apr 2017 at 19:34 ...
On 2017\04\12 18:37, Richard J. wrote:
Basil Jet wrote on 12 Apr 2017 at 17:10 ...
Does anyone know why the country end of the Southeastern station is open
to the elements? The value of the approx 100m * 100m airspace, including
the adjacent car park / taxi area, must be eye-watering. I don't think
any diesel trains go in there, so open air is not needed.


There are steam excursions though - about 5 a month in the summeer.


On the Southeastern side?


Yes, usually from Platform 2.
For example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4-nS_ZU9fw

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On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 05:10:34PM +0100, Basil Jet wrote:

Does anyone know why the country end of the Southeastern station is open
to the elements? The value of the approx 100m * 100m airspace, including
the adjacent car park / taxi area, must be eye-watering.


I would assume that the disruption that would be caused by building on
top of it would also be eye-watering, so they won't do it until they
need to do some other eye-wateringly disruptive work. The stuff over the
western side went up at the same time as some other major re-working of
the station in the 1980s IIRC.

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On 2017\04\18 13:27, David Cantrell wrote:
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 05:10:34PM +0100, Basil Jet wrote:

Does anyone know why the country end of the Southeastern station is open
to the elements? The value of the approx 100m * 100m airspace, including
the adjacent car park / taxi area, must be eye-watering.


I would assume that the disruption that would be caused by building on
top of it would also be eye-watering, so they won't do it until they
need to do some other eye-wateringly disruptive work. The stuff over the
western side went up at the same time as some other major re-working of
the station in the 1980s IIRC.


Thanks, that sounds like the right answer!



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