Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2007 19:41:42 GMT
What's it for? Seems to be very very rarely used
The last time I've seen it being used, is for a freight train that had to stop there for a minute or two (without the driver getting out of its cab), then off it goes again..
Is it to simply link up platforms 11 / 12 (or whichever ones), to rest of the station?
EDIT: Ah - have found the info:
from Wikipedia... teach me to post before googling, won't it? 
The last time I've seen it being used, is for a freight train that had to stop there for a minute or two (without the driver getting out of its cab), then off it goes again..
Is it to simply link up platforms 11 / 12 (or whichever ones), to rest of the station?
EDIT: Ah - have found the info:
Platforms 9, 10 & 10a: used by 'one' services on the fast lines out of London Liverpool Street station towards Norwich and destinations served by branches off the Great Eastern Main Line, e.g. Clacton, Braintree, and Southend. Originally there were only two platforms here, but in the 1990s the station buildings on Platform 9 were demolished to make an island platform with faces on both sides. The new face became 9, the old 9 became 10 and the old 10 became 10a. Platform 10a is now rarely used because of its inconvenient location, accessible from only one of the two open station subways.
