Platform Feast To Famine

Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
morning)?
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gordon

"Sharon & Gordon Thomson" <shanaz@craigearn28.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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> Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
> years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
> morning)?

Blackpool North ?

Jonathan Condell wrote:
> "Sharon & Gordon Thomson" <shanaz@craigearn28.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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>>Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
>>years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
>>morning)?
>
>
> Blackpool North ?
>
>

Blackpool Central?

"Sharon & Gordon Thomson" <shanaz@craigearn28.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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> Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
> years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
> morning)?
> --
> gordon
>

Newcastle Central post Metro opening and before the additional platforms on
the South side


Roger C

"Sharon & Gordon Thomson" <shanaz@craigearn28.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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> Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
> years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
> morning)?

Spalding? Gotta be up there, certainly in percentage terms! Down from gawd
knows how many to a mere two now :-|

Sharon & Gordon Thomson wrote:
>
> Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
> years

The Manchester end of the Woodhead route provides a fair few contenders:

Fairfield: 6 to 2
Guide Bridge: at least 4 (were there bays other than for animals?) to 2
Dinting: 4 to 2
Godley Junction: 4(?) to 0
Gorton: 4 to 2
Ashburys: 4(?) to 2
Glossop/Hadfield: 2 to 1 each

Even without counting the extensive goods yards that many of them had.

On the positive side, though, there have been some increases:
Flowery Field: 0 to 2
Godley: 0 to 2
Hattersley: 0 to 2 (faces, only one platform)

Cheers

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"Mark Robinson" <mark@simsol.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Sharon & Gordon Thomson wrote:
> >
> > Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over
the
> > years
>
> The Manchester end of the Woodhead route provides a fair few contenders:
>
> Fairfield: 6 to 2
> Guide Bridge: at least 4 (were there bays other than for animals?) to 2
> Dinting: 4 to 2
> Godley Junction: 4(?) to 0
> Gorton: 4 to 2
> Ashburys: 4(?) to 2
> Glossop/Hadfield: 2 to 1 each
>
> Even without counting the extensive goods yards that many of them had.
>
> On the positive side, though, there have been some increases:
> Flowery Field: 0 to 2
> Godley: 0 to 2
> Hattersley: 0 to 2 (faces, only one platform)
>
> Cheers

Exmouth was at least 4 (I think 6?) - now .

Tony

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> "Sharon & Gordon Thomson" <shanaz@craigearn28.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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> > Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over
the
> > years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
> > morning)?
>
> Anyone know how many platforms Windsor Royal used to have? Now Windsor +
> Eton Central, it only has one.
>
Funnily enough just been reading about this.

It had 4 in 1961 but was down to 1 by 1963 (a 75% reduction)

F A

Ken Johnson wrote:


>
> I nominate Monkseaton, which used to have loads of platforms to cope with
> the annual influx of holidaymakers, and now has only two, because it's part
> of the Tyne and Wear Metro.
>
> Not sure it's Monkseaton but it's one of the stations on the North East
> coast.
>
> Ken Johnson
>
>

Could this be Tynemouth? The Tyne and Wear Metro still used two through
platforms, but there are (or were 2 years ago) quite a few intact but
overgrown platform faces on the coast side as well.

Steve

"Sharon & Gordon Thomson" <shanaz@craigearn28.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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> Which station has seen the biggest reduction in useable platforms over the
> years (not counting temporary situations like Kings Cross on Tuesday
> morning)?

Willesden Junction had 15 before the main line platforms were closed. It now
has 5 - 2 high level and 3 in the 'New' station, one of which is a
little-used Bay.

Peter