 Fast / Slow Line Layout
"Chris Tolley" <cjt.7@supanet.com> wrote
>
> 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.
>
Paddington didn't really change until 1967. It was designed on the basis
that all main line trains would be taken out to Old Oak Common for
servicing, although locos could be watered and turned at Ranelagh Bridge.
This meant that there had to be up (via the flyover) and down engine and
carriage lines between the terminus and Old Oak Common.
Peter
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