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Trivia: Stations at which services go to the same destination from different platforms

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Leeds to York via Micklefield from 7 to 16 but not 10 or 13
Leeds to York via Harrogate from 1 to 12 but not 7
Leeds to York either route from 8,9,11 or 12

The only platforms you can't get to York (via either route) on regular services from are 13 and 17
You can also get to York from Leeds via Castleford in which case you could depart 11cd, 12, 13, 15, 16 or 17. There are a few late night/early morning TPE services booked that way, 1P03 being one example...


In practice these tend to use Platforms 15 or 16 with a reversal being required. Also 13 or 17 would normally be occupied at this time.
 
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I think Clapham Junction - Highbury & Islington is another. Some trains go via Canada Water and others via Willesden Junction
They still leave in the same direction at Clapham Junction though - Clapham Junction being a two platform terminus as far as these routes go. But they don’t normally run to Highbury & Islington via the SLL, they all terminate at Dalston Junction. There’s only the one late train from Highbury towards Clapham Jn via SLL showing on RTT for all day tomorrow.

It‘s a very good example of the various route maps, tube maps, carriage diagrams etc not explaining the actual service...
 

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They still leave in the same direction at Clapham Junction though - Clapham Junction being a two platform terminus as far as these routes go. But they don’t normally run to Highbury & Islington via the SLL, they all terminate at Dalston Junction. There’s only the one late train from Highbury towards Clapham Jn via SLL showing on RTT for all day tomorrow.

It‘s a very good example of the various route maps, tube maps, carriage diagrams etc not explaining the actual service...

The fact that the 4 southern branches of the ELL are normally split with trains from 2 of those destinations terminating at Dalston and the other 2 continuing to H&I is probably a complexity not worth showing on the Overground diagrams [though there are other things about the latter which are silly], since the frequency is such that if need be it's easy to get off and pick up a following service a few minutes later on the run through the core section. And anyway, I'd guess that few travellers from the further-flung reaches of those branches (the Clapham Junction one especially) are going to use the Overground to get all the way round London to Highbury ... which is perhaps why that branch was chosen as one of the 2 which stop at Dalston?
 

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The fact that the 4 southern branches of the ELL are normally split with trains from 2 of those destinations terminating at Dalston and the other 2 continuing to H&I is probably a complexity not worth showing on the Overground diagrams [though there are other things about the latter which are silly], since the frequency is such that if need be it's easy to get off and pick up a following service a few minutes later on the run through the core section. And anyway, I'd guess that few travellers from the further-flung reaches of those branches (the Clapham Junction one especially) are going to use the Overground to get all the way round London to Highbury ... which is perhaps why that branch was chosen as one of the 2 which stop at Dalston?
I wasn’t really intending criticism of the maps, just highlighting that they will have this sort of limitation. IIRC the ELL terminating points have changed over the few years they’ve been running. I suppose it’s possible that removing the necessity to choose which way to go to Clapham Junction might have been intentional.
 
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At Crewe there are departures to Stafford off Platform 3 via Stoke and off platforms 5/6 via Madeley, and in the ordinary timetable off Platform 6/11 to Liverpool.via Runcorn and off platform 1 via Manchester Airport
In the normal timetable, services from Crewe also use platform 1 and occasionally platform 12 towards Stafford
 

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Pitsea: to Upminster/Barking/stations to London - Platform 2 via Basildon, Platform 4 via Tilbury
(and in the reverse direction you can add Barking - Platform 4 via Upminster, Platform 7 via Rainham)
 
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Basingstoke - Waterloo, stopping services normally from P4 (but sometimes the incoming terminating service will be at P1 and then return), the fast services usually use P3.
 

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Pitsea: to Upminster/Barking/stations to London - Platform 2 via Basildon, Platform 4 via Tilbury
(and in the reverse direction you can add Barking - Platform 4 via Upminster, Platform 7 via Rainham)

Basingstoke - Waterloo, stopping services normally from P4 (but sometimes the incoming terminating service will be at P1 and then return), the fast services usually use P3.

These aren’t what the OP was after. He wanted examples of simple two platform stations where you could reach the same destination leaving in either up or down directions.

The question in the thread title was too wide ranging, it was clarified later, in post #32.
 

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They still leave in the same direction at Clapham Junction though - Clapham Junction being a two platform terminus as far as these routes go. But they don’t normally run to Highbury & Islington via the SLL, they all terminate at Dalston Junction. There’s only the one late train from Highbury towards Clapham Jn via SLL showing on RTT for all day tomorrow.

It‘s a very good example of the various route maps, tube maps, carriage diagrams etc not explaining the actual service...
Although of course on a Sunday the Clapham services do normally run through to Highbury
 

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A couple of posts earlier mentioned Southampton area to Clapham Junction, but the same applies in reverse - you can leave Clapham heading towards Southampton either SW on SWR or SE on GTR
 

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A couple of posts earlier mentioned Southampton area to Clapham Junction, but the same applies in reverse - you can leave Clapham heading towards Southampton either SW on SWR or SE on GTR
The OP clarified what he was after in post #32, however. Neither Southampton or Clapham Junction meet his “different direction” requirement, ie up or down, east or west, north or south etc. If leaving Clapham Junction you’re still heading in the down direction, with either SWR or SN, likewise both routes leave Southampton in the up direction. Fareham is an example though, where you can get to Clapham Jn from either the up or down platform.
 

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I don’t think anyone has mentioned West Norwood and Gipsy Hill yet, where two totally different services serve London Bridge from the opposite direction. Beckenham Junction to London Bridge via Peckham Rye on the ‘up’ side and Victoria to London Bridge via Forest Hill on the ‘down’. Used to be very useful but they now leave London Bridge at almost the same time and - when not suspended for Covid - the Victoria trains have such a long wait at Crystal Palace the route via Peckham is now much quicker. A shame as that’s normally a 455 while the Victoria train gets a luxurious 10 car 377!
 

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Does Exeter count? One direction to London Paddington with GWR and the opposite direction to London Waterloo with SWR.
 

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Not sure why that is, the West croydon terminate at Dalston on a Sunday. Anyone know ?
Sunday's there's only 4tph New Cross Gate to Sydenham alternating to Croydon and Crystal Palace so to maintain 8tph from Dalston to Highbury the Claphams are extended. Its the best way of providing the capacity where it's needed
 

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Surely the most famous example was Trent. A two-platform island where it was possible to leave from either, head off in opposite directions and still end up at Derby (Midland)
 

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Kidderminster to London Paddington: platform 1 travelling north for WM trains or Chiltern to Leamington or Banbury for FGW onwards; platform 2 travelling south for WM trains to Worcester for FGW onwards.
 

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Horsham. I think it's platform 1 (may be wrong) for Victoria via Epsom. Then platform 2 for Victoria via Gatwick
 
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I think Nottingham could count, there are two early morning trains to Peterborough/Ely/Norwich via Loughborough/Melton/Manton which depart Nottingham heading west, but most of the trains to Peterborough/Ely/Norwich travel via Grantham and depart Nottingham heading east.
 
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