R. Hales posted:I would have guessed it was because of the length of the train. But if that is the case, I believe it was a mistake not to maintain at least one platform long enough to accommodate such a train when they did the station remodel. If I remember right, the station currently has 8 tracks.
Years ago, the tracks passed the back of the station heading north-south, so trains could pull through the station (the way it was when I lived there in the 70s). Now, it is solid buildings to the south, the tracks end at the back of the station, and trains have to back in to the south to the station, and then depart to the north.
Actually, there are only three non-commuter tracks that back into the concourse at the rear of the station.
