For those budding real-life modellers out there, if you want to get an idea of the actual layout of a station then visit
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If you find the station you are interested in (using postcode, name etc), at small scales you can click "aerial photo" and get a reasonable picture of the actual place taken from the air (funnily enough).
I have just looked at Rugby and it's certainly good enough to get a good start. It also gives an appreciation of how long those scale curves actually are!!!
Luke