Could Nottingham platform 7 be extened to take 400m trains?

[Nottingham59]

Looking at Google maps, it seems to me that the southernmost platform (7) at Nottingham could be lengthened to accommodate 400m trains, without impacting on the London Road bridge. But it would be a very tight fit. What do other people think? I measure it as 130m from the end of the platform to the bridge. Can anyone say how long is platform 7 now?

(Edit: this envisages straightening the track so it terminates at the bridge, rather than curving round to rejoin the through line)

 

[tomuk]

It's 450m between Carrington Street and London Road and Platforms 1 and 3 used to be 409m long before the upgrade. The Carpet Warehouse and Car Dealer on Queens Road also look ripe for development.

 

[Nottingham59]

The Carpet Warehouse and Car Dealer on Queens Road also look ripe for development.

That's what I thought. Platforms 1 and 3 are on the wrong side of station, but it looks like it might be possible to extend platform 7 and to develop the passively-provisioned platform 8 to provide a pair of 400m terminating platforms to handle full length HS2 trains. That could be very useful,