Re: Return of Its Academic!

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

No to the first one, but yes to the second.  At Brighton (SA) and Olympic Park
(and only at those two stations as far as I know, a train can be at two
platforms at the same time, and this is used in regular service.  Glanville had
this too until the Semaphore line closed in 1978(?).  As I understand it, at
Olympic Park this is because of high volume traffic so that one side is exit and
the other is entrance, at Brighton there is a centre track between two island
plaforms which serves as the terminating track for Adelaide to Brighton locals
providing cross-platform interchange with both up and down expresses (very neat
really).  At Glanville it was a similar setup but the centre track was the
terminating point for the Semaphore branch shuttle.

A further clue for Q7 - note that the are all (very) rural locations.

John Duncan McCallum wrote:
> 
> Chris Brownbill wrote:
> >
> > There are two questions which nobody's got yet:
> 
> > > Q7.  Marinna, Kundabung, Ivanhoe, Kiata
> 
> This one is a guess. They are locations where the crossing loop is not
> at the same location
> as the station.
> 
> > > Q9.  Olympic Park, Brighton, Glanville.
> 
> > Perhaps clues are in order:
> > In Q7, the Ivanhoe is in NSW (not Vic).
> > In Q9 the linking property still exists to this day at Olympic Park and
> > Brighton, but has not applied to Glanville for about 20 years.
> 
> They all have a track with platforms on both sides.
> 
> > > Q8.  Sydney Central, Spencer Street, Perth, South Geelong, Grange, Richmond
> > > (Vic), Park Road, Subiaco, Royal Park.
> > These are all railheads for AFL football grounds. (I could have added Glen
> > Waverley, Nunawading, Clayton and Victoria Park until this year).
> 
> I would not agree with Perth in this case. Claisebrook is closer to the
> WACA although there
> is no PT connection. West Leederville is actually closer to Subiaco Oval
> than Subiaco.
> 
> John McCallum