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Title: Amusing announcement at Maidenhead Post by: johoare on August 16, 2009, 01:01:18 I was waiting for a train at Maidenhead on Thursday evening about 5.15pm.. There was an announcement that there was a fast train coming through platform 3 so to stand well clear of the platform edge.. (there are 4 through platforms by the way :))..
Within a minute of the announcement, fast trains had past through platforms 1,2 and 4, but nothing at all through platform 3... It kept me amused, whilst I waited for my train, wondering if these announcements were automatic (in which case they weren't working), or manual (in which case someone pressed the wrong button! ;D) Title: Re: Amusing announcement at Maidenhead Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 16, 2009, 01:18:39 In the past, I've heard similar announcements (clearly pre-recorded) about trains that 'will not be stopping' at certain platforms at Bristol Temple Meads.
Rather intrigued, bearing in mind this is apparently a train which goes through BRI, but does not stop there, I've then been amused to see a train arrive and terminate there. The wonders of pre-recorded announcements, eh? ;) Title: Re: Amusing announcement at Maidenhead Post by: JayMac on August 16, 2009, 03:59:30 In the past, I've heard similar announcements (clearly pre-recorded) about trains that 'will not be stopping' at certain platforms at Bristol Temple Meads. Rather intrigued, bearing in mind this is apparently a train which goes through BRI, but does not stop there, I've then been amused to see a train arrive and terminate there. The wonders of pre-recorded announcements, eh? ;) I'm guessing that the announcements at Temple Meads usually refer to trains passing one 'platform' to stop at another. Most 'platform' rail faces at Temple Meads are actually two numbered platforms. Excepting 1, 13 and 15. I believe their are similar announcements at most stations where there is more than one 'platform' per rail face. BTW, has anyone yet discovered platform 14 at Temple Meads? Perhaps it is a mysterious portal to another world like Platform 8 3/4 at Kings Cross. I would try running at various walls on 13/15 in an effort to find it, but aside from the injuries, I'd probably be asked, kindly but firmly, to leave the station premises. ;D Title: Re: Amusing announcement at Maidenhead Post by: devon_metro on August 16, 2009, 14:16:56 And here is the explanation.
All south platforms at Temple Meads are even numbers, 2,4,6,8,10,12. 13 has buffers, so if it was a through line, 14 would be at the southern end of it :D Title: Re: Amusing announcement at Maidenhead Post by: Chris from Nailsea on August 16, 2009, 20:15:56 From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads):
Quote The platforms are numbered from 1 to 15, but passenger trains are confined to just eight tracks. The numbering system means that most are numbered separately at each end with odd numbers at the east end, and even numbers at the west end. To further complicate matters, platform 2 is not signalled for passenger trains, and platform 14 does not exist. and, Quote Bristol Panel Signal Box was built on the site of the Platform 14 after it closed. When opened it controlled 280 multiple-aspect signals and 243 motor-worked points on 114 miles (183 km) of routes around Bristol, the largest area controlled by a single signal box on British Rail at the time. Title: Re: Amusing announcement at Maidenhead Post by: bemmy on August 17, 2009, 21:45:05 From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Temple_Meads): That was Platform 14 under the old numbering system - the signal box is opposite the present day Platform 1, which is the rump of the old Platform 12 coming out of Brunel's original station, the rest of which is a covered car park.Quote Bristol Panel Signal Box was built on the site of the Platform 14 after it closed. When opened it controlled 280 multiple-aspect signals and 243 motor-worked points on 114 miles (183 km) of routes around Bristol, the largest area controlled by a single signal box on British Rail at the time. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |