Talk:Colchester railway station

Longest platform
This claim is incorrect. The platforms at Cheriton Shuttle Terminal are 791m (2595ft) long. 203.7.140.3 (talk) 03:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)


 * And I'd still say the claim is dubious anyway. It isn't a continous platform face. You couldn't park a 400m Eurostar along it and open all the doors - something you could do at Cambridge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.96.42.246 (talk) 19:02, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree. It's a situation different from Gloucester, where platforms 1 & 2 do form a continuous face over 600 m long. -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:00, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I have a source from 1974 which gives the "official" B.R. list of longest platforms as follows: Colchester (1975 ft), Bournemouth (1748 ft), Perth (1714 ft), York (1692 ft), Edinburgh Waverley (1596 ft), Crewe (1509 ft), London Victoria (1500 ft), Newcastle Central (1389 ft) and Cambridge (1254 ft). Lamberhurst (talk) 20:37, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I suppose it omits Gloucester because they didn't lengthen the platform there until after the closure of the Tuffley Loop. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:55, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Also worthy of note is the platform that once linked Manchester Exchange railway station with Manchester Victoria station which was 2238 ft. Mighty Antar (talk) 12:53, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, Victoria 11/Exchange 3; but since Exchange closed 1969, it also won't be listed in Lamberhurst's "official" source. -- Red rose64 (talk) 14:22, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The Station has been updated again, after a massive 'do-up' by East Anglia. There is now a whole new face the the back entrance, including a whole new reception. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.208.45.4 (talk) 13:23, 26 June 2012 (UTC)