🔸Attached picture illustrates different types of platform. Platform 1 is a “bay” platform, while platforms 2, 3 and 4 are “side or through" platforms. The platform accommodating 3 and 4 is an “island” platform.
🔸A bay platform is one at which the track terminates, i.e. a dead-end or siding. Trains serving a bay platform must reverse in or out.
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