Interlaced track near Mitcham - what's the point?

[MCR247]

That doesn't make my memory feel at all better, as I'm now going, "What middle platform?"

The Forest northbound platform is an island platform with other side rarely used. To get to the southbound platform and the park and ride you must cross the middle track and southbound track

 

[Surreytraveller]

Edit: previous post deleted, I misunderstood the quoted post.

How does live rail work with interlaced track? Presumably the interlacing is spaced so you don't have a live rail where you need a running rail to be?

I would have thought that would be quite dangerous for a driver getting out. Even if the traction current is isolated, there's still the trip hazard

 

[HSTEd]

I would have thought that would be quite dangerous for a driver getting out. Even if the traction current is isolated, there's still the trip hazard

Conventional ballast is hardly trivial to walk on at the best of times!