Truncated railway station termini

[Eric]

Would I be right in thinking that Bradford is the only place to see both railway stations truncated?

 

[Malcolmffc]

Technically London qualifies due to platform shortening at Waterloo in the 1980s and closure of the Moorgate Thameslink branch

 

[PHILIPE]

I'm not quite sure what the OP actually means but would Ormskirk and Kirkby qualify

 

[Eric]

I'm not quite sure what the OP actually means but would Ormskirk and Kirkby qualify

The current stations at Forster Square and Interchange are about 150 metres further up the line from their original locations.

Are there any other examples of two or more stations in the same city?

 

[33017]

The current stations at Forster Square and Interchange are about 150 metres further up the line from their original locations.

Are there any other examples of two or more stations in the same city?

London. Off the top of my head, St Pancras (domestic services) now terminate a couple of hundred yards north of the original 'blocks' and Paddington lost a few chains in the 90s when they extended the lawn. I seem to recall part of Liverpool Street also disappeared when rebuilt, although only a couple of platforms.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Where does ‘truncation’ become ‘closure’?

You could argue that Yarmouth Beach was truncated back to a few hundred yards out of Peterborough with the closure of the Midland & Great Northern whilst Yarmouth South Town was truncated to just beyond the end of the platforms at Lowestoft.

Plymouth Friary and Millbay were both truncated out of existence to leave trains at the through station north of the city centre.

Blackpool Central was truncated back to Blackpool South whilst Blackpool North was truncated back to its excursion platforms.

Morecambe had multiple stations, now truncated back to a single, remoter station in traffic terms.

Some services that used to run to Manchester Central via lines south of the city were truncated back to Piccadilly via Ardwick and some that used to run to Exchange were truncated back to Victoria.

[Edit: Some of these places not ‘cities’, of course.]

 

[alangla]

Glasgow has gone the other way - most of the platforms at Queen Street now end closer to George Square and what was P11A at Central was extended into the old on-platform car park.

In terms of truncated stations, surely Morecambe needs mentioned, you can see the old one from the new across Morrison's car park

 

[yorkie]

Glasgow has gone the other way - most of the platforms at Queen Street now end closer to George Square and what was P11A at Central was extended into the old on-platform car park.

In terms of truncated stations, surely Morecambe needs mentioned, you can see the old one from the new across Morrison's car park

Was Morecambe Promenade ever truncated?

 

[Midnight Sun]

Stations where the track has been truncated back along the line from where the buffers used to be.

These are ones that I know of.

UK

Fort William
Windermere
St Ives
Windsor central
Sudbury
Braintree
Blackpool South
Blackpool North
Morecambe
Heysham

Ireland

Kilkenny
Killarney

 

[bussnapperwm]

Would Stourbridge Town count?

 

[randyrippley]

Was Morecambe Promenade ever truncated?

not in the sense you mean, but I've a memory that in the latter years DMUs stopped half way up the platform for some technical reason, they didn't draw up to the buffers. But the platforms were never shortened.
As regards the current station, its more or less on the site of an earlier abandoned station

 

[Bevan Price]

Stations where the track has been truncated back along the line from where the buffers used to be.

These are ones that I know of.

UK

Fort William
Windermere
St Ives
Windsor central
Sudbury
Braintree
Blackpool South
Blackpool North
Morecambe
Heysham

Many platforms at Liverpol Lime St lost about one chain at the buffer-stop end some years ago.

 

[randyrippley]

Stations where the track has been truncated back along the line from where the buffers used to be.

These are ones that I know of.

UK

Fort William
Windermere
St Ives
Windsor central
Sudbury
Braintree
Blackpool South
Blackpool North
Morecambe
Heysham

Ireland

Kilkenny
Killarney

you can add Weymouth and Windermere to that list

 

[Marton]

Saltburn used to have more and longer platforms.

In its heyday I believe that there was an even more distant platform for hotel passengers.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

Wrexham Central - and though not truncated Wrexham Exchange (which is now associated with Wrexham General) lost a platform and had the remaining one shortened.

