 Fast / Slow Line Layout
Chris Tolley wrote:
> Clive D. W. Feather wrote:
>
>> At a terminus, you want the fast lines on one side and the slow
>> lines on the other, so that you keep the two groups of services
>> separate from each other.
>
> That wasn't always so, though, was it - some termini had arrival sides
> and departure sides. When did Euston change?
>
> I also half-recall reading something about station layouts that
> asserted that the terminus layout with the greatest throughput would
> be such an arrangement with a reversing siding (or loop, though that
> would turn the trains) beyond the arrival and departure platforms.
Doesn't the Heathrow T5 terminal have examples of different layouts? IIRC
the Central Line has a reversing siding beyond the platforms, unlike some
other LU terminal stations, such as Brixton, and Elephant etc. OTOH HEx has
the normal crossovers outside the station...
Paul
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