Unique railway stations

[Mojo]

Tyseley is still in "historic" colour schemes.

 

[scrapy]

Heatrhow Stations are like Prestwick Intl A. Hazel Grove, Davenport and Woodsmoor are also electrified but have diesel trains only

The 19.23 Manchester Piccadilly to Hazel Grove (which calls at Davenport and Woodsmoor) service is operated by an electric class 323.

Thirsk, Chester le Street, Manors (NR), Cramlington, Pegswood, Widdrington, Acklington, Chathill, Fairfield, Carnforth, Euxton Balshaw Lane, Leyland, Newton le Willows, Earlestown, Edge Hill and West Allerton are all electrified but only served by diesel trains.

For example Dundee is the only heavy rail station in GB below see level. Anyone else know of any facts like these that make a certain station/route unique?

Are Hamilton Square and James St not below sea level??

 

[Lampshade]

Ormskirk has only has one platform which is split in the middle by buffers and as a result numbered P1 & P2. P1 is used my Merseyrail and P2 by Northern Rail. Presumably in days gone by it was a through platform.

Yep, it was the direct line from Preston to Liverpool Central. However, Kirkby also has the same layout as Ormskirk

 

[Dave R]

OT

Alsager still has station signs in regional railways colours, as does Norton Bridge but i dont think that counts

Not a quiz but out of personal interest, does anybody have any links/pictures of Norton Bridge station in use and the service that used to run?

 

[Old Timer]

Tyseley is still in "historic" colour schemes.

Oh dear another example. Not the right one though, old chap.

Let me re-phrase my question.

Which station has never been painted in any post-Privatisation owning TOC colours, and is not painted in its former Railway Company colours !

OT

Alsager still has station signs in regional railways colours, as does Norton Bridge but i dont think that counts

Afraid not, old chap !

By the way, how did you discover one of my "haunts" ? Avatar refers.

 

[BRX]

Can some claim be made for Inverness on account of its slightly unusual triangular layout?

Is it for example the station where a locomotive can leave the station and return to the same platform facing the opposite way with the shortest intervening journey, or something like that?

 

[LE Greys]

Can some claim be made for Inverness on account of its slightly unusual triangular layout?

Is it for example the station where a locomotive can leave the station and return to the same platform facing the opposite way with the shortest intervening journey, or something like that?

Well, Shipley is also on a triangle, so the same is true there, but Inverness is unique in being the only terminus at the apex of a triangle (AFAIK) in Britain. BTW, is Shipley the only station on a complete triangle?

 

[Ivo]

Well, Shipley is also on a triangle, so the same is true there, but Inverness is unique in being the only terminus at the apex of a triangle (AFAIK) in Britain. BTW, is Shipley the only station on a complete triangle?

Would Earlestown count? (I honestly don't know; I've never been there.)

 

[mumrar]

Acton Bridge - the only former booking office still accessable by members of the public (the building covers the enterance. NRE Station planner photos still seem to think its in use.

The same is true of Water Orton as well.

 

[4SRKT]

Would Earlestown count? (I honestly don't know; I've never been there.)

Earlestown counts since an additional platform on the Rainhill > Warrington side was added sometime in the late '80s or early '90s. Shipley has only counted since 1979 when a single platform was added on the down line of the Leeds > Skipton side. In steam days Forster Square was the hub of the local rail network, and the local services were Bradford > Skipton and Bradford > Leeds. Passengers from Leeds to local stations beyond Shipley had to change at Shipley. Only London/Leeds > Carlisle/Glasgow expresses used the north side of the triangle. For many years DMUs from Leeds to Skipton used to run across the north side of the triangle to a point beyond Shipley Bingley Jn (or whatever it's called now), and reverse back into one of the platforms on the Bradford > Skipton side.

 

[BRX]

Well, Shipley is also on a triangle, so the same is true there, but Inverness is unique in being the only terminus at the apex of a triangle (AFAIK) in Britain.

Bognor Regis is sort of at an apex of a triangle, isn't it? (Although at the end of a short branch really. And unlike Inverness, all platforms have access to either arm of the junction.)

 

[starrymarkb]

Also possibly Exeter Central, but that may not be in LSWR colours any more.

Its not been for some time, NSE repainted it red, then Regional Railways repainted everything blue. Wessex painted some of the benches pink, and FGW gave everything a (long over due) coat of paint (as well as some DDA mods) when they took over the franchise.

