Malcolmffc
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The up platform at Chessington South has never been used, due to the extension of the line being cancelled after WW2. What other examples are there on the network?
It's mentioned in T.B. Maund's book Merseyrail Electrics - the Inside Story, page 61. The bay platform was built, but there was no money left for the necessary track alterations,There seem to be occasional references* to a bay platform being built by BR at Ellesmere Port (for a Helsby shuttle, cross-platform connecting with the new electric Merseyrail service) around 1993 before being partially filled in, never having been commissioned.
I have never verified or seen this.
*On this forum and places like RMweb.
The up platform at Chessington South has never been used, due to the extension of the line being cancelled after WW2. What other examples are there on the network?
Probably only Royal Mail trains and not passenger service.Has Platform 1 at Twickenham ever been used?
Lullingstone the station between Swanley and Eynsford that was completed in 1939 but never opened. The platforms are still mainly in situ today.
In more recent times. I believe Heathrow Terminal 5 (National Rail station) was built with two additional platforms for any future extension westwards in direction of Staines.
Heathrow T5 has two platforms future proofed for a future Southern link
There seem to be occasional references* to a bay platform being built by BR at Ellesmere Port (for a Helsby shuttle, cross-platform connecting with the new electric Merseyrail service) around 1993 before being partially filled in, never having been commissioned.
Don't remember them every having track pre DLR - I assume they were passive provision for something, but what? A shuttle from Fenchurch St?One of the bay platforms at Stratford was eventually used for the DLR but, looking at the satelite view on Google the other still seems to be in place.
The entry for the station on Wiki states the following. I know its not always reliable but history like this normally isDon't remember them every having track pre DLR - I assume they were passive provision for something, but what? A shuttle from Fenchurch St?
I believe so, that’s what they were supposed to have been built for wherever I’ve seen it written about.Don't remember them every having track pre DLR - I assume they were passive provision for something, but what? A shuttle from Fenchurch St?
They were used for 'domestic' Javelin services during the Olympics, with temporary decking for height reasons.The international platforms at Stratford International maybe?
Stevenage Platform 5 (technically true! for now!)
South Kensington - an additional westbound platform tunnel was constructed as part of the “District Deep Level” scheme, never saw a train.
It’ll be used in one minute.Realtime Trains - Departures from Stevenage
Realtime Trains provides live realtime running information for the Great British railway network using open data.www.realtimetrains.co.uk
Not by Northern Line services, but they were served by trains to Alexandra Palace until closure in 1954, and formed part of the route for stock transfers between Highgate Depot and the Northern City Line until the early 1970s.Were the high-level platforms at Highgate underground station ever actually used intended?
Does platform 3 ar Mudchute on the DLR ever get used in passenger service
I was thinking of that as well... I definitely recall someone telling me that no passenger trains have ever stopped there.Does platform 3 ar Mudchute on the DLR ever get used in passenger service