Poolie
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Billingham has a 10 car stop sign on the down platform! When was the last time a 10 car train stopped there? :cry:
My favourite station with long platforms is Preston. I wouldn't say they were 'ridiculously' long, but certainly they can accommodate far in excess of an 11-coach Pendelino, presumably the longest scheduled trains to call currently.
It's stood the test of time since 1880, broadly in its current form. A fantastic legacy left by the Victorian railway builders, and perfectly adequate for the 21st Century.
Hampton in Arden.
The platforms were extended in the 1960's as an intermediate stop between Birmingham and Coventry, for the new electric Inter-City expresses to/from London Euston. In 1975 the then new Birmingham International station opened and Hampton in Arden lost its express service to/from London and reverted to its previous role as a local station. The result being that there is now two platforms capable of taking a c.14 coach train only used by the local 4 coach local in semi-fast services. The ends of the platforms nearest London have now been closed to passengers
Billingham has a 10 car stop sign on the down platform! When was the last time a 10 car train stopped there? :cry:
We do get 8 coaches on a daily basis.
There is nothing stopping someone walking to the ends of the platforms
I would suggest City Thameslink as a relatively new station with longer platforms than necessary, though not ridiculous.
At one point on the Railscene Cardiff-Birmingham cab ride video (1988) there's a conversation about the length of the platforms at the then brand new Birmingham Snow Hill station (13 coach lengths according to Quail) and why? Bearing in mind that 1980s BR would never have constructed anything bigger and more expensive than absolutely necessary, what was the reason for Snow Hill being built the way it is?
Thought the longest platforms in the UK were at Cheriton on the Eurotunnel?
Bingo! We have a winner!
791m. Comfortably the longest platforms in the UK.
No, a man refused to give up his seat so she poured water over his head.
Bingo! We have a winner!
791m. Comfortably the longest platforms in the UK.
Well, Cheriton station was only classed as a 'halt' so it wouldn't be a very long platform and the station closed in 1947. The station with the longest platform that is actually being used is Colchester, at 620 m long.Bingo! We have a winner!
791m. Comfortably the longest platforms in the UK.
I thought at least one of the platforms at Temple Meads is longer than that.Taunton was meant to have the longest platforms on the original GWR network. Platform 4 is listed in Quail as being able to handle 19 coaches!
But are they PASSENGER platforms?
I would disagree on that
Well, Cheriton station was only classed as a 'halt' so it wouldn't be a very long platform and the station closed in 1947. The station with the longest platform that is actually being used is Colchester, at 620 m long.
No, Gloucester is the longest.
Colchester does not have a 620m platform. The island is 620m long, but doesn't have a platform edge that is continuous along the full length.