Is there any reason the Preston-bound platform at Ormskirk has enjoyed a short northward extension?
24 Feb 2023 #1 L L+Y Member Joined 4 Jul 2011 Messages 452 Is there any reason the Preston-bound platform at Ormskirk has enjoyed a short northward extension?
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24 Feb 2023 #2 B Bletchleyite Veteran Member Joined 20 Oct 2014 Messages 98,002 Location "Marston Vale mafia" I am fairly sure it used to fit a 4 car 156 but only just, so perhaps it's so a 4 car 195 formation could be used, e.g. for the Aintree Races traffic?
I am fairly sure it used to fit a 4 car 156 but only just, so perhaps it's so a 4 car 195 formation could be used, e.g. for the Aintree Races traffic?
24 Feb 2023 #3 L L+Y Member Joined 4 Jul 2011 Messages 452 Bletchleyite said: I am fairly sure it used to fit a 4 car 156 but only just, so perhaps it's so a 4 car 195 formation could be used, e.g. for the Aintree Races traffic? Click to expand... I'd thought that only races traffic would justify a platform extension- but surely races traffic doesn't justify expenditure like this? Alternatively- are the buffers moving a few feet north to comfortably fit 8 car 777 formations into the Liverpool platform?
Bletchleyite said: I am fairly sure it used to fit a 4 car 156 but only just, so perhaps it's so a 4 car 195 formation could be used, e.g. for the Aintree Races traffic? Click to expand... I'd thought that only races traffic would justify a platform extension- but surely races traffic doesn't justify expenditure like this? Alternatively- are the buffers moving a few feet north to comfortably fit 8 car 777 formations into the Liverpool platform?
24 Feb 2023 #4 B Bletchleyite Veteran Member Joined 20 Oct 2014 Messages 98,002 Location "Marston Vale mafia" L+Y said: I'd thought that only races traffic would justify a platform extension- but surely races traffic doesn't justify expenditure like this? Alternatively- are the buffers moving a few feet north to comfortably fit 8 car 777 formations into the Liverpool platform? Click to expand... Ah, that might make more sense!
L+Y said: I'd thought that only races traffic would justify a platform extension- but surely races traffic doesn't justify expenditure like this? Alternatively- are the buffers moving a few feet north to comfortably fit 8 car 777 formations into the Liverpool platform? Click to expand... Ah, that might make more sense!
