Newcastle lost some platforms because a fair amount of services that were using it moved to the Metro
Newcastle went from 14 to 12. It lost 6 to Metro (the old 1 - 6) but gained 4 (new platforms 5 - 8)
I think Manchester Central had 9 platformsI have no figures for Leeds Central, Bradford Exchange, Manchester Central, Liverpool Central or Sheffield Victoria.
It did. Six in the main shed, two full length ones in a wooden annexe along the south west side, and a short bay.I think Manchester Central had 9 platforms
March went from seven down to two.
I find that an interesting fact - I must get out more.I know Manchester Victoria has been mentioned (Seventeen platforms reduced to six for a net loss of eleven), but given the physical link between Victoria and Manchester Exchange (the combined platform 11/3 that was 2,238 feet in length and could accommodate three trains), then as a station "complex" you actually have Twenty-two platforms reduced to six.
Exchange was built to allow the LNWR to vacate the Lancashire & Yorkshire owned Victoria. They were linked by the LMS in 1929 and upon closure of Exchange to passenger traffic in 1969 all traffic switched back to Victoria. Services using the through platforms at Exchange going East would pass through Victoria non-stop.
Useless fact - by virtue of the combined Platform 11/3 you could walk between two stations without leaving the station environs, but at the same time you were walking between two cities (Victoria is in Manchester; Exchange was predominantly in Salford).
4 through lines, 3 bays.Never realised it had as many as seven; guess it used to serve as an important junction station with the lines to Wisbech and St Ives (Cambs).
7 faces, but only 5 tracks. Built to impress!Christs Hospital was reduced from 7 platforms to the present two.
Given that some of those original 17 platforms served trains for the Bury and Oldham/Rochdale lines, and there are still "rail" services on those exact routes from Victoria, should we count the three Metrolink platforms on top of the six National Rail? That makes the net loss a mere 8.Not quite what the OP was asking, but maybe worth adding to the discussion; Manchester Victoria went from 17 platforms to 6, so a reduction of 11. Can anywhere beat that?
Using that approach we should include the two Metro platforms 'downstairs' at Newcastle as replacements for the old P1-3.Given that some of those original 17 platforms served trains for the Bury and Oldham/Rochdale lines, and there are still "rail" services on those exact routes from Victoria, should we count the three Metrolink platforms on top of the six National Rail? That makes the net loss a mere 8.
That sounds really impressive. I caught a train from there a few years ago, but wouldve never realised. Would be interested to see a picture. I think the main feature of that station was a road flyover.A surprising candidate is Rutherglen, still open with one island platform with two faces, but at its peak had a total of twelve platforms. Two island platforms (4 faces) and a side platform on the WCML, two platforms on the existing passenger route, and two through platforms and three bays on the other fork! In the middle was a set of carraige sidings.
That sounds really impressive. I caught a train from there a few years ago, but wouldve never realised. Would be interested to see a picture. I think the main feature of that station was a road flyover.
What a superb site that is. Thanks for posting that. Its amazing what a big place it was.Here is a link to the NLS map site that gives a vivid comparison https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sid...5.83104&lon=-4.21441&layers=170&right=BingSat
Three bays facing away from the city centre is interesting. What services terminated there?A surprising candidate is Rutherglen, still open with one island platform with two faces, but at its peak had a total of twelve platforms. Two island platforms (4 faces) and a side platform on the WCML, two platforms on the existing passenger route, and two through platforms and three bays on the other fork! In the middle was a set of carraige sidings.
Three bays facing away from the city centre is interesting. What services terminated there?
Thanks; that makes sense. The platform provision was certainly generous!Rutherglen was the Eastern Terminus of the Glasgow Central Low Level line, trains started from here through the low level to Dalmuir, Dumbarton, Maryhill etc, although I was never quite sure what services used the two through platforms on the west to north side of the triangle.