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Are you sure? I thought P6 was the old P3. Current P3 (and P2?) used to be track, I think; the former Wellington carriage sidings? Platforms 0 & 1 are roughly where the old Wellington platforms 5 & 6 were, P4 is roughly where old P1 was (which didn't exist until 1967, so might have been sidings as well.
Yes, there used to be three tracks between where current 6 and current 5. The line for 6 is where the centre line used to be.
Current 2 and 3 were built on an area of sidings between platform W (now 1) and 1 (now 4). I'm not sure they count for this thread as they weren't built out from an existing platform.
Yes, there used to be three tracks between where current 6 and current 5. The line for 6 is where the centre line used to be.
Current 2 and 3 were built on an area of sidings between platform W (now 1) and 1 (now 4). I'm not sure they count for this thread as they weren't built out from an existing platform.
Nuneaton - when Platform 5 was extended and Platforms 6 and 7 built, the extention to Platform 5 meant that the old, un-numbered north-facing bay was filled in and the Platform laid on top.
I am wondering if people could suggest examples of stations where platforms have been extended out over old tracks. For example, at Princes Risborough the down slow was lifted and the down platform extended outwards to provide an interface with the down fast line.
Given all the work that went into adding 9 3/4 and 0, it seems odd to leave a gap between 9 and 10 I suspect there’s demand… Is the answer as simple as geometry? I.e. you can’t pack in more points or get a curve that works without leaving an Bank sized platform gap?
Chorlton Metrolink station. If you look carefully when departing towards Manchester (or arriving from Manchester) you can see part of the former Manchester-bound platform of Chorlton-cum-Hardy station further back from the running line. The Metrolink line is on a slightly different alignment (probably to be further away from the adjacent Morrisons supermarket)
When Sunderland was converted for the Metro, they built over the northbound track bed and moved the northbound track across to the vacant old trackbed beyond it, against the disused island platform, last used for parcels. This is why the northbound track is now in a trench with a modern platform face in use on one side and a much older platform face on which the light wall is built. It's the edge of the still extant second island.
At either end of the old (parcels) island platform, you can see that there is still enough room for a third track to enter the west (up) side of this platform. I don't know whether this old platform could be reinstated given the buildings above the station and their founddations - but it would be handy to divert the northbound Metro services on to this track and keep the middle one for Grand Centrsal and Northern services.However "handy" probably wouldn't justify the considerable expense...
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It's a fair few years ago now, but there was a platform 5 at Watford Junction adjacent to the 4 platforms of the DC lines to Euston, Croxley Green etc. These 4 platforms had a separate entrance from the entrance hall via a "passimeter" style ticket office. When the station was remodelled (in the late 60s I believe), this separate entrance was closed off and a walkway built across the track from platform 5 to platforms 1-4. When the station was completely rebuilt in the 80s, the new building extended across the northern part of the old Platform 5 trackbed, although the southern part remains - platform 5 without a track. So this is not quite a platform built out over the trackbed, but a wide walkway and new waiting rooms etc. built for platform 6.
Manchester Victoria platforms 4/5 and perhaps 6? Admittedly a rearrangement of the whole station, so not sure if what is intended by the OP, but the island that now forms 4/5 is over the location of the previous running lines.
Birkenhead Park. Used to be two island platforms. Mid 1970's a 'Liverpool shorts' bay was created between them by enclosing the 'outer' end. Then at a later date (1980s?), that was cut through, the more northerly platform became disused and the more southerly platform widened to be an island again. To catch a Liverpool bound train, the platform is now on top of what was one of the running lines.
My pic of 777025 below shows the current Liverpool-bound alignment. The original face of the platform is roughly where the drainage line is, close to the resited lampposts. To the right of the picture is the remains of the former more northerly island platform.
There was also a time during that Leeds remodelling when the east end of what is now platform 11 (was it platform 8 then?) had a section of platform installed temporarily over the track. 11 a-c operated as a west facing bay with the extension to 11d allowing access to trains on the centre through road.
There was also a time during that Leeds remodelling when the east end of what is now platform 11 (was it platform 8 then?) had a section of platform installed temporarily over the track. 11 a-c operated as a west facing bay with the extension to 11d allowing access to trains on the centre through road.
Ah, I never experienced that (didn't use that end of the station much at that time), but I've no doubt you're right. Sounds like a pretty logical thing to do.
Newmarket-Dullingham was singled in a rush after the Newmarket signal box was lifted off its foundations by a tornado in 1978. There was no time for anything complicated like moving the platform.
Newmarket had wide platforms for handing race traffic.
Well the one that immediately springs to mind for me is Birmingham Snow Hill, although there was a 15 year gap when there were no trains (or tracks). I'm assuming that the current Platforms 2 & 3 roads are on the site of the former through roads while the platforms themselves are on the sites of the platform roads.
Kensington Olympia. You can still see the remains of old track and platforms where the current overground platforms were built over the top, especially southbound.
Kensington Olympia. You can still see the remains of old track and platforms where the current overground platforms were built over the top, especially southbound.
I am wondering if people could suggest examples of stations where platforms have been extended out over old tracks. For example, at Princes Risborough the down slow was lifted and the down platform extended outwards to provide an interface with the down fast line.
Pokesdown
Until late 1930s had an island platform, Southern Railway rebuilt it with 4 tracks and platforms on loops. Fast tracks were removed early 1970s and the platforms partly extended to slewed remaining tracks
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