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Trivia: shortest path to reverse a train from a terminus (was platform) - Who has done it?

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https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...-train-from-a-terminus-platform.284750/page-4

Although neither of my cases exactly match the requirements of the original post regarding the words terminus and platform, I have achieved this twice:

In the 1970's there was a service between Tottenham Hale to Stratford that used the loop at Stratford and thus faced the other way when returning. I held a season ticket from Harlow Town to Liverpool Street at the time, which was valid via Stratford so I used this on Saturday as it was one of the few few opportunities to view loco's on Stratford shed from a public train. Although Tottenham Hale is not a terminus in the usual sense the stabling siding for the DMU was off the down line, so trains in both directions used the down platform.

The other time was a steam excursion from Liverpool Street to Liverpool Street via Bury St Edmunds.

Has anyone else got a real world example of achieving this? Allowing for slight variations in the "rules" although the strict rules are: the same train, and it faces the opposite direction, to departure, when it arrives.
 
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I might try the Rock Ferry starter if only it wasn't so horribly early! It returns to a different (through) platform as it is en route to Ellesmere Port, but hopefully that is a rule that is relaxed.
 

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I’ve done the full Cathcart Cicle on the odd occasion in my ScotRail days. It was a handy wheeze to have a quiet time-limited chat with a colleague without being interrupted by phone calls or other people coming to your desk/office.

Handy to keep an eye on passenger loadings, revenue protection and punctuality at the same time. Win, win, win.
 

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I think that the Tinsley Humper railtour on 27/04/96 did this, including both departure and arrival at Kings Cross using platform 1.
 

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I’ve done the full Cathcart Cicle on the odd occasion in my ScotRail days. It was a handy wheeze to have a quiet time-limited chat with a colleague without being interrupted by phone calls or other people coming to your desk/office.

Handy to keep an eye on passenger loadings, revenue protection and punctuality at the same time. Win, win, win.
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