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Does Bristol Temple Meads not count?
Wow, that's lovely. I'm struggling to work out where it is - is it where the single station is now? It looks like that wasn't the only old building to go, everything adjoining the station is pretty modern.
The original station building is the large ornate block between P4, the bays and P7. P1-3 came later. The frontage was the wall that now faces onto P4 and is partially concealed by the dilapidated overall roof. The period between the two projects was really quite short, so to say that it's two separate stations is maybe stretching the point a bit.I was going to suggest Perth too. Platforms 1&2 (Glasgow / Dundee Aberdeen) is through a little passageway from the bulk of the station. The platforms are open and look better cared for than the other 5 platforms which are enclosed under increasingly dilapidated canopies.
Don’t think they count at all. The present Chiltern platforms replaced existing bays on the same site and were effectively only a lengthening built to modern construction standards.does Oxford count. The chiltern platforms seem to be separate from the GW part
[Reading]The Southern station was originally built by the South Eastern, as the terminus of its line from Redhill. Prior to the recent rebuilding, IIRC there were two Southern platforms, 4a and 4b, since rebuilding there are three, numbered 4, 5, & 6.
The worst of all has to be Canary Wharf, all built by TfL in recent times, absolutely no connection between them. Between DLR and Jubilee Line is a labyrinth dogleg through a shopping centre, and when Crossrail opens that will be a third, nowhere near either of the other two. Yet all are shown as interchange.Being pedantic, there’s loads of examples on LU where stations were built by different independent companies.
I see your point but if you know where you are going, which most people who use these stations will, its pretty straight forward.The worst of all has to be Canary Wharf, all built by TfL in recent times, absolutely no connection between them. Between DLR and Jubilee Line is a labyrinth dogleg through a shopping centre, and when Crossrail opens that will be a third, nowhere near either of the other two. Yet all are shown as interchange.
Do you know if the Waterloo and Tonbridge services shared the single platform 4a then, or did some run through into the GWR platforms? I'd have thought using a single platform would have been an operating nightmare, but I suppose Southern Region services into Reading would have been less frequent then - maybe half-hourly to Waterloo and hourly to Tonbridge?[Reading]
In fact the first change made was to open platform 4a only. Platform 4b was a later addition, someone will probably know the exact dates.
I had the same thoughts. Presumably though the Waterloo trains didn’t have the long turnround time they have become used to in recent years.Do you know if the Waterloo and Tonbridge services shared the single platform 4a then, or did some run through into the GWR platforms? I'd have thought using a single platform would have been an operating nightmare, but I suppose Southern Region services into Reading would have been less frequent then - maybe half-hourly to Waterloo and hourly to Tonbridge?
I first used the Guildford to Reading line in the early 1970s, but I have no recollection of the service pattern or the Reading station layout. I do remember being packed into one-and-a-half Tadpole coaches though .
I was going to suggest Perth too. Platforms 1&2 (Glasgow / Dundee Aberdeen) is through a little passageway from the bulk of the station. The platforms are open and look better cared for than the other 5 platforms which are enclosed under increasingly dilapidated canopies.
Don’t think they count at all. The present Chiltern platforms replaced existing bays on the same site and were effectively only a lengthening built to modern construction standards.
Yes, Bristol & Exeter station and GWR station built at right angles to each other. Originally there was a lift to move wagons between each station. Later an "Express platform" was built on a curve between the two stations, which subsequently developed into the existing layout.Does Bristol Temple Meads not count?
I see your point but if you know where you are going, which most people who use these stations will, its pretty straight forward.
Thanks for that link. I wonder if the recently reinstated dive-under went out of use at the same time as 4b was added, since the book suggests that addition reduced or eliminated the need to run into the main platforms.I had the same thoughts. Presumably though the Waterloo trains didn’t have the long turnround time they have become used to in recent years.
I’ve just this minute searched again and found an online google book, “Southern Region through the 1970s”, which explains that platform 4B opened in 1974, and that it would mean trains from the Southern would no longer “interfere with the Western main line”.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UK6IDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT98&lpg=PT98&dq=reading+station+platform+4a+opening&source=bl&ots=YIvtRAtMec&sig=ACfU3U3IiywO28_2hn03kq9Xy-ioINH5JA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR_qHtndThAhXKShUIHdYaDZY4ChDoATABegQIBRAB#v=onepage&q=reading station platform 4a opening&f=false
I suppose Canary Wharf doesn't get many tourists is most commuters but I only pass through a couple times a year and find the layout really confusing.
I suspect it is deliberately designed as such to maximise the number of people passing the shops. If you pick the right route, Heron Quays DLR is actually slightly nearer to Canary Wharf Jubilee than Canary Wharf DLR is. And the Crossrail station may turn out to be nearer to Poplar DLR.I suppose Canary Wharf doesn't get many tourists is most commuters but I only pass through a couple times a year and find the layout really confusing.
Wasn't Southport London Street absorbed into Southport (Chapel Street)?