Excuse me, excuse me! I'm squeezing in...
Amsterdam Centraal has a bi-directional platform system. i.e. on each track/ platform, there are sections A and B, which allow passengers to embark on or disembark from two different trains at the same time, if needed. The two trains on the same track can depart towards opposite directions, or towards the same direction. Track switches between sections A and B allow the train behind the other one to get on an empty track and pull in front of the stationary train. Think of it like doing a "parallel parking." The operational efficiency is really very impressive.
Here in this photo, you can see one train is already on this platform, yet the switch allows a second train to pull into the same platform. I took this yellow train to the historic city of Hoorn.
Excuse me, excuse me! I'm squeezing in...
Amsterdam Centraal has a bi-directional platform system. i.e. on each track/ platform, there are sections A and B, which allow passengers to embark on or disembark from two different trains at the same time, if needed. The two trains on the same track can depart towards opposite directions, or towards the same direction. Track switches between sections A and B allow the train behind the other one to get on an empty track and pull in front of the stationary train. Think of it like doing a "parallel parking." The operational efficiency is really very impressive.
Here in this photo, you can see one train is already on this platform, yet the switch allows a second train to pull into the same platform. I took this yellow train to the historic city of Hoorn.