Trivia: Platforms on one 'fast' line but not the other?

[Dave W]

I believe Ally Pally did before the (not so, now!) recent works to add a platform on what was previously the Up Goods (I think)? The platform face to the Up Fast on the original island is still there but fenced off.

Happy to be corrected on this - I can't quite recall how it was.

 

[BeijingDave]

Acton Bridge?

 

[D6975]

Acton Bridge?

Has 3 lines, all with platforms.

 

[Bill57p9]

Chesterfield being another example with 4 tracks, 3 platforms but with the up slow being the platform-less line.

 

[YourMum666]

New Cross SE station

 

[HamworthyGoods]

Bushey has an Up Fast platform, but no Down Fast platform.

Bushey has a down fast platform, albeit a 4 car platform (it used to be full length at one time too).

 

[BeijingDave]

Has 3 lines, all with platforms.

My mistake, I thought it was 4 lines with 3 platform faces.

 

[PGAT]

New Cross SE station

The platforms are all on the slow lines

 

[Class15]

Bushey has an Up Fast platform, but no Down Fast platform.

Not the case, I’ve actually been on a train which stopped on the Down Fast Platform (works on the slow lines). Think it’s a short platform though.

 

[SargeNpton]

Not the case, I’ve actually been on a train which stopped on the Down Fast Platform (works on the slow lines). Think it’s a short platform though.

I stand corrected then. I didn't think that anything could stop on the Down Fast at Bushey.

 

[zwk500]

I stand corrected then. I didn't think that anything could stop on the Down Fast at Bushey.

Not much can as it's only 90m but it's there.

 

[Tetchytyke]

I stand corrected then. I didn't think that anything could stop on the Down Fast at Bushey.

It’s set-down only too. The one-way gate means there’s no access to the platform from the concourse.

 

[Iskra]

What’s the arrangement at Wakefield Westgate with one platform being on a loop? Is the through line the fast line? Therefore one platform is on the fast and one the slow?

 

[zwk500]

What’s the arrangement at Wakefield Westgate with one platform being on a loop? Is the through line the fast line? Therefore one platform is on the fast and one the slow?

I guess by the strict interpretation of the OP's criteria it does count, although the loop is not really a 'slow line' in the normal sense, but yes you have a platform on only one Main line and not the other.

 

[HamworthyGoods]

I guess by the strict interpretation of the OP's criteria it does count, although the loop is not really a 'slow line' in the normal sense, but yes you have a platform on only one Main line and not the other.

The up loop at Wakey was removed around the time of electrification.

 

[zwk500]

The up loop at Wakey was removed around the time of electrification.

Assumed that had been the case - that's where most of the suggestions upthread have arisen from, with a main being removed to allow stanchions in the track bed and avoiding the need to mount them on station buildings. Durham being an obvious example, but believe Peterbrough and Alexandra Palace had similar treatment.

 

[devon_belle]

Would Retford be a candidate? Not my area

 

[dazzler]

Would Retford be a candidate? Not my area

Nowadays Retford has both ECML platforms on the slow/loop, with no platforms on the fast lines. I think if you go back far enough, the current down platform was part of an island with a platform face on the down main, so historically Retford is/was a candidate, nowadays, not so.

 

[WesternBiker]

The LSWR had plans to 6 track throughout from Clapham, and lots of work was done before it fizzled out due to manpower shortages during the war in 1915-16, the additional running lines and long sidings and altered bridge abutments at various locations around Wimbledon are evidence. After the war it was found that the colour light signals and electric trains meant more could be squeezed on the existing 4 tracks, so work never resumed. Surbiton was ultimately rebuilt in 1936 as part of extension of colour light signalling to handle the extra trains of Portsmouth and Alton electrification scheme.

Fascinating. I must research it further!

 

[Andyjs247]

On the Chiltern line, both Princes Risborough and West Ruislip have the up platform on a loop, separate up fast through the middle and a platform on the down main. And South Ruislip is opposite with the down platform on a loop, down main in the middle and up main with a platform.

All three had both platforms on loops originally with main lines passing through the centre. This layout was typical on what is essentially a 2-track main line. Other stations have lost the centre roads completely (Beaconsfield for example) with subsequent line speed increases and rationalisation.

 

[devon_belle]

Fascinating. I must research it further!

'The LSWR in the twentieth century' by J.N. Faulkner and R.A. Williams has a good account of planned LSWR projects such as this and quadrupling the line via East Putney.

 

[WesternBiker]

'The LSWR in the twentieth century' by J.N. Faulkner and R.A. Williams has a good account of planned LSWR projects such as this and quadrupling the line via East Putney.

Thank you very much for this. Another one for the birthday list...

 

[devon_belle]

Another one I've come across: Andover Junction was rebuilt in the 1880s to have two centre through roads, one of which was converted into a single-ended siding at some time around 1917. As such until rationalisation it only had an up mainline.

I can't think of a reason to do this, other than to avoid having what was possibly a little-used facing crossover for fast through trains. The alignment doesn't seem to have been designed for fast through running on the down main, funnily enough, whereas the up main seems to have been aligned for through running.

Photo showing the 1917- layout in 1956 copyright H.C.Casserley.

 

[Deepgreen]

Earlsfield - down fast but no up fast since demolition decades ago.

 

[PGAT]

Earlsfield - down fast but no up fast since demolition decades ago.

It was mentioned in the first post that demolished platforms don't count

 

[baz962]

The change of title of the thread is confusing. You have now included a huge percentage, possibly most platforms. Most platforms would be on one fast line and not the other. Usually one platform is on the up and a different platform is on the down. That leaves island platforms and stations with middle roads.

 

[devon_belle]

The change of title of the thread is confusing. You have now included a huge percentage, possibly most platforms. Most platforms would be on one fast line and not the other. Usually one platform is on the up and a different platform is on the down. That leaves island platforms and stations with middle roads.

I thought that my description of the question was clear but if necessary I can change it. Did you have a suggestion?

To clarify I'm asking about stations with platforms provided on only one 'fast' or 'through' line, but not the other.