Re: Harrogate to London

"Ianigsy" <ianrcragg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Will the platforms at Pannal, Horsforth and Garforth be suitable to
>> accomodate a HST (presumably that is what will form the NXEC service)?
>
> The up platform at Horsforth has been accommodating HSTs for several
> years now, exploiting the fact that it's quite a desirable area of
> Leeds for the kind of business people who might need to go down to
> London for the day every so often.
>
> When the 37+Mark 2 top and tail service ran on the Harrogate loop in
> the evening, I can't remember clearly but I think one loco or the
> other was off the platform.  The curvature of the Harrogate platform
> also made it difficult for the driver to see any hand signals from the
> conductor.

The maximum "normal" train length they run on that line at the moment is
either 4 car 150 or a 3 car 153/155. These seem to take up the full length
of most the platforms with the notable exception of Harrogate itself. Even
the Scarborough Spa Express has to overhang the platform at Harrogate though
(it stops with half the train in the tunnel at Knaresborough even with the
loco on the viaduct).
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