Trivia: non stop services under an overall roof

[IanXC]

This seems to be a fairly rare occurrence...

I suspect here are some pretty obscure ones, but how many examples can we come up with of a non stop service through a station with an overall roof?

TPE have a few which pass through Darlington platforms non stop.

Virgin Trains East Coast's Flying Scotsman does York non stop.

Thoughts on some more? I'm looking for long term booked route rather than as hoc diversions.

 

[Parallel]

I think there's an early morning XC service that runs via. Bath to the SW for diversionary route knowledge purposes. It passes both Bath Spa and Westbury without stopping there.

Also Teignmouth in Devon has a long station canopy but many of the trains pass.

 

[Shrimper]

Stoke has two early morning services which pass through, one LM and one VT both heading southbound.

Not sure if Crewe is considered to have an overall roof, though plenty of WCML Scotland services pass through on the fasts.

 

[fairysdad]

I think there's an early morning XC service that runs via. Bath to the SW for diversionary route knowledge purposes. It passes both Bath Spa and Westbury without stopping there.

Also Teignmouth in Devon has a long station canopy but many of the trains pass.

Unless I've misunderstood the question, none of those have overall roofs though :?

 

[Mag_seven]

I think there's an early morning XC service that runs via. Bath to the SW for diversionary route knowledge purposes. It passes both Bath Spa and Westbury without stopping there.

Also Teignmouth in Devon has a long station canopy but many of the trains pass.

I don't think any of these stations have overall roofs?

Not sure if Crewe is considered to have an overall roof, though plenty of WCML Scotland services pass through on the fasts.

The fasts don't have an overall roof - are there any trains scheduled to pass non stop through platform 11 which does have an overall roof?

The Caledonian sleepers run non-stop through York when they are diverted this way (these are scheduled diversions that happen every year so cannot be regarded as "ad hoc" as per the OP excluding definition)

 

[Jimini]

Wembley Central springs to mind.

 

[greatkingrat]

If you count tunnels, late night Thameslink services pass through City Thameslink without stopping.

 

[Parallel]

Unless I've misunderstood the question, none of those have overall roofs though :?

Apologies, I think I misunderstood the question, as I didn't realise Doncaster had a roof!

 

[Spartacus]

New Street had non-stoppers for a while, when a few Wrexham & Shropshires went that way.
Manchester Victoria normally has a few overnight TPEs booked through, reversing at Salford Crescent.

There's a path for the sleeper to go non-stop under the train shed at Temple Meads, but it's very rarely used.

 

[IanXC]

Apologies, I think I misunderstood the question, as I didn't realise Doncaster had a roof!

Doncaster doesn't(?)

 

[Clansman]

Not sure if underground/sub-surface stations count, but here's a few I can think of:

Dalmarnock
Charing Cross (Glasgow)
Haymarket
Carlisle
Wembley Central
Gatwick Airport

 

[Darandio]

Not sure if underground/sub-surface stations count, but here's a few I can think of:

Dalmarnock
Charing Cross (Glasgow)
Haymarket
Carlisle
Wembley Central
Gatwick Airport

Which services dont stop at Carlisle?

Not convinced Haymarket fits the 'roof' portion of the thread either.

 

[Bevan Price]

Wembley Central springs to mind.

Personally, I would find it hard to comprehend "station roof" as including stations where a shopping centre or other building has been planted above the station - any "roof" belongs to the external structure rather than to the actual station. (so, Wembley Central, Birmingham New Street, etc., would not me in my list)

 

[Mag_seven]

Which services dont stop at Carlisle?.

Up until recently only the 16.30 Euston Glasgow ran through non stop so you are right Carlisle does not count.

 

[HarleyDavidson]

Bristol Temple Meads. Either the Night Rivy or diverted B&H trains when you have engineering works or something goes awry up there.

Been on several in the past which have trundled through there at a leisurely pace in both directions. Nice not stopping and you usually get a good run through both Chippenham & Swindon too.

 

[43096]

Which services dont stop at Carlisle?

The Highland sleepers are not booked to call (at least for passenger pick up/set down).

 

[Clansman]

Which services dont stop at Carlisle?

Up until recently only the 16.30 Euston Glasgow ran through non stop so you are right Carlisle does not count.

The Highland Sleeper often runs through Carlisle enough without stopping to merit Carlisle a mention on this.

 

[AndyW33]

Personally, I would find it hard to comprehend "station roof" as including stations where a shopping centre or other building has been planted above the station - any "roof" belongs to the external structure rather than to the actual station. (so, Wembley Central, Birmingham New Street, etc., would not me in my list)

Birmingham New Street might be a special case as the railway-provided overall roof on the higher numbered Midland platforms was directly replaced by the concrete structure, and the level immediately above the complete set of platforms is now entirely taken up by the station concourse which is vastly bigger than it was when the station was last rebuilt in the 1960s. There had been an overall roof on the lower numbered North Western side as well, but that was blown up in WW2.
The shopping centre is on the next level up, and is now smaller than it was....

I'd certainly grant you Wembley Central and Manchester Victoria, though Victoria had also had an overall roof over the through platforms in its heyday.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Depends how you define 'overall roof'. I'd argue Reading has a more substantial structure than Wembley and there's a handful of GWR services that don't call.

 

[anti-pacer]

Does Preston have any?

 

[Welshman]

I'd certainly grant you Wembley Central and Manchester Victoria, though Victoria had also had an overall roof over the through platforms in its heyday.

IIRC, in its heyday, Manchester Victoria did have an overall roof extending over platforms 1-11 and another over platforms 12-16. However, no trains ran through those platforms without stopping. [1-10 were bay platforms]

The through trains [ie the ex LNWR services from and to Manchester Exchange] ran through between platforms 11 and 12, but those lines did not enjoy a roof.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

The Up Fast at Rugby is under the overall (island) station roof, and there are many non-stopping trains.
It's also possible on the Down Slow but unusual today.
Of course now that there are two outlying platforms outside the original canopy it rather complicates the situation.
There are several stations with extensive roofs which don't quite cover all platforms.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Stoke-on-Trent has a number of Pendolinos that pass without stopping, and has quite an impressive overall roof. Surprised no one has mentioned this one yet.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Stoke-on-Trent has a number of Pendolinos that pass without stopping, and has quite an impressive overall roof. Surprised no one has mentioned this one yet.

Shrimper in post 3 did 0700 Manchester-Euston flyer SX (a 390) and the 10xx Preston-Euston FO relief (a 221) I believe.

 

[thenorthern]

With Crewe some platforms have overall roofs but not all of them and the passing trains don't go under an overall roof.

 

[Crossover]

Does Preston have any?

It used to have one but I don't think it does anymore now that has ceased. On Virgin, Preston is the crew changeover I believe

 

[lejog]

IIRC, in its heyday, Manchester Victoria did have an overall roof extending over platforms 1-11 and another over platforms 12-16. However, no trains ran through those platforms without stopping. [1-10 were bay platforms]

The through trains [ie the ex LNWR services from and to Manchester Exchange] ran through between platforms 11 and 12, but those lines did not enjoy a roof.

I seemed to remember trains from Victoria running under the roof at Exchange for a long time after the station closed. Google revealed this

On 5 May 1969 the remaining services at Manchester Exchange were diverted to Manchester Victoria, and the station closed to passengers. Track was lifted from platforms 1 and 2 and they were filled in, the space being given over to car parking. The lines through platforms 3, 4 and 5 remained in situ, and trains continued to pass through the station. In the early 1980s the trainshed roof was demolished, and in 1993, when Manchester Victoria was substantially altered and all the lines leading to it rationalised, the tracks through Exchange were lifted.

 

[Welshman]

You're right.
Some trains from Manchester Victoria ran under the overall roof of the former Manchester Exchange station.
But I was challenging the assertion that Manchester Victoria itself had an overall roof, under which through trains ran.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Shrimper in post 3 did 0700 Manchester-Euston flyer SX (a 390) and the 10xx Preston-Euston FO relief (a 221) I believe.

He did indeed, my apologies.

 

[bILLOO]

Which LM service passes Stoke non-stop? The one which also omits Millton Keynes?