Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-28 Thread jonathan
7;; 'Talk GB'; Andy Robinson Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments I can't remember ... has the track layout been changed yet? I know there were some plans to realign, but the core structure hasn't changed since first constructed?

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-28 Thread Andy Robinson
upper structure all pass through them. Cheers Andy From: les...@lsces.co.uk [mailto:les...@lsces.co.uk] Sent: 25 September 2015 22:42 To: 'Brian Prangle'; 'talk-gb-westmidlands'; 'Talk GB'; Andy Robinson Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-27 Thread Brian Prangle
Sorry should have said input not unput! I've done just about as much as I'm able with New St station. I've added notes where stuff is either not clear or not yet finished. Not all the Grand Central shops have been added. Please check and see if stuff needs correcting ( the platform outlines and tr

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-27 Thread Matthijs Melissen
On 25 September 2015 at 14:56, Brian Prangle wrote: > Does anyone know whether the alignment of the platforms under the concourse > is based on anything other than pure guesswork? The alignment at either end > where they can be seen in Bing doesn't look right either. I'm trying to get > the concou

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-27 Thread Brian Prangle
Thanks for all your unput. It seems Andy's suggestion is the best: to align the platforms with the elevator/stairs/escalator positions in the concourse plan. I'l use that approach once I'm sure the concourse is aligned as best as I can get it. Re-aligning the platforms will take some time and will

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-25 Thread Lester Caine
On 25/09/15 23:22, Lester Caine wrote: > On 25/09/15 22:48, Graham Jones wrote: >> I'm pretty sure there have been no changes to the tracks or major >> building structures at station platform level - I didn't see any >> evidence of heavy work like that on my travels anyway. > > http://maps.nls.uk/

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-25 Thread Lester Caine
On 25/09/15 22:48, Graham Jones wrote: > I'm pretty sure there have been no changes to the tracks or major > building structures at station platform level - I didn't see any > evidence of heavy work like that on my travels anyway. http://maps.nls.uk/view/101584678 The later maps just have black bo

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-25 Thread Graham Jones
On 25 September 2015 at 22:41, wrote: > I can't remember ... has the track layout been changed yet? I know there > were some plans to realign, but the core structure hasn't changed since > first constructed? > I'm pretty sure there have been no changes to the tracks or major building structures a

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-25 Thread lester
- From: Andy Robinson To: 'Brian Prangle' , 'talk-gb-westmidlands' , 'Talk GB' Sent: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:12 Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments I recall tweaking the tracks some years ago to better fit imagery as they were

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-25 Thread SK53
I've certainly found that in most large shopping centres/malls etc., support elements are usually regularly spaced, and at least estimating what this spacing is & using it to correlate with features observable from outside can help refine positioning. Obviously platform lifts & escalators fit this

Re: [Talk-GB] [Talk-gb-westmidlands] New St station platform alignments

2015-09-25 Thread Andy Robinson
I recall tweaking the tracks some years ago to better fit imagery as they were definitely rough drawn before that but I expect with different imagery now and folks messing about over that couple of years of changing its all got a bit messy. Part of the problem is that a lot of the track radius i