Steel 'platforms' at lineside?

[CosherB]

Yesterday we enjoyed a super trip behind Duchess of Sutherland to Scarborough. On the York - Scarborough section I noticed at one point lots of lineside metal platforms with handrails, about 8 feet long by 3 deep, at regular intervals (about 100 yards apart).

What are they for?

 

[David Dunning]

I asw those last time i was going to scarboro . Could they be there to offer protection to track workers . The bank is very steep there and there may not be the required space for protection when walking alongside the track

 

[142094]

Without a picture it could be a few things. The ones that spring to mind include refuges, barriers where there are lineside equipment, temporary barriers where work is being done. The York - Scarborough line is in the middle of a big overhaul so could be new or something temporary while the work happens.

 

[Ploughman]

These Platforms may be destined for use by location boxes. This has happened in a number of other places as well.

 

[142094]

One other thing I've noticed is that it could be for a signal post telephone. A few of these new ones on the Durham Coast line have been installed, where a small area has been filled with gravel and had fencing around it.

 

[The Snap]

Position of Safety provision. In areas where the cess is narrow, or indeed non-existent, POS's have to be provided at regular intervals to allow track workers to stand in a safe position as trains pass.

 

[swt_passenger]

Are the platforms something like the pictures on the right hand side of this page?

http://www.sunvillerail.co.uk/project.html

They're used throughout the Basingstoke resignalling on cutting faces and embankments to support just about everything associated with the signalling...