Trivia; Longest walk from station entrance to platform.

[sem34090]

Fairly self-explanatory; I nominate Dovey Junction.

Obviously this excludes stations like Smallbrook Junction which have no access other than by train. I can't imagine that there are too many of those around these days though.

 

[ANDREW_D_WEBB]

High Wycombe if coming from the town centre and needing a train from the main platform for London trains.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Fair way from main entrance / concourse to Manchester Piccadilly platforms 13/14.

Similarly main entrance / concourse to Leeds platform 17.

 

[davetheguard]

Paddington suburban platforms (Bishop's Road) if coming from the main entrances (ramp to lawn from Praed Street or Circle/District line platforms).

 

[jfowkes]

Nottingham main entrance to platform 4 is about 300m. Certainly seems like a long way when you're running for a train.

 

[Western 52]

Water Street entrance to Liverpool James Steet?

 

[berneyarms]

At 0.7 miles walk along the path from the entrance on the main road to the platform, Dovey Junction surely doesn't have any competition?

 

[itsonlyme]

Slightly off topic but for longest walk from train to Booking office . I would suggest Crewe, Northern end of Platform 11. Route most of platform 11 then subway to Weston Road entrance, then walk across car park to road, along to roundabout, turn left over road bridge, enter station forecourt, into booking hall. Covid or not absolute ridiculous extends my walk home by 8 minutes.

 

[sem34090]

At 0.7 miles walk along the path from the entrance on the main road to the platform, Dovey Junction surely doesn't have any competition?

That's what I was wondering; Has anywhere got a longer walk than that!

 

[adrock1976]

Going by the postal address for Glasgow Central, it is a long walk from Gordon Street main entrance to the low level platforms and also the platforms (12/13) which were the former short stay car parking area.

 

[Mikey C]

Paddington suburban platforms (Bishop's Road) if coming from the main entrances (ramp to lawn from Praed Street or Circle/District line platforms).

A number of the London termini require sizeable walks, especially if you come from the "wrong entrance", e.g the St Pancras domestic platforms from the Euston Road, or the London Bridge through platforms from the Underground

Platforms 16-19 at Victoria are a bit of a trek, similarly 4-6 at Marylebone

 

[kevconnor]

If you’ll allow one in Dublin the rarely used Heuston platform 10 is half a mile from the station entrance.

 

[etr221]

If you’ll allow one in Dublin the rarely used Heuston platform 10 is half a mile from the station entrance.

... and for which a bus is (or at least was) provided.

 

[urbophile]

Bank (LU) depending on which line and platform you are headed towards.

 

[Joseph_Locke]

Slightly off topic but for longest walk from train to Booking office . I would suggest Crewe, Northern end of Platform 11. Route most of platform 11 then subway to Weston Road entrance, then walk across car park to road, along to roundabout, turn left over road bridge, enter station forecourt, into booking hall. Covid or not absolute ridiculous extends my walk home by 8 minutes.

Surely the ludicrous lengths of COVID-driven one way systems are a different question?

 

[pdeaves]

I suppose the response may (depending on station) vary depending on whether someone needs to travel via a huge long 'step free' bridge or not. Some (e.g. Barnetby, Camelon) are massive zig-zag diversions from the direct stepped route.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I suppose the response may (depending on station) vary depending on whether someone needs to travel via a huge long 'step free' bridge or not. Some (e.g. Barnetby, Camelon) are massive zig-zag diversions from the direct stepped route.

Is there any way of legitimately exiting the Edinburgh-bound platform at Camelon station without negotiating the enormously high overbridge?

 

[superjohn]

Platforms 7&8 at Cambridge are a fair walk from the entrance due to the location of the footbridge.

 

[[.n]]

Dorchester South - From main entrance to Weymouth platform via step free route is just under 0.7 miles

 

[ian1944]

Earlstown eastern platforms - 4 and 5?

 

[AlbertBeale]

Getting to the Midland Main Line platforms at St Pancras from the main road (which I still consider the "proper" and obvious entrance to St P, and which certainly is the entrance from some of the Underground lines) is a hell of a hike. It might not be the longest, but it certainly feels especially bad if you were a regular user before the rebuild - when you could almost touch the trains when you came in off the street. It's another example of a London terminus rebuild which is slower to get around than what was replaced. (London Bridge wasn't great before, from some directions, but takes forever now; and the new Kings Cross, when they enforce the exit-only barriers, adds enough time coming in off of the street to make the difference between catching or missing a train.)

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Earlstown eastern platforms - 4 and 5?

In a similar vein, Shipley platform 1 is a longish walk from the ticket office.

 

[Ianno87]

Entrance at Bolton to Platform 2.

 

[jopsuk]

I'm not sure if ity entirely counts, but if you enter Hackney Central intending to catch a train at Hackney Downs (which you can access without passing another gate line) it's over 400m (other than platform 1). Even further if you count passing under the station sign beside Oslo as the entrance

 

[johntea]

Slightly different but Manchester Airport station is a fair old walk to/from any of the actual airport terminals!

 

[Thebaz]

Go back a few years and I'd say any of the platforms at West Croydon, but particularly platform 4 (down). Things have changed slightly for the better with the former Wimbledon bay platform filled in so that platform 3 (Up) could be shifted back towards the station entrance by 50 or so meters. Platform 4 is still where it is though so it remains a hike from the London Road entrance but at least you can now also access it from the bus station and tram stop. The location of the only footbridge also means that interchange is a lengthy hike. TBH West Croydon is ripe for remodelling - even a simple footbridge (not that anything is ever simple these days) between platforms 3 & 4 at the London end would be welcome.

 

[Alanko]

The covered walkway from the SECC carpark to Exhibition Centre in Glasgow is quite lengthy. I'm maybe pushing the limits of calling it a station entrance as you can use the walkway for other purposes, but I think it was built explicitly to serve the station?

I jogged through it on one of the hottest days last year, in a bid to avoid negotiating the rats nest of arterial roads and flyovers around the edge of Finnieston, and it was an unpleasantly long hot slog.

 

[geoffk]

At 0.7 miles walk along the path from the entrance on the main road to the platform, Dovey Junction surely doesn't have any competition?

Are you allowed to drive up there? The signaller presumably did.

 

[PeterC]

Are you allowed to drive up there? The signaller presumably did.

Looking at StreetView the track is gated, I would guess that the vehicle gate is locked but the magnification is insufficient to be sure.

Does the path legally form part of the station?

 

[Dr Hoo]

I think that the access road to Chapel-en-le-Frith station is 'railway owned' and part of the station lease area. There is a 'totem' sign at the bottom of it. The road is 0.4 mile long according to Google Maps (to the Buxton-bound platform only). Slightly more for pedestrian access to the Manchester-bound platform via the level crossing. The steep road zig-zags up the hill. Google suggests a slightly shorter pedestrian walk by deviating from the access road to a path across fields (0.3 miles). There can't be many other UK stations where that sort of consideration is relevant.