Stanmore 3rd platform construction

Er, because it's a 80cm drop.

I must say that AGC is right unless there's something we've missed. Otherwise by stephenk's logic no passengers would be allowed on any part of any platform unless a train was berthed there (shades of the annual beer festival on Minehead platform where trains are stabled deliberately:but that's another story).
That logic finishes with trains not being allowed to stop if there are not PEDs. So why railings at Stanmore?

"--Treating People [Passengers] as if they are stupid"

Need we say ? :-)

I'm glad someone agrees with me!

You wouldn't find a pavement raised at 80cm without there being railings, so likewise any unused part of a platform face should also have railings.

If you look at a very large number of stations, many will have barriers / fencing taking up the remainder of a platform should the normal stock using the station be shorter than the structure of the platform. It is the standard now employed (known affectionately as the Platform-Train Interface) to ensure customers remain more or less within the designated area where we will provide a service.

One example which springs to mind is Edgware Road Platform 4. When the re-signalling was carried out, the stopping mark was moved back east slightly. The distance between the exit stairs and the new stop mark was filled with barrier fencing.

When you think about it, it isn't because anyone is stupid. In fact the result is to prevent anyone looking stupid. Take my example above. Without the fence many people would wait on a section of platform and, when a train arrives, look pretty silly when it stops short of them.

Surface Stock are restricted (but not banned) from using platform 1. One reason is the "Tube" style buffer stop which could cause a bit of a problem should a hefty great A-stock require its use.

Could they be gated, released by an LU staff key?

Its been a while since this thread was updated, anyone know the latest, regarding the third platform. It will be very useful once it is in operation.

I'm afraid not - WTT 9 has been compiled as the current line geography, and no third platform at Stanmore to use.

I'm told it will be March 2008 by the time the 3rd platform comes into use...

Was at Stanmore during 2005 when the work was about to start,the posters about the project on the platforms and in the ticket hall gave a completion date of summer 2007.

The new brick building is probably SER 'JL', and is more likely to be the replacement for IMR 'JL', which replaced the now-demolished signal cabin.

There are some closures Stanmore-Wembley in February/March next year.

Some weeks ago a new overhead gantry/cable bridge went up at the crossing for the roads leading to platforms 1 & 2. Even though there is not track laid yet the span of the gantry looks long enough to accommodate the new road from the third platform.

Some photos.



The first photo was taken some time last year. An earth berm (behind the blue hoarding) was built up at the toe of the cutting to give access to a piling rig. A row of closely spaced piles were sunk in a line along the whole length of the cutting. The formwork for the pile caps can be seen at the top of the berm.



Some months later the berm is excavated down to track level and the trackside face the of piles are exposed to form a retaining wall. What you see in the photo is after waterproofing and concrete has been sprayed onto steel mesh on the wall. In the background is a concrete wagon with telescopic pump boom.



This photo is the latest taken during the weekend. The platform piers have been cast and precast concrete planks are going up. The piers are piled foundations while a ground slab has been cast with service chambers and drainage.



There are starter bars protruding from the piers for anchorage for the next section of concrete pour. Also the circular steel cage to the left appears to be a new column support for the canopy structure.