Oh Exeter St Davids isn't unique in terms of trains to London in different directions. Westbury is the same with the SWT service to London departing South West (turning SE) and FGW departing North East...
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Bognor Regis is sort of at an apex of a triangle, isn't it? (Although at the end of a short branch really. And unlike Inverness, all platforms have access to either arm of the junction.)

I think you mean Littlehampton

 

[4SRKT]

There are only two true triangular stations, Shipley and Earlestown. Neither of these have been like this for long, but there were a few in the past, which are either now closed or shadows of their former selves. For example Queensbury, Ambergate, Bishop Auckland, some place near Bristol whose name escapes me.

However, what all these stations have in common, except for Shipley between 1979 and whenever platforms were added to the third side at Earlestown, is that they are not unique and therefore have no place in this thread

 

[mumrar]

Here's a couple I don't recall seeing. Gloucester is unique for having the countries longest platform, and Scarborough is unique for having reputedly the worlds longest single bench, at 456 feet on the old excursion platform.

 

[Ivo]

Here's a couple I don't recall seeing. Gloucester is unique for having the countries longest platform, and Scarborough is unique for having reputedly the worlds longest single bench, at 456 feet on the old excursion platform.

I thought Colchester had the longest platform? I agree on Scarborough though, although I couldn't find when I was there... :roll:

 

[mumrar]

I thought Colchester had the longest platform? I agree on Scarborough though, although I couldn't find when I was there... :roll:

My mistake indeed, Colchester it is, Gloucester is next.

 

[bluebottle]

There are only two true triangular stations, Shipley and Earlestown. Neither of these have been like this for long, but there were a few in the past, which are either now closed or shadows of their former selves. For example Queensbury, Ambergate, Bishop Auckland, some place near Bristol whose name escapes me.

However, what all these stations have in common, except for Shipley between 1979 and whenever platforms were added to the third side at Earlestown, is that they are not unique and therefore have no place in this thread

Mangotsfield?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

The same is true of Water Orton as well.

I stand corrected. Anyone else know of anywhere else this situation exists?
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Cambridge Heath and Longton have closed booking offices in the subway still obviously visible

 

[Sam Bentley]

How about Jesmond on the Tyneside Metro? The station is also the Tunnel Mouth

 

[142094]

Monument was the only station in the world until recently where a train had to pass through it twice on a normal passenger working but at two different platforms.

 

[4SRKT]

Monument was the only station in the world until recently where a train had to pass through it twice on a normal passenger working but at two different platforms.

Except for all Wirral line workings, which pass through Hamilton Square and James Street twice on different platforms. Did you mean different sets of platforms?
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Come to that, Waterloo > Richmond > Kingston > Wimbledon > Waterloo circular workings pass through Clapham Junction at two different sets of platforms.

 

[Aictos]

What about the Fife Circle services ie Newcraighall to Edinburgh via Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy, they surely pass though stations between Inverkeithing to Edinburgh twice on a normal passenger working but at two different platforms?

 

[Ivo]

Monument was the only station in the world until recently where a train had to pass through it twice on a normal passenger working but at two different platforms.

Do you mean two different levels (i.e. one above the other) and/or as a "cross"/"plus" (+) sign?

 

[142094]

Yes, two different levels. Was the only one until the Vancouver Sky Train and the Randstad Rail tram came into operation.

 

[starrymarkb]

How about Jesmond on the Tyneside Metro? The station is also the Tunnel Mouth

So is Hounslow West

 

[Trog]

Aylesbury the only station to have been run by a joint committee, made up of representatives of two joint railways.

 

[NightatLaira]

Scraping the barrel a bit here but:

Island Gardens -

The only 'permanent station' to have been demolished and rebuilt in the same location with no increase in platforms and no change in name.
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Leeds (Whitehall)

The only temporary station ever built to only handle trains at night only?

 

[paulravuslante]

I think I'm right in thinking that Rhoose Cardiff International Airport has the longest station name as used by National Rail in the UK.

 

[generalvegitable]

I think I'm right in thinking that Rhoose Cardiff International Airport has the longest station name as used by National Rail in the UK.

I thought that was llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

 

[ainsworth74]

I thought that was llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

To National Rail it's Llanfairpwll. Just missing a few letters