Re: Number Of Platforms At CBD Stations

[ajwright@ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)]

On Thu, 26 Feb 1998 21:08:40 +1100, David Johnson
<trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>David Bradshaw wrote:
>
>> I'm intrigued. Were these platforms ever used in the first place? If so,
>> what was their purpose, and if not, what were they intended for?
>
>26/27 platforms have never seen a train.  They were constructed to provide extra
>platforms in the event that they would be needed.  Some people believe that they
>were earmarked for a future airport line, but this will now be using 21/23
>platforms.  The most likely application for them now would be a high speed train
>to Canberra.  I guess we'll hear more about that at the next election.
>
>There is also space available for two extra platforms at Redfern between
>Platforms 10 and 11 in the big hole.
>

  Where abouts is the big hole? Is it behind the brick wall behind the
eastern most platforms? And is that where the light comes from when on
the underground platforms??
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