 Unusual Announcement
<jonathan@jonathanmorton.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Jul 17, 12:57 pm, John F Kappler <j...@pceffect.co.uk> wrote:
>> Standing on Reading station yesterday I heard the following "Please
>> stand back from the edge of Platform 6. The approaching train is not
>> scheduled to stop here"
>>
>> Not so unusual you may think, but the clue is in the station name and
>> the platform number........
>>
>> It was, I admit, an empty stock working, but really.........
>
>OK, to help us get the joke, was it Reading General or Reading West?
>I presume Platform 6 is a bay.
Reading General, although the correct name of the station is now simply
Reading (Reading West only has two platforms). And yes, it is a bay. The
announcement should have gone on to tell you to stand back from the other
side of the train - it's a bay with a platform face both sides, but they
only unlock the doors one side.
Peter |