11-01-2016, 11:06 AM
(11-01-2016, 10:47 AM)Markster Wrote: That is my understanding. A centre platform may only be 1.5x as wide as a side platform, but there's also the wasted space as the tracks spread apart (and converge back together).
I've totally never thought of it that way before, and you're exactly right. Mind blown.
(11-01-2016, 10:47 AM)Markster Wrote: Though it's quite amusing how there's a bank right where the second track should be...
OMG, I didn't notice that at the time, either (though it was dark when I rode out to that end and back, and I had probably walked to the tail end of the train to try and get the "driver's seat" for the return journey ).
That's unreal!