Talk:Tattenham Corner railway station

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What is the origin/significance of the 'decommissioned tracks' (to the left as you face the platforms)? Jackiespeel (talk) 17:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sidings for the storage of empty coaches and horseboxes. On race days, a large number of special trains would be run; these would arrive and be unloaded in the morning, be parked in the sidings during the race meeting, ready to carry people away again in the evening. This avoided wasteful empty stock movements between the terminus and depots several miles away such as New Cross. These was similar siding provision at other stations close to racecourses, such as Epsom Downs. -- Red rose64 (talk) 07:54, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Are they still 'active'? Jackiespeel (talk) 18:28, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Nos. 1 & 2 sidings, which are accessed from platform 1, were in 2008 not shown as "out of use" but were shown as electrified:
 * The same book shows a non-electrified siding no. 3, connected to no. 2. All three are to the right as you face the platforms from the line, or to the left as you look along the line from the platform ends (the "up" side): no sidings are shown on the "down" side, so if any tracks remain there, they won't be connected to the line. Of the existing sidings, no. 3 is shown as an "engrs sdg" (engineers); nos. 1 & 2 may well be in use for stabling empty passenger trains, but horses haven't been carried by rail for about 40 years. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:59, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
 * 'Depends where I was standing at the time.'
 * 'Depends where I was standing at the time.'

Perhaps there could be a 'list of decommissioned sidings in the London area' (Rayners Lane Station has another). Jackiespeel (talk) 21:24, 26 September 2013 (UTC)