BluePenguin
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What happened on the day, any update as to whether the gates were opened or not?Hope someone has remembered to tell the station staff to unlock the access gate to allow passengers to board the charter
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Wembley Central - West Midlands Railway Platform 5 & 6
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Trains appeared to run as scheduled.What happened on the day, any update as to whether the gates were opened or not?
BluePenguin
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I am curious to hear about the gates
Opened once the previous train had passed. Tour train pulled in as about half the passengers had reached the platform.What happened on the day, any update as to whether the gates were opened or not?
Surprisingly the shutter between platforms 5 and 4 was open.
BluePenguin
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That is strange, did they leave them open for long? Did all the passengers make the train? Was the platform in a good state?
Yes, all passengers boarded. The platform is narrow and dark, but perfectly useable.
Wembley Central now has a single entrance accessed by a gateline (other than on event days when there is an extra entrance at the south end of the platform). The tour passengers assembled in the corridor between platform 5 and the gateline and walked down the stairs when allowed. Nothing particularly remarkable.
I assume the access door was closed again once they were confident no one was on the platform.
When I’ve used Wembley Central, sometimes the door to the platforms is closed, and sometimes it is open but with a cordon blocking off whichever of the two platforms doesn’t have a train due to call.
Platforms 5 and 6 are quite desolate and also look to be the home to many pigeons!
Platforms 5 and 6 are quite desolate and also look to be the home to many pigeons!
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