delt1c
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Just wondering what is the largest station reduced to almost a 1 platform Halt , still open on the national Network?
To read the original question precisely, it was Birmingham Snow Hill. This had 12 platforms plus multiple through lines, and in the late 1960s was reduced to one unstaffed bay and 10 single-car trains a day. It has, of course, been partially reinstated since. And it's still open. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Snow_Hill_railway_station#Closure
Broad Street went to 1 platform in 1985 until 1986 when it closed.
Does Tattenham Corner have one platform in use and another used for stabling - or are they both in use?
Much better example than mine!Manors in Newcastle went from 9 to 2 (an island platform)
There must be a good few rural locations like this around the country, which used to have a much bigger station than required for the local settlement on account of being a railway junction - then subsequently severely rationalised after the secondary line had closed.I nominate Morfa Mawddach: formerly a 4-platform station where even expresses would stop; now a 1-platform request stop with 11,920 entries/exits last year
If we take a more literal definition of "halt" then it would exclude termini and have few passengers / have limited services / be a request stop / any combination of these??
I nominate Morfa Mawddach: formerly a 4-platform station where even expresses would stop; now a 1-platform request stop with 11,920 entries/exits last year
Blackpool North reduced from 16 to 6, with Platforms 1 to 6 (the main station) going in 1973 and a further recent reduction with electrification. Slightly at a tangent, I guess Blackpool Central is the largest station in terms of platforms (14) to have closed completely?
Did Newcastle and York lose some platforms?
Blackpool North reduced from 16 to 6, with Platforms 1 to 6 (the main station) going in 1973 and a further recent reduction with electrification. Slightly at a tangent, I guess Blackpool Central is the largest station in terms of platforms (14) to have closed completely?
Newcastle went from 14 to 12. It lost 6 to Metro (the old 1 - 6) but gained 4 (new platforms 5 - 8)Newcastle lost some platforms because a fair amount of services that were using it moved to the Metro