UK Platform 8 s

[sjm77]

Platform 2 at Newcastle used to be Platform 8. A nicer spot than the current P8.

And I am old enough to remember that York platform 3 also used to be Platform 8 in the 1980s (I also remember catching an Edinburgh bound HST from platform 14, now platform 9 of course)

 

[alistairlees]

And I am old enough to remember that York platform 3 also used to be Platform 8 in the 1980s (I also remember catching an Edinburgh bound HST from platform 14, now platform 9 of course)

Today's platforms 3 and 4 at York, in fact.

 

[BantamMenace]

Preston has 8 or more platforms but no platform numbered platform 8.

 

[YorksLad12]

The current P5 at Leeds used to be P8 before May 1967. What was P8 after that is now P11.

 

[chris_in_salop]

Did Shrewsbury, Perth, Aberdeen or Inverness every have an 8?

According to the SARPA newsletter (Aug 2010), "Until 1950 Shrewsbury had 9 platforms, and then they were renumbered and reduced to 7"

There is still an 8th platform of sorts with a rusty set of rails leading to it, although it's not numbered or publicly accessible. The remains are now more substantial than what's left of platforms 1 and 2.

 

[ABB125]

According to the SARPA newsletter (Aug 2010), "Until 1950 Shrewsbury had 9 platforms, and then they were renumbered and reduced to 7"

There is still an 8th platform of sorts with a rusty set of rails leading to it, although it's not numbered or publicly accessible. The remains are now more substantial than what's left of platforms 1 and 2.

Thanks - I thought something like that might be the case.

 

[IanXC]

According to the Sectional Appendix, platform 8 is secured out of use. Do you have any info/links about the signalling works please?

I forget where I read it now, but all the sidings and the various crossovers are to be removed, with the new layout simply allowing for the 3 platforms in use (which will be renumbered), still controlled from the current box and no new data will emanate from it either.

 

[Thebaz]

You'll be able to add East Croydon to that list if the bottleneck unblocking proposals go ahead. It won't be for around 13 years though.

 

[Ianno87]

You'll be able to add East Croydon to that list if the bottleneck unblocking proposals go ahead. It won't be for around 13 years though.

And Old Oak Common.

 

[xotGD]

How many stations that used to have a P8 no longer exist?

The OP could extend the challenge, requiring photos to be taken in car parks, branches of Tesco, people's back gardens, etc.

 

[eoff]

This is a nice photo of a platform 8 at Edinburgh Waverley (this is no longer there).

Image on Flickr

 

[mike57]

The operational platforms are 4-6.

Platform 7 and 8 are still extant tho, and one of them, I think 8, still has some track in it that is connected to the running lines. Until the imminent signalling works take place that is!

Not now I think. Redevelopment of the Hilderthorpe Road Car Park started around a week ago, and from photographs on our local Facebook page looks like the old excursion platforms are no longer.

Looks like the red outlined area has been cleared