Trivia: Stations that have other lines going to different places passing through them or next to them that do not have any platforms.

[railwaytrack]

I am looking for some examples of stations which have other lines going to other places that pass through them but do not have any platforms.

Note that stations with tracks through the middle that do not have platforms (eg Eastleigh or Newington or Paddock Wood or Redhill or Tonbridge etc) or stations with avoiding lines (eg Didcot Parkway etc) do not count as these are still the same lines going to and from the same places so i am not including such stations.

I can think of all of the following ones so far:

• Barassie - No platforms on the Scotrail line from Troon to Kilmarnock.

• Bethnal Green - No platforms on the mainline from London Liverpool Street to Stratford.

• Brixton - No platforms on the four track Overground and Southeastern mainline.

• Brockley - No platforms on the Southeastern line from Lewisham to Nunhead.

• Caldicot - No platforms on the mainline from Severn Tunnel Junction to Pilning.

• Dagenham Dock - No platforms on the HS1 high speed mainline.

• Dore & Totley - No platforms on the mainline from Dronfield to Sheffield.

• Loughborough Junction - No platforms on the four track Overground and Southeastern mainline or on the east curve line or on the west curve line.

• Rainham - No platforms on the HS1 high speed mainline.

• Shadwell - No platforms on the C2C line from London Fenchurch Street to Limehouse.

• South Hampstead - No platforms on the Chiltern line from London Marylebone to Buckinghamshire.

• West St Leonards - No platforms on the Southern line from Eastbourne to Hastings.

I would be interested to hear if anyone knows of any other stations like the above examples.

 

[Strathclyder]

• Barassie - No platforms on the Scotrail line from Troon to Kilmarnock.

There used to be 4 platforms at Barassie, the 2 still in use on the Glasgow - Ayr line and 2 on the Troon - Kilmarnock line. The latter pair fell into disuse after the local passenger service along that line ceased in March 1969 and in the case of the former Troon-bound platform, was later dismantled entirely and the line singled (part of the base structure of the Kilmarnock-bound platform is still plainly visible in the present day).

1966 - Railbus at Barassie.

BR Park Royal railbus SC79970 at Barassie station, on a misty day in June 1966. These entered service in 1958, and had all been withdrawn by 1968, and none have survived. Today (2020) the station is still open, but these platforms are out of use, and there is just one track here, and the far...

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(image shows Park Royal railbus SC79970 calling at the Troon-bound platform with a service from Kilmarnock in June 1966. Part of the Robert Gadson Flickr collection, originally taken by J.B. Snell)

 

[railwaytrack]

There used to be 4 platforms at Barassie, the 2 still in use on the Glasgow - Ayr line and 2 on the Troon - Kimarnock line. The latter pair fell into disuse after the local service along that line ceased in March 1969 and in the case of the former Troon-bound platform, was later dismantled entirely and the line singled (part of the base structure of the Kilmarnock-bound platform is still plainly visible in the present day).

1966 - Railbus at Barassie.

BR Park Royal railbus SC79970 at Barassie station, on a misty day in June 1966. These entered service in 1958, and had all been withdrawn by 1968, and none have survived. Today (2020) the station is still open, but these platforms are out of use, and there is just one track here, and the far...

www.flickr.com

(image shows Park Royal railbus SC79970 calling at the Troon-bound platform with a service from Kilmarnock in June 1966. Part of the Robert Gadson Flickr collection, originally taken by J.B. Snell)

Many thanks. That is really interesting to see. I never knew there was originally platforms there. I wonder if they will ever be reinstated. It would certainly be very useful for passengers so they do not have to double back on themselves and take two trains to make this journey.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Carnforth. No platforms (since 1970) on the WCML route through the station.

 

[Class800]

Craigendoran. West Highland line platforms no longer exist (1980s?)

 

[AM9]

Clapham Queenstown Road: The SWML services have no platforms to stop at - only the Barnes line trains do

 

[Dai Corner]

Royal Oak is adjacent to the GWML but no longer has platforms served by main line trains.

 

[jopsuk]

The junction with the east Suffolk line is just beyond the platform end at Oulton Broad North, but no platform is on that line, with Oulton Broad South almost a mile's walk away, over the other side of the river.

 

[Trainfan2019]

How about the Crewe freight avoiding lines?

 

[Basil Jet]

Royal Oak is adjacent to the GWML but no longer has platforms served by main line trains.

And Westbourne Park.

Also Drayton Park has the Canonbury Curve looming over it.

 

[NSE]

You have (most of) the Watford DC line. No platforms on the WCML except Wembley, Harrow and Watford.

 

[Nippy]

Cathcart, Newton Line misses the platform.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Lostock station. Line for Wigan branches off behind the station, this line at one time had its own platforms, but the only two remaining platforms at Lostock are now on the 'main' line towards Chorley/Preston.

 

[Dai Corner]

How about Combe Junction Halt?

It's on the line to Moorswater and trains to Liskeard have to reverse to reach the adjacent line.

 

[DanNCL]

Gateshead Stadium, Felling and Pelaw only have platforms for Metro, no platforms on the Durham Coast Line.

Pollokshields East only has platforms on the Mount Florida side of the Cathcart loop, no platforms on the Maxwell Park side of the loop or the Glasgow South Western Line.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

How about Combe Junction Halt?

It's on the line to Moorswater and trains to Liskeard have to reverse to reach the adjacent line.

