Minor accident there in 1873 (?) when one train ran into another.There was a ticket platform called “Banbury Street” on the southern approach to Birmingham New Street.
Was that ever a "ticket platform" as such or just the remains of the old Bishopsgate (Low Level) station, which closed during WW1?Isn't there one visible in the cutting heading into Liverpool Street?
Was that ever a "ticket platform" as such or just the remains of the old Bishopsgate (Low Level) station, which closed during WW1?
The two may not be mutually exclusive. ISTR (but can't quickly confirm) that Waterloo tickets were collected at Vauxhall.I thought it was a station as well, but I saw it referred to as a ticket platform recently. Can't remember where, unfortunately.
Definitely Bishopsgate LL but as noted above there was nothing to stop dual use.Was that ever a "ticket platform" as such or just the remains of the old Bishopsgate (Low Level) station, which closed during WW1?
Quite, but not specifically originally built as a ticket platform, I would suggest.Definitely Bishopsgate LL but as noted above there was nothing to stop dual use.
Yes, definitely (Johnson's Atlas says it was used as late as 1963). The other Irish example of a "pure" ticket platform I've heard of was in Killarney, on the headshunt that (until the 1970s) every train going to/from Tralee had to use for reversal. (I'm not sure how the platform was used, as the location would have meant only trains coming from Tralee would pass the ticket platform before they got to Killarney station, whereas I'd imagine there would have been a lot more traffic for Killarney from the Mallow direction - maybe trains were backed into the headshunt to check tickets, which I suppose might have been acceptable for the once-numerous excursions.) I believe Inchicore in Dublin was also used as a ticket platform for Kingsbridge/Heuston, but this was one of those ticket platforms that had other uses (for staff shuttles and, briefly between 1901 and 1907, as a public station).I think in Ireland Limerick Check was a ticket platform?