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Stratford - that DLR bridge
Thanks to Mr Thant's photo on his blog today (4th of 4), I was wondering
about the reasoning behind the Stratford DLR bridge, from platform 5 to new 4A/B. http://londonconnections.blogspot.co...ngs-today.html Clearly they are worried about people piling over the platform edge, hence the barrier, so why didn't the gap in line with the steps and the end of the bay (all of about 20ft?) get filled in, so that pax from and to the bridge would move along the platform, in stead of across it? Paul |
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Clearly they are worried about people piling over the platform edge, hence the barrier, so why didn't the gap in line with the steps and the end of the bay (all of about 20ft?) get filled in, so that pax from and to the bridge would move along the platform, in stead of across it? Because trains do not go further the platform - this platform is very long and the first door of the first carriage is usually right opposite the new bridge entrance. |
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Stratford - that DLR bridge
"alex_t" wrote in message ... Clearly they are worried about people piling over the platform edge, hence the barrier, so why didn't the gap in line with the steps and the end of the bay (all of about 20ft?) get filled in, so that pax from and to the bridge would move along the platform, in stead of across it? Because trains do not go further the platform - this platform is very long and the first door of the first carriage is usually right opposite the new bridge entrance. Would that still the case if they used 12 car trains? I'm not sure of the normal length on those services... |
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Stratford - that DLR bridge
Paul Scott wrote:
Would that still the case if they used 12 car trains? I'm not sure of the normal length on those services... It's normally 8 at peak hours and late evening and four in the middle of the day - the platform is normally used by the suburban services from Shenfield. |
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Stratford - that DLR bridge
Would that still the case if they used 12 car trains? I'm not sure of the normal length on those services... I don't think that platform can take 12 car trains (I don't have any data to back it up, just some visual observations). |
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Stratford - that DLR bridge... is now open
I went through Stratford station this evening and noticed - and indeed
traversed - the new bridge linking the new DLR platforms to the westbound Central line & Great Eastern island platform. On checking U Thant's weblog I see that he's well ahead of me in propagating this news - it opened on monday: http://londonconnections.blogspot.co...lly-opens.html The bridge doesn't quite match the spectacular one at the new Langdon Park station - it's somewhat more functional, but it seems fine (though I did wonder if there was enough grippy gritty material spread on what I think is the steel floor). |
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