Recent content by Railwaynerd69

appreciate the comments guys. It was a really good project to work on and albeit the timeframes were tight, we all did the best with what we had. Apologies again for the covert ops nature of my visit to this forum, just felt it was best to gather a honest opinion and get some good feedback, as...

i dont see why I wouldn't be able to do that in a personal capacity and give my own opinions etc if it helps. Especially now the project has finished and the platform is open. Might give some insight into why and how the platform was designed the way it was.

Cheers for the comments Malcolm. I know Diane (Spencers) really well so most of our stuff with the public goes through her. She does a fantastic job keeping people informed and trying to get them as close to the action as possible. I would've liked to have made myself known a bit earlier, but...

great video.............. I have a confession to make. I was one of the designers for the Platform and the main reason I joined this forum was to see what you guy's thought of it and if there was anything we could have improved on, more so for future platforms as opposed to this one, as the...

i believe the new design includes a staff welfare facility as well. 1 waiting shelter and one staff welfare. Might be wrong but thats what i had heard. Not sure whether that means they expect someone to be on there full time, or if it is a requirement to provide that nowadays regardless

A mate of mine works at a general consultancy for Rail, he told me before that companies are given a brief at the start of the job to either stick to NR standards or given a specific height for platforms etc. Possible with this design that NR standards were given as the brief and I believe, from...

Just out of interest, what do we all think of the new platform, from what we have seen so far? Sure the perception of it may change slightly after it opens and we get a proper feel for it, but from what I've seen it looks good. I know the practical implications of it are the most important i.e...