Stations similar to London Blackfriars that span a river

[ijmad]

I was trying to think of other stations like London Blackfriars that span a river, with entrances on both sides. So far I've come up with Möckernbrücke on the Berlin U-bahn (although the trains don't run over the river, the station incorporates a bridge for passengers) but other than that I'm coming up short.

So can we make a list?

Group A would be stations stations where both the tracks and platforms are over the river (as well as having entrances on both banks - Charing Cross doesn't count)

Group B would be stations where the tracks don't cross the river but there are pedestrian entrances on both sides.

Also, is there an example in the world of an underground station like Blackfriars, where the platforms are under the riverbed and passengers can go up to either side rather than down?

 

[nlogax]

Leeds would technically sit in group A..? Though I realise it's probably not quite in the spirit of this question!

 

[pdeaves]

Sheffield sits over the confluence of Porter Brook and River Sheaf. I don't know how it lies in respect to entrances/tracks in the categories above, though.

 

[Jamesrob637]

Doesn't part of Berlin Hauptbahnhof straddle the Spree?

 

[SHD]

I was trying to think of other stations like London Blackfriars that span a river, with entrances on both sides. So far I've come up with Möckernbrücke on the Berlin U-bahn (although the trains don't run over the river, the station incorporates a bridge for passengers) but other than that I'm coming up short.

So can we make a list?

Group A would be stations stations where both the tracks and platforms are over the river (as well as having entrances on both banks - Charing Cross doesn't count)

Group B would be stations where the tracks don't cross the river but there are pedestrian entrances on both sides.

Also, is there an example in the world of an underground station like Blackfriars, where the platforms are under the riverbed and passengers can go up to either side rather than down?

Vorobyovy Gory on the Moscow Metro Line 1 is built within a bridge that spans the Moskova river and certainly belongs to group A.

Regarding underground stations - Sportivnaya on the St Petersburg metro Line 5 has pedestrian entrances on both sides of the Small Neva. Saint-Michel-Notre Dame (Paris RER Line B) has pedestrian entrances on the Île de la Cité as well as on the Left bank, either side of the (small) southern arm of the Seine.

 

[JonasB]

Gävle C also belongs to group A.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Also, is there an example in the world of an underground station like Blackfriars, where the platforms are under the riverbed and passengers can go up to either side rather than down?

A few stops west from Blackfrisrs, Sloane Square Station is crossed by the River Westbourne, in a green Iron covered culvert visible from the platforms which pass beneath it.

The River Irwell separates Manchester Victoria from the former Manchester Exchange, which were connected along what used to be the longest platform on British Rail. The River Irk runs under Manchester Victoria.

 

[Western Sunset]

Shrewsbury?

 

[Mag_seven]

Zurich HBF is built over the river Sihl

 

[30907]

is there an example in the world of an underground station like Blackfriars, where the platforms are under the riverbed and passengers can go up to either side rather than down?

Presumably that's the Fleet not the Thames?

 

[duesselmartin]

Doesn't part of Berlin Hauptbahnhof straddle the Spree?

No, it is fully on the western side of the Spree.

 

[JonathanP]

Hamburg-Veddel spans a canal, with the bridge part in the centre and entrances at both ends.

 

[edwin_m]

Charlemont tram stop in Dublin has entrances both sides of the Grand Canal.

 

[Newtraveller58]

Aberdeen station sits on top of the Den Burn which runs under the station in a tunnel! Prior to the station being built, the river ran on the surface.

i suspect there will be quite a lot of other similar situations.

 

[route101]

If Glasgow Central gets HS2 upgrade , it will have entrances both sides of the Clyde.

 

[Huntergreed]

Cathcart in Glasgow sits over a small river (the White Cart Water)

 

[edwin_m]

Cathcart in Glasgow sits over a small river (the White Cart Water)

Paisley Gilmour Street extends over the same river, much larger by the time it gets there. But the only entrance is on the west side.

 

[NicholasNCE]

Haliç metro station in Istanbul, on a bridge bang in the middle of the Golden Horn

 

[MisterT]

Not much of a "river", but Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel in The Netherlands is built over a small canal and has entrances on both sides:

https://gouweijsselnieuws.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Nieuwerkerk-centraal-station.jpg

 

[Spoorslag '70]

Utrecht Vaartsche Rijn (see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tramhalte_Utrecht_Vaartsche_Rijn.jpg for an example, that's an image from the tram platforms right next to the mainline tracks) spans the river of the same name.

 

[Jamesrob637]

A metro station on the U1 in Wien spans the Danube. There may be an ÖBB station over the river too.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Shrewsbury?

The platforms project well over the River Severn, but I don't believe they ever reached the south bank or that there was ever a public entrance on the south side.
There's pretty easy access to the prison to the east, but that's another sort of list!

 

[urpert]

It probably doesn’t strictly qualify, but isn’t Amsterdam Centraal built on an artificial island?
Some of Köln HBf’s platforms extend over the Rhein but that’s not quite the same as Blackfriars!

 

[Western Sunset]

What about the Wuppertal Monorail?

 

[XAM2175]

Zurich HBF is built over the river Sihl

And under it as well, when you include the subsurface lines! Zurich Selnau nearby is also built under the Sihl, with the entrance from the surface passing directly through the river.

Some of Köln HBf’s platforms extend over the Rhein

They get close, but none of them extend quite that far. They'd need to be built right out onto the Hohenzollernbrücke to actually be over the water.

What about the Wuppertal Monorail?

Very nicely done

 

[ijmad]

Thanks for all these great examples everyone! Time to explore them all on Google Maps.

 

[Tester]

Mukogawa, on the Hanshin main line west of Osaka, is a classic Group A - with the added fun of a branch platform at right angles, Liskeard style.

Actually Japan teems with unusual stations - check out Doai!

 

[Mcr Warrior]

If Glasgow Central gets HS2 upgrade , it will have entrances both sides of the Clyde.

Not quite what the OP asked, but does any part of Glasgow Central station (at the far platform ends) currently stretch out over the Clyde?