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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On "the continent" it is not uncommon
to have very long platforms in major stations, with a through
central track and crossovers half way along. Like that you can get
two trains at the same "platform" at the same time, and the rear
train can use the crossover to leave the station before the front
train. Like this you get four platforms out of one single "lump of
concrete".<br>
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On 28/06/2012 15:42, Kev js1982 wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAMNOZYEEUVLGNGcDY8bBKTe4qG2SnNNtg4WzeT5ydrpnzTfRtA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">How many has Preston got?<br>
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In current use for scheduled services there are platforms 1-6
which are split into A and B - so 6 or 12?<br>
Then there are two bay platforms - 3C and 4C - are they counted as
part of 3 and 4 or separate.?<br>
Then there is platform 7 which gets used once in a blue moon -
IIRC the last train I saw use it was 4472 - Flying Scotsman back
in the 1990s.<br>
<br>
There is then a another two platforms which were used by the Royal
Mail for years, but platform 0 was used for a while during station
refurbishment - however it's out of public use once again.<br>
<br>
Wikipedia has a handy map - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Preston_railway_station_2008.png">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Preston_railway_station_2008.png</a>
7 is the right most one (numbered as such in the station itself)
and 0 is the right hand side of the blue platform)<br>
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To me the correct answer could be one of 8 (1-6, 3C, 4C), 9 (same
plus 7), 14 (1a-6a, 1b-6b, 3c-4c), 15 (same plus 7) or any of
those plus 1 (including platform 0). My inclination would be
towards 8 or 9 (probably 9) though.<br>
<br>
How many platforms does Ormskirk have? - there is one physical one
in place, but the tracks are cut in half down the middle - the
northern half of the platform being part of the national rail
network, and the sourthern half being part of Mersey Rail.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 28 June 2012 14:26, Andy Allan <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:gravitystorm@gmail.com" target="_blank">gravitystorm@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div class="im">On 28 June 2012 14:14, Gregory <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:nomoregrapes@googlemail.com">nomoregrapes@googlemail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> I thought the railway=station node should be attached
to the railway line.<br>
> But that get's confusing over which line to attach it
to, so I like using it<br>
> as an area.<br>
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I think if it's got the point where you have more than one way<br>
representing the railway, it's time to expand the station node
into a<br>
station area, even just approximately. If you have platforms,<br>
buildings, footbridges and whatnot, the idea of a station node
becomes<br>
even more unworkable.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Does platforms=* count platforms out of use?<br>
<br>
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If it used by the travelling public to board trains, then
count it. If<br>
not, it's just an oddly shaped pile of bricks, not a platform.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I can think of Clapham Junction (platform 1?) that was
closed to the public,<br>
> although I think they pulled up the weeds to use it for
the London<br>
> Overground now.<br>
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(Slightly off-topic, but see<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction#Platforms"
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction#Platforms</a>
)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Andy<br>
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