Heysham station, which I visited about 6 years ago had the car traffic route for the Isle of Man ferry running right through the station between the end of the platforms and the station exit. Train passengers would have to walk through the car queue to exit the station. Not sure if it still happens, but I can't imagine too much investment there given its very limited train service of 1 train per day, in and out.
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Trivia - how many stations have a road bisecting their platforms and hence a level crossing within the station
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AlbertBeale
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Some old traditional rail-connected ports were often a bit of a scramble, with road traffic and trains not fully segregated; with trains running down roads along the dockside, for example.
MisterSheeps
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I have seen old photos of Whaley Bridge station (LNW, Stockport to Buxton) which did have a level crossing with platforms both sides of it. The road (high road from Disley) was rerouted via a 90⁰ bend and steep hill to join an underpass on the south side of the station.
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When was that? Did the level crossing/ roadway continue anywhere on the East side of the station (where the platform now is for trains towards Buxton)?
MisterSheeps
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Fairly sure i saw it in the Foxline book about the line ... the Disley high road continued over the crossing and down what is now the station access road, past the Jodrell Arms. How it worked operationally, coach doors coinciding with the crossing, is anyone's guess.
National Library of Scotland 6" map (surveyed 1870, published 1881) shows the crossing, while the 25" map of 1896 shows the diverted road.
Interesting place was Whaley for railways ...
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Did the one time level crossing at Whaley Bridge station actually bisect the platforms, or was the LC to the South of same? Not 100% clear on the old OS maps I've seen.
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Looking at the 6” maps, it does look as though there may have been a crossing that was abolished between 1871 and 1896. On the 1871 map the Disley road comes right down to the station and there is nowhere to go except across the line, but by the 1896 one a road had been built south from the Disley road alongside the railway to the road leading to the reservoir, which appears to have an underbridge. Presumably the Disley road originally went straight on into the market place.
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Does look that way. Do you reckon that any (non railway?) properties might have been demolished to make way for Whaley Lane's dog-legged diversion?
(Whaley Bridge station to upper right edge of above-linked 1870s era OS map extract)