Paul Scott

Neil Williams wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:49:08 +0100, "Paul Scott"
> <notvalidpmscott@> wrote:
>
>> How are they getting on with the works at MK - the signs I saw a few
>> weeks ago suggested a 'new platform' was opening in June - is that
>> presumably the north end of current platform 5 (to become the
>> southbound slow platform 7 IIRC)?
>
> Eh?
>
> It's Platform 6, which is on the A5 side of the station, which will be
> a second northbound fast platform to allow non-stop VTs to overtake
> stopped VTs in the new West Coast Taktfahrplan. It was being fitted
> up with signage and roofing today - nearly done!

I was aware of that - I simply read the previous poster's reference to
platform 5 as in context of the Oxford services, and supposed therefore that
platform 5 must have been the existing terminating platform.

Paul