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Contractually (ie pay back the money or not) it’s the letter that counts.

It would also help if it were in standard station signage format - I think I’d look at that from a distance and assume it was “art”.

Loses the security advantage of near direct access. Unfortunately it looks as if we’re heading back into times where that needs to be a consideration.

At the frequency of long-distance express services we expect today, probably not. At the frequency they actually ran, possibly.

Though there’s a big difference between “working AT Heathrow” and working FOR Heathrow” (presumably a much smaller number).

Isn’t that a spiral, though (ie you can’t use it to go back the way you’ve just come?)

Coquelles and Cheriton immediately spring to mind. There’s also one on the Selketalbahn if that counts.

I’m sure I remember reading that emergency provision was now made somewhere in Europe following an expensive (for the railway) court ruling. Can’t remember where or when, though.

And the implication is that either a) TfW allowed a training run to go ahead using a unit with defective brakes or b) a hitherto unknown problem arose which caused the train to overrun and yet other trains have been allowed to continue in service. Either variant seems pretty serious.

Though the challenge of accessing all in-use platforms on one platform ticket (pre Open Station) would now be unachievable!

Though it depends on whether use ;or not) of a “spare” unit between Glasgow and Edinburgh has any bearing on the capacity problems elsewhere. If the set is in Edinburgh at the time it can’t alleviate capacity problems between Reading and Birmingham - whether it’s going to Glasgow and back or not.

They do - but on road trailers!

Thus introducing a whole load of other perils which were previously eliminated by someone having time to scratch their head and say “Hang on. Do we really….?”

There was one occasion (about 35 years ago, mind) when an NX coach strayed onto the 2 and managed not to hit anything!

Definitely the docks’ internal rail system. I learnt to ride a bike in there in the early 70s and twin perils of falling into the dock (fortunately never happened) or into the rail-groove (quite frequently) very quickly taught me to concentrate! Still BR shunters pottering about as far in as the...

I raise you Bristol TM !

Sure north and south are used somewhere…

If all the through platforms are split then you could be even more radical (which is where my East and West comes in) - divide the station into an East and West end for numbering and start with 1 at each end - platforms 3 - 9 East and West wouldn’t actually meet in the middle, but that wouldn’t...

That presupposes real (as opposed to assumed) knowledge.

The circular numbering system worked reasonably well with the old layout, even if it did produce the odd 1/19 combination, as it was a simple clock-face. The “reopening” of the sub platforms was the only real complication. It’s the addition of extra through platforms with separate stairs etc...