Northwich station gets hump (instead of rebuilt platform)

[northwichcat]

http://www.mcrua.org.uk/chairmansblog/2011/03/30/weve-got-the-hump/

 

[Waddon]

In those pics the hump seems to still leave quite a step up to the train...

 

[ANorthernGuard]

The infamous Harrington Hump!, it may look daft etc. but it does do the job, because of the height of Northwich (both platforms) it would cost too much money to raise the platforms so this is the cheapest and most Practical option, its just up to us Train Crew to tell the driver where to stop! lol

 

[merlodlliw]

We have lots of these humps in Wales at remote stations.

Bob

 

[northwichcat]

its just up to us Train Crew to tell the driver where to stop! lol

On the last picture it looks like the 156 has stopped in the perfect place to allow 2 sets of doors to be boarded/alighted at 'hump level.' However, I imagine with the many 142s that appear on the line it would be more difficult, especially if the train is packed and only one carriage has standing room left.

 

[tirphil]

We have lots of these humps in Wales at remote stations.

Bob

Indeed we do. Aberdyfi is a good example and it appears to work very well. Drivers seem to know where to stop, I never hear six on the buzzer

 

[ANorthernGuard]

On the last picture it looks like the 156 has stopped in the perfect place to allow 2 sets of doors to be boarded/alighted at 'hump level.' However, I imagine with the many 142s that appear on the line it would be more difficult, especially if the train is packed and only one carriage has standing room left.

depends on just a cpl of things really

Type of Traction

What Formation it is in

East/West type

Single or Double Set

If any are locked out which set

apart from that..easy lol

 

[northwichcat]

depends on just a cpl of things really

Type of Traction

What Formation it is in

East/West type

Single or Double Set

If any are locked out which set

apart from that..easy lol

Probably on a normal weekday the only service that may cause an issue is the 15:07 Chester-Manchester for two reasons:
1. Different guards open the rear unit at different stations: sometimes it's Greenbank, sometimes Northwich, sometimes Knutsford.
2. Unless it's 150/2s and/or 156s it means that corridor connections can't be used.

Almost always if it's one unit being used out of two it's the rear one that's locked out of use and as there are no reversals on route it stays that way. Quite often if the rear unit is locked out of use the driver stops the train where he/she would normally stop it if there was no rear unit sometimes with part of the rear unit hanging off the back of the platform.

The only time I've been on a train where the front unit was locked out of use was when there was a problem with doors jamming on the front unit. However, I appreciate if that did happen it would cause a problem at Northwich in the Chester direction given that the driver can't go past the signal meaning the hump then can't be utilised.

 

[northwichcat]

We have lots of these humps in Wales at remote stations.

Bob

It seems Northwich is the only urban station that has one. The station has a catchment area of around 20,000 residents.