 

[Mugby]

Felixtowe has been truncated at some point to allow a shopping arcade to be created out of the original station building.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

London. Off the top of my head, St Pancras (domestic services) now terminate a couple of hundred yards north of the original 'blocks' and Paddington lost a few chains in the 90s when they extended the lawn. I seem to recall part of Liverpool Street also disappeared when rebuilt, although only a couple of platforms.

Yes there were two extra long platforms in the middle of Liverpool Street Station, you had to walk all around them if you wanted to get from one side to the other. I think I recall getting an intercity type train to King's Lynn from there.

I think Exmouth is a shadow of it's former self and Shepperton used to have two platforms too. Sheerness had a central running road in between platforms 1 & 2 which I think have been removed. Twickenham had 5 platforms and still does, although 1 & 2 are not used any more, I think they used to be used by royal mail post trains as there was a walk way to the adjacent sorting office, extra Rugger services used to park there as well.

 

[transmanche]

Wrexham Central?

 

[oldchap]

Arguably at Balloch the line was truncated to cut both Balloch Pier and Balloch Central out of existence and create the new Balloch station south of the level crossing.

 

[pdeaves]

Marlow.

 

[AndyW33]

Then there are stations that were originally on through routes which became termini by default when the line beyond them was closed, and the line was then truncated further by relocating the station a short distance.
Uckfield is a good example, and Sheringham an interesting one since the original station still exists and is still used by trains, just not on the national network. In both cases the stated reason for the relocation was to remove a level crossing which was right at the platform end, and the national network station is now just the other side of the level crossing

 

[PHILIPE]

Merthyr where Tesco built a Superstore

 

[Tio Terry]

Epsom Downs was moved closer to Sutton to make space for houses some years ago.

 

[edwin_m]

Looe and Gunnislake were and still are truncated.

Falmouth was truncated by building what is now Falmouth Town station, but trains now serve both the original and the replacement.

With those to add to what others have posted above, the Western Region really had a thing for truncation!

 

[Ploughman]

In the case of any station that is under OHLE, was the truncation due to the erection of a mast behind the stops and the safety distance imposed?

 

[Bedpan]

Looe and Gunnislake were and still are truncated.

Falmouth was truncated by building what is now Falmouth Town station, but trains now serve both the original and the replacement.

With those to add to what others have posted above, the Western Region really had a thing for truncation!

I don't think that Falmouth branch has been truncated, the line still runs into the original terminus with the semicircular platform awning.

 

[Bedpan]

Then there are stations that were originally on through routes which became termini by default when the line beyond them was closed, and the line was then truncated further by relocating the station a short distance.
Uckfield is a good example, and Sheringham an interesting one since the original station still exists and is still used by trains, just not on the national network. In both cases the stated reason for the relocation was to remove a level crossing which was right at the platform end, and the national network station is now just the other side of the level crossing

Thinking of the NNR, and probably could not strictly be termed a truncation, Holt station is now nearer Sheringham than it was in BR days.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I don't think Ilkley's current platforms have been shortened at the bufferstops end, but the former through platforms continued beyond the point of the stops.

St. Ives is further up the line than it used to be, similar to both Looe and Gunnislake.

With regard to the OP though, I can't think of anywhere besides London, Blackpool and Bradford where it's happened at two different locations.

 

[gazthomas]

As mentioned above Fort William is a classic example

 

[edwin_m]

I don't think that Falmouth branch has been truncated, the line still runs into the original terminus with the semicircular platform awning.

Wikipedia for Falmouth Town:

The station was opened as Falmouth by British Rail on 7 December 1970[2] when the branch line was cut back by 845 metres (924 yd) to terminate here. The platform was constructed using components from Perranporth Beach Halt which had closed in 1963.

It was renamed The Dell on 5 May 1975[3] when the original Falmouth station was reopened,[2] subsequently being renamed again, this time to Falmouth Town on 15 May 1989.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falmouth_Town_railway_station