Surely Coombe Junction Halt has a platform adjacent to the single track running line. Appreciate that some trains from Looe to Liskeard stop short of the halt before reversing, but then haven't passed through the station, have they?

 

[SargeNpton]

Several stations between Paddington and Reading only have platforms on the relief lines.

Similarly, there are a few suburban stations between Kings Cross-Stevenage that only have platforms on the slow lines.

Probably numerous other examples around the country.

 

[Dai Corner]

Surely Coombe Junction Halt has a platform adjacent to the single track running line. Appreciate that some trains from Looe to Liskeard stop short of the halt before reversing, but then haven't passed through the station, have they?

Sorry, I'd misremembered the layout and thought the line to Liskeard passed near the station.

Let's try again with Heath High Level and Heath Low Level in Cardiff. Does having a road and houses between the lines they're on and the lines they're 'near' fail the definition?

 

[mailbyrail]

Ambergate was a triangular station with platforms on all three sides, now one remaining platform on the Matlock branch is all that's left with the main Derby-Chesterfield line missing the platform

 

[norbitonflyer]

Queenstown Road

 

[uvarvu]

What about Stratford International? A line passes through that to enable access to the depot.

 

[norbitonflyer]

Clapham Queenstown Road: The SWML services have no platforms to stop at - only the Barnes line trains do

Queenstown Road is in Battersea, not Clapham. As well as the SWML alongside, it also has the line from Battersea Park to wandsworth Road passing overthe muiddle of the platfroms, and the main lines from Victoria to Clapham Junction and to Brixton bridging the line just beyond the country- nd London- ends of the platfroms respectively.

Clapham High Street, and Wandsworth Road both have platforms on the South London Line but not the Chatham Main line, whilst conversely Brixton has platforms only on the Chatham Line, and not the SLL or the Catford Loop.

The Picadilly Line passes through Ravenscourt Park, Stamford Brook, Turnham Green and Chiswick Park without stopping. The District Line's Richmond branch also passes Chiswick Park. The Metropolitan Line passes West Hampstead, Kilburn, Willesden Green, Dollis Hill and Neasden. (The Jubilee Line statiuons at St Johns Wood and Swiss Cottage are on different sites from the former Met stations of the same names which both closed, along with Marlborough Road, in 1939).

 

[Springs Branch]

Warrington Bank Quay has the Arpley - Ditton Jn line passing beneath the platforms on the WCML. The low level platforms closed in 1965.

Hyde North now only has platforms on the Romiley line, but the Glossop/Hadfield tracks pass right by the platform, and there were historically platforms on both lines (the station was named Hyde Junction when it opened)

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Stone station. Now only has the two platforms on the Norton Bridge Branch towards Stafford. Used to also have platforms on the Macclesfield to Colwich line which branches off at this location but they went just after WW2.

 

[AM9]

Queenstown Road is in Battersea, not Clapham.

Ooops yes thanks for correcting me.

As well as the SWML alongside, it also has the line from Battersea Park to wandsworth Road passing overthe muiddle of the platfroms, and the main lines from Victoria to Clapham Junction and to Brixton bridging the line just beyond the country- nd London- ends of the platfroms respectively.
Clapham High Street, and Wandsworth Road both have platforms on the South London Line but not the Chatham Main line, whilst conversely Brixton has platforms only on the Chatham Line, and not the SLL or the Catford Loop.

There's quite a lot of platforms on one route but not the other on the Southern metro lines.

The Picadilly Line passes through Ravenscourt Park, Stamford Brook, Turnham Green and Chiswick Park without stopping. The District Line's Richmond branch also passes Chiswick Park. The Metropolitan Line passes West Hampstead, Kilburn, Willesden Green, Dollis Hill and Neasden. (The Jubilee Line statiuons at St Johns Wood and Swiss Cottage are on different sites from the former Met stations of the same names which both closed, along with Marlborough Road, in 1939).

I think that the stretches of the Met/Bakerloo and Piccadilly/District aren't strictly meeting the thread criterial as TfL just operates them as fast/slow lines between two points served by both with cross platform interchange at each end.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Thoughts everyone as regards both Syston and South Wigston stations in the Leicestershire area. Do either or both meet the OP's criteria?

 

[SeanG]

Ravensthorpe is adjacent to the junction where the lines to Leeds or Wakefield separate, but has no platforms on the Wakefield lines.

Salford Central does not have platforms on the lines towards the Chat Moss route.

I believe that Thorne North / Thorne South are adjacent to the junction of both lines, but only serve the northern (Hull) and southern (Scunthorpe) lines respectively. Tyndrum Upper /Lower are similar in this respect

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Salford Central does not have platforms on the lines towards the Chat Moss route.

Or towards Deansgate/Manchester Oxford Road via the Ordsall Chord. Although, I'd be right in saying that there are active proposals in place to add two or three more platforms at Salford Central in the nearish future?

 

[Western Lord]

You have (most of) the Watford DC line. No platforms on the WCML except Wembley, Harrow and Watford.

Also Bushey.

 

[Basil Jet]

(The Jubilee Line statiuons at St Johns Wood and Swiss Cottage are on different sites from the former Met stations of the same names which both closed, along with Marlborough Road, in 1939).

Actually, the disused Met platforms at Swiss Cottage are behind locked doors in the pedestrian underpass which is part of the Jubilee station.