Jorge Da Silva
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What stations have the most platforms (past and present)?
Birmingham New Street, if you're counting A&B ends (plus 4C). [25]
Otherwise it would have to be Waterloo, with a staggering 22 platforms (incl. Waterloo Intl)
And Leeds has 17, some of which are labelled a,b,c,d.... but try getting a train eastwards out of 11a when 11d is occupied24 not 22
Birmingham New Street Is a hard one is it 25 or 13.
And Leeds has 17, some of which are labelled a,b,c,d.... but try getting a train eastwards out of 11a when 11d is occupied
Separate platform faces is perhaps the least confusing, though even then there are oddities like Cambridge and Waverley...
Waterloo would be 32 if you include the tube platforms. It would be 36 if platforms A-D at Waterloo East are included as well.
I have yet to hear of a larger number than Grand Central with its 44 platforms.Waterloo East I would not count as it is a separate station.
I have yet to hear of a larger number than Grand Central with its 44 platforms.
Should you not count a,b and the entire platform as seperate?do you Class a and b as platforms or not?
Otherwise it would have to be Waterloo, with a staggering 22 platforms (incl. Waterloo Intl)
The International station (platforms 20-24) closed in 2005, but the platforms were re-opened as part of the main station last year. For historical reasons, the Waterloo & City platforms are also numbered as part of the main line station, rather than the separate numbering sequence for the Underground, bringing the total to 26. As has been noted, there are also six LUL platforms (1-6) and four at Waterloo East. `
Strictly speaking yes, although not physically. Waterloo East is technically only another part of the same station which to avoid confusion is why its platforms are lettered instead of numbered.Waterloo East I would not count as it is a separate station.
Strictly speaking yes, although not physically. Waterloo East is technically only another part of the same station which to avoid confusion is why its platforms are lettered instead of numbered.
It feels like another station because of the branding but still really the same place. Should we count it?
And Leeds has 17, some of which are labelled a,b,c,d.... but try getting a train eastwards out of 11a when 11d is occupied
Separate platform faces is perhaps the least confusing, though even then there are oddities like Cambridge and Waverley...
Indeed. East is not part of the same station, which is why it has a different name, and it is on a different line. It just happens to be connected via a footbridge (and also used to be via a single line from the terminus using the now-disused lower bridge). Bank and Monument is another example of connected, but separate stations. I don't think letter suffices count either - rather physical platform faces should. In other words, platform numbers rather than letters. However, I'm not the thread author, so...Imo, no because they are classed as two separate stations
Throw in Waterloo East A-D, plus the Tube lines (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee & Waterloo & City) that adds another 12.Birmingham New Street, if you're counting A&B ends (plus 4C). [25]
Otherwise it would have to be Waterloo, with a staggering 22 platforms (incl. Waterloo Intl)
Apologies - Southcentral10 beat me to it!Throw in Waterloo East A-D, plus the Tube lines (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee & Waterloo & City) that adds another 12.
Just to throw this out there, there are of course stations with separate platform faces distinguished with letters rather than numbers. For example, Milton Keynes Central has seven separate platforms numbered 1,2,2a,3,4,5 and 6. (2a having been added at a later date.)I don't think letter suffices count either - rather physical platform faces should. In other words, platform numbers rather than letters. However, I'm not the thread author, so...
Personally I don’t think they should be included as that wouldn’t be comparing apples to apples. Tube stations are separate stations themselves.Are tube platforms included?
Clapham Junction - 17
Euston - 18 (16 currently, 24 (22) with tube)
Victoria - 19 (23 with tube)
Waterloo - 24 (32 with tube)