[Talk-GB] Stations and platforms=*

[Colin Smale]

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".

On 28/06/2012 15:42, Kev js1982 wrote:
> How many has Preston got?
>
> In current use for scheduled services there are platforms 1-6 which 
> are split into A and B - so 6 or 12?
> Then there are two bay platforms - 3C and 4C - are they counted as 
> part of 3 and 4 or separate.?
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Wikipedia has a handy map - 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Preston_railway_station_2008.png 7 
> is the right most one (numbered as such in the station itself) and 0 
> is the right hand side of the blue platform)
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> On 28 June 2012 14:26, Andy Allan <gravitystorm at gmail.com 
> <mailto:gravitystorm at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 28 June 2012 14:14, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:nomoregrapes at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>     > I thought the railway=station node should be attached to the
>     railway line.
>     > But that get's confusing over which line to attach it to, so I
>     like using it
>     > as an area.
>
>     I think if it's got the point where you have more than one way
>     representing the railway, it's time to expand the station node into a
>     station area, even just approximately. If you have platforms,
>     buildings, footbridges and whatnot, the idea of a station node becomes
>     even more unworkable.
>
>     > Does platforms=* count platforms out of use?
>
>     If it used by the travelling public to board trains, then count it. If
>     not, it's just an oddly shaped pile of bricks, not a platform.
>
>     > I can think of Clapham Junction (platform 1?) that was closed to
>     the public,
>     > although I think they pulled up the weeds to use it for the London
>     > Overground now.
>
>     (Slightly off-topic, but see
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction#Platforms )
>
>     Cheers,
>     Andy
>
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