I've just been reading a thread about most sparse platform at a major Station, as a consequence I followed a link to a Wikipedia page showing the list of Categories :-
I was wondering how accurately the criteria is followed. As an example I find it strange that somewhere like Bishop Auckland (0.155 million passengers) is Cat F1, Yet Thornaby ( 0.591 million) is Cat F2 (probaly a true reflection in 1996). Thornaby Station was rebuilt in 2003, so at the 2009 review I would have thought the station would have changed categories (poss to Cat D in 2009). Are there any other stations that people think are wrongly categorised?
From Wikipedia said:The 2,520 railway stations on the National Rail network in Great Britain are classified into six categories (two of which are each divided into two subcategories) by the Department for Transport. The scheme was devised in 1996 and there was a review in 2009 when 106 stations changed categories. The categorisation scheme is owned by Network Rail, the site landlord of most of the stations.
Some stations are in more than one category: for instance, at London St Pancras International, the surface platforms are in category A and the Thameslink platforms are in category C1.
Categorisation scheme
Category Number Desricpion Trips per annum Example A 28 National hub over 2 million Birmingham New Street, London King's Cross B 67 Regional interchange over 2 million Clapham Junction, Preston C 248 C1 Important feeder 0.5–2 million Grantham, Plymouth C2 " Burgess Hill, Tamworth D 298 Medium staffed 0.25–0.5 million Abergavenny, Penrith E 679 Small staffed under 0.25 million Boston, Oakham F 1,200 F1 Small unstaffed under 0.25 million Beccles, Bishop Auckland F2 " Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Winchelsea
Category C stations are sub-divided into C1 (city or busy junction) and C2 (other busy railheads). The only exception is Worthing, which has not been given a subcategory; it is listed by DfT as "C".
Category F stations are sub-divided into F1 (over 100,000 journeys per annum) and F2 (others).
I was wondering how accurately the criteria is followed. As an example I find it strange that somewhere like Bishop Auckland (0.155 million passengers) is Cat F1, Yet Thornaby ( 0.591 million) is Cat F2 (probaly a true reflection in 1996). Thornaby Station was rebuilt in 2003, so at the 2009 review I would have thought the station would have changed categories (poss to Cat D in 2009). Are there any other stations that people think are wrongly categorised?