Modern stations with platforms either side of a level crossing

[dmncf]

I notice there are numerous examples of older stations next to a level crossing, where due to the level crossing the platforms have been arranged either side of the level crossing so arriving trains pass over the level crossing before dwelling at the platform, allowing the level crossing to reopen while the train is dwelling - it's a clever feature of this staggered layout. I see from reading old RailUK threads that examples of this layout including Elsenham, Habrough, Hykeham, Sturry, Tutbury & Hatton, Ty Croes, and a few examples on the Marston Vale Line.

I am interested in whether this staggered layout is still used for modern stations. What examples are there of modern (or modernised?) National Rail stations with platforms either side of a level crossing?

Mitcham Eastfields, which opened in 2008, is the only modern example I am aware of. Thanks in advance.

 

[Magdalia]

Watlington had standard opposite platforms, London side of the level crossing, but the up platform was moved to the other side of the level crossing in the early 1990s, around the time of electrification.

 

[ac6000cw]

AFAIK, Waterbeach was changed from opposite to staggered platforms when the level crossing was automated (became an AHB crossing) in I think the 1980s.

 

[Western Lord]

I notice there are numerous examples of older stations next to a level crossing, where due to the level crossing the platforms have been arranged either side of the level crossing so arriving trains pass over the level crossing before dwelling at the platform, allowing the level crossing to reopen while the train is dwelling - it's a clever feature of this staggered layout. I see from reading old RailUK threads that examples of this layout including Elsenham, Habrough, Hykeham, Sturry, Tutbury & Hatton, Ty Croes, and a few examples on the Marston Vale Line.

I am interested in whether this staggered layout is still used for modern stations. What examples are there of modern (or modernised?) National Rail stations with platforms either side of a level crossing?

Mitcham Eastfields, which opened in 2008, is the only modern example I am aware of. Thanks in advance.

Although platform after the crossing is the norm for staggered platforms, Roydon has the platforms before the crossing.

 

[mrgreen]

Staggered platforms are used on the Tyne & Wear metro, e.g. at Kingston Park and Fawdon , opened in the early 1980s. But platforms are be on the same side of some level crossings (Callerton Pkway and Bankfoot).

 

[Cricketer8for9]

Mitcham Eastfields. It’s either side of a level crossing and, given the date the railways was built, a surprisingly late one, especially for the London area.

 

[AlbertBeale]

I think there was a thread on this topic a year or so back; I remember mentioning Mitcham Eastfields myself as an example then.

 

[swt_passenger]

Mitcham Eastfields. It’s either side of a level crossing and, given the date the railways was built, a surprisingly late one, especially for the London area.

2008 to be exact, it’s included in the first post…

 

[Man of Kent]

the platforms have been arranged either side of the level crossing so arriving trains pass over the level crossing before dwelling at the platform, allowing the level crossing to reopen while the train is dwelling - it's a clever feature of this staggered layout.

Depends on the length of the train. Sturry's platforms are too short for 8 car trains, so they block the crossing when they stop.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Bescar Lane station, on the Southport to Wigan Wallgate line, nowadays has its platforms diagonally on either side of the thoroughfare/level crossing after which it is named. They were once opposite each other until the 1990s before one was re-sited.

 

[Frothy_B]

Stewartby, Lidlington and Aspley Guise were all staggered over level crossings during the Bedford - Bletchley modernisation in 2004.