BrummieBobby
Member
Travelling as a passenger and signaling trains in the West Midlands, I have always been taken with how narrow the platforms are at some of the smaller stations. This is particularly noticeable at Dudley Port (Narrow island platform in the 6 foot of the Up and Down Stour, with trains passing at high speed) and Smethwick Rolfe Street (Very narrow platforms towards the Birmingham end of the station, with only around c2 feet of standing space between the yellow platform edge line and the embankment towards the edge of the station)
Are there any guidelines for minimum platform widths? Obviously I understand that established stations probably get by with grandfather rights to an extent, but are there any guidelines for new stations (Such as the new stations at Darlaston Junction and Willenhall)
Are there any guidelines for minimum platform widths? Obviously I understand that established stations probably get by with grandfather rights to an extent, but are there any guidelines for new stations (Such as the new stations at Darlaston Junction and Willenhall)