xotGD
Established Member
- Joined
- 4 Feb 2017
- Messages
- 7,806
Shipley. Sort of.
-
Our new ticketing site is now live! Using either this or the original site (both powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!
[Trivia] stations where two lines converge on a single station and then both branch off eachother towards different directions.
- Thread starter renegademaster
- Start date
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R
RailUK Forums
CapabilityB
Member
Am arguement could be made for York
ABB125
Established Member
I think Lewisham arguably fulfils the criteria?
Western Sunset
Established Member
Countless underground stations would qualify, if I understand the question correctly, where separate lines (routes) converge on a station, then go their merry way.
ABB125
Established Member
Assuming I've interpreted the question correctly, here's a few more I can think of (apologies if they've already been mentioned):
- Shrewsbury
- Wolverhampton
- Bridgend
- Exeter St David's
- Basingstoke
- Lewes
- Tonbridge
- Peterborough
- Lincoln
- Romiley
- Stockport
- Salford Crescent
- Wigan Wallgate
- Blackburn
- Wakefield Kirkgate
- Knottingley
- Darlington
- Droitwich
- Smethwick Rolfe Street
- Stafford
- Bristol Parkway
- Whitland (if the stub into Carmarthen counts as a separate line!)
- Havant
- Ipswich
- Barnetby
- Worksop
- Sheffield
- Chesterfield
- Chinley
- Warrington Bank Quay
- Newton-le-Willows
- Preston
- Leyland
BeijingDave
Member
- Joined
- 26 Jul 2019
- Messages
- 804
Bit of a strange thread. There must be hundreds of stations that fit this extremely loose set of criteria.
Mattplans
Member
Peckham Rye has two london bound platforms that head in opposite directions of each other.
DelW
Established Member
- Joined
- 15 Jan 2015
- Messages
- 5,935
Indeed. But the OP gave the example of Clapham Junction, where the Southern and SWR Main tracks converge, pass through the station, and diverge again, without a crossover or a connection between them. That's a far less common situation, indeed I can't think of another example unless there's a heritage or narrow gauge line with an intermediate station adjacent to an NR station.
However, the OP hasn't responded to the question posed in post 20 seeking clarification, so it's unclear whether that criterion was intended or not.
Port Glasgow - one line to Gourock, the other to Wemyss Bay.
The two lines are seperated by so close, you could in theory have platforms at Bogston to serve the Wemyss Bay line.
In fact the entry to the station is a road that goes under that branch.
Both ScotRail though.
I'd also add Georgemas Junction!
The two lines are seperated by so close, you could in theory have platforms at Bogston to serve the Wemyss Bay line.
In fact the entry to the station is a road that goes under that branch.
Both ScotRail though.
I'd also add Georgemas Junction!
LNW-GW Joint
Veteran Member
The reverse of all this is a through station with 6 approach lines from the west, and only one to the east - Leeds.
The western 6 are (clockwise): Woodlesford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Bradford Interchange, Aire Valley, Harrogate.
The eastern one is Micklefield (to York/Hull).
I don't think any other through station had such an imbalance.
It was of course originally 3 separate stations (plus the separate Leeds Central terminus).
The western 6 are (clockwise): Woodlesford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Bradford Interchange, Aire Valley, Harrogate.
The eastern one is Micklefield (to York/Hull).
I don't think any other through station had such an imbalance.
It was of course originally 3 separate stations (plus the separate Leeds Central terminus).
D6130
Established Member
But both those stations only have a junction at one end....so OT for this thread!
But both those stations only have a junction at one end....so OT for this thread!
I really do need to read those thread titles!
ABB125
Established Member
How about Motherwell and Newton?
Western Sunset
Established Member
Back in the day at Sandy; GN (ECML) with the adjacent LNW Oxford - Cambridge using the adjoining platforms but not connected.
duffield
Established Member
Yes, I'd say so. Trains from Norwich come in from the Grantham line and go out to Liverpool via the Sheffield route.
Trains from Lincoln come in from the Newark line and go out to Matlock via the line to Derby.
The routes only have Nottingham in common and they converge and split again there just a little way outside the station.
I think that's the sort of thing the OP was getting at, unless the two routes must not "cross over"
Captain Bigwig
Member
- