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In actual fact since SWT Windsor Line services do not require such long platforms, the plans include demolishing part of the overall roof and building a new building development at the London end, with commercial space, etc. Tony May (talk) 00:02, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Moved comment down the page--SilasW (talk) 12:49, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The future of Wloo Int is still undecided. Page ten of the South West Trains magazine e•motion issue 26 (Jan/Feb 2008) states no decisions have been made about the Eurostar platforms.--SilasW (talk) 12:54, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There going to shorten the platforms at the London end, demolish part of the trainshed and build an office block/retail thing in the space they make. Tony May (talk) 23:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and do you have any citation for this? ACBest Dog and Bone ^{Have I reverted an edit}_{by you, and got it wrong? Tell me!} 19:56, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's in a pdf somewhere online where they work out all the options and come up with that one. Tony May (talk) 23:11, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have a go at finding it, and we will put it here ;) ACBest Dog and Bone ^{Have I reverted an edit}_{by you, and got it wrong? Tell me!} 07:53, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Map[edit]

The map with the article is of lines around the south bank which has very little relevance to WIT, but it is wrong in that, no matter points there may be, trains from WIT hardly ran on the SWMain Line, they were confined to a track on the north side of all the rails, as far as their flying junction in service or the junction with the WLL restored for them to get to their depot.--SilasW (talk) 10:47, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That track was (is) the Windsor Reversible. Basket _Feudalist 14:42, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Remember[edit]

Marky "Mark" Nucita. And Joe "Do we like that???" Salami. Solid team. Basket _Feudalist 14:40, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section[edit]

The lead section was too long, but it has since been reduced and is now in my opinion too short. It needs to mention something about the move of Eurostar to St Pancras as a reason for closure, the merging of two classes is way too technical to be mentioned in the lead. Thryduulf (talk) 22:57, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What's the 'Remember' section about, above??? Any ideas? PS, good work with lede._Fortuna ^{Imperatrix Mundi} 19:10, 29 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Re-use of the other 4 platforms[edit]

Does anyone know if platforms 21 to 24 are now in regular use? My impression is not yet, and that (despite the photo of trains standing at 21 and 22) still only platform 20 is in timetabled use, but that is WP:OR. Meanwhile I have removed an unsourced assertion that they are. The source cited (SWT press release of October 2013) mentions only platform 20. The whole "Post Eurostar" section needs updating anyway. Clearly the whole project has been going much more slowly than originally planned. -- Alarics (talk) 13:35, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As of now (May 2016) all the track has been ripped up so not even platform 20 is in use... I guess it was in use for perhaps a year...? Bit of a joke really! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.119.27.27 (talk) 17:22, 5 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, the introduction and section on post Eurostar is now totally incorrect. Although platform 20 was apparently used for timetabled services I have never ever seen the gates to that platform open on my occasional trips through Waterloo and have never ever seen trains at it. It has never been a separate station from Waterloo after Eurostar. I went through Waterloo last night and the whole site is now a building site, boarded off and all the tracks removed and the area dug up for a long way from the station. It is all part of South West Train's station and train improvement program as shown by the posters attached to the hoadings. Dsergeant (talk) 11:50, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why was the switch to St. Pancras made?[edit]

This seems to be a major omission from the article. It only states that the station was closed because services were moved to St. Pancras - but WHY were they moved? Why was a station built at a cost of hundreds of millions essentially abandoned? 2A00:23C7:8905:CC01:B956:94CA:B9AC:C470 (talk) 10:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]