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 <gravityst...@gmail.com
<mailto:gravityst...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On 28 June 2012 14:14, Gregory <nomoregra...@googlemail.com
<mailto:nomoregra...@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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