This cement mass is heightened at many places so as to make platforms and supports for huts.
At the new Victoria station (London) of the London, Brighton & South Coast railway - which is so long that two trains can stand end to end at the platforms - this system is extended so as to permit a train to start out from the inner end of a platform even though another train is occupying the outer end.
The platforms on British railways have a standard elevation of 3 ft.
The object was to bring the level of the station platforms as close to the .
They are placed either on the departure side parallel to the platform (" side " stations) or at right angles to the rails and platforms (" end " stations).