Examples of Good station design

[Whattraintoday]

As a counterpoint to the Poor Station Design thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/poor-design-of-railway-stations.166620/, how about a thread for examples of good design on railway stations? As this is in the UK section of the site I suppose we'd better mainly keep it to UK stations.

To kick off, Low Moor has raised lettering on the handrails of the stairs, so the blind and partially-sighted can tell which way to go for each platform/exit.
Minor thing, but I'll bet it makes a difference for those who use it.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Good functional design or good/visually striking design?

 

[Whattraintoday]

Good functional design or good/visually striking design?

Good functional design I guess - as a kind of a counterpoint to the other thread

 

[krus_aragon]

I suppose Penryn railway station is an example of good rail layout design, leading to an economical station layout:



The strategic placement of the loop allows trains to pass at the station, and the one extant platform is used by services in both directions.

 

[kentuckytony]

The diagram above somewhat reminds me of Limerick Junction in Ireland.

 

[Ianno87]

King's Cross Platforms 1-8. The overhead wires are done in such a way that you can barely see them.

 

[MarkyT]

I suppose Penryn railway station is an example of good rail layout design, leading to an economical station layout:



The strategic placement of the loop allows trains to pass at the station, and the one extant platform is used by services in both directions.

The design avoided construction of an expensive accessible footbridge to the disused platform, with ramps or lifts.

The diagram above somewhat reminds me of Limerick Junction in Ireland.

Not anymore. The south platform for the main line has been removed and the area converted into car parking. There is only one through platform now for both directions and a terminal bay for Limerick trains.

 

[Intercity 225]

To kick off, Low Moor has raised lettering on the handrails of the stairs, so the blind and partially-sighted can tell which way to go for each platform/exit.
Minor thing, but I'll bet it makes a difference for those who use it.

I agree, in a similar vein the recently heavily refurbished Farnworth station has Braille on all the station signage which I think is neat.

 

[xotGD]

The diagram above somewhat reminds me of Limerick Junction in Ireland.

There once was a station called Junction
Changing trains was its primary function
If you missed your connection
It would cause great dejection
And a 2-hour fester at Junction

 

[Ianno87]

I agree, in a similar vein the recently heavily refurbished Farnworth station has Braille on all the station signage which I think is neat.

Cambridge North has the same.

 

[kentuckytony]

There once was a station called Junction
Changing trains was its primary function
If you missed your connection
It would cause great dejection
And a 2-hour fester at Junction

Hee Hee!

 

[kentuckytony]

The design avoided construction of an expensive accessible footbridge to the disused platform, with ramps or lifts.

Not anymore. The south platform for the main line has been removed and the area converted into car parking. There is only one through platform now for both directions and a terminal bay for Limerick trains.

Thanks for the update. I was going by old videos and books. I hadn't quite kept up.

 

[whhistle]

There once was a station called Junction
Changing trains was its primary function
If you missed your connection
It would cause great dejection
And a 2-hour fester at Junction

Like. Forum needs a Like function.

 

[berneyarms]

The design avoided construction of an expensive accessible footbridge to the disused platform, with ramps or lifts.

Not anymore. The south platform for the main line has been removed and the area converted into car parking. There is only one through platform now for both directions and a terminal bay for Limerick trains.

Construction of a new platform on the Down mainline at Limerick Junction is to start shortly which will be linked to the existing platform by a footbridge.

This should improve reliability by avoiding the need for down trains to travel the best part of a mile along the up line.

 

[Tio Terry]

Those of you interested in making stations accessible to Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM) might like to read the following, it also covers braille usage.

https://assets.publishing.service.g...5977/design-standards-accessible-stations.pdf

 

[edwin_m]

My alternative Limerick Limerick, posted on some forum or other a while back:

The layout at Limerick Junction
Was singularly awkward in function
You had to reverse
Causing many a curse
To simplify was the compunction

 

[berneyarms]

Very good! Top marks.

Thankfully I am old enough to have travelled via Platform 4 at Limerick Junction behind a Class 141 locomotive en route from Limerick to Waterford and enjoying the double reversal (one well over a mile in length)!

Happy times sitting in Cravens.

 

[MarkyT]

My alternative Limerick Limerick, posted on some forum or other a while back:

The layout at Limerick Junction
Was singularly awkward in function
You had to reverse
Causing many a curse
To simplify was the compunction

I remember travelling in Cravens coaches from Limerick to Waterford during the 1990s behind a GM 141 . At Limerick Junction we sailed right round the back of the station on the west side, across a station access road level crossing, then reversed into a bay at the south end. On departure we drew forward into the spur again and reversed the way we had come, over the level crossing and out onto the Limerick line again. Only then could we proceed forward across the diamonds towards Tipperary. It was indeed a long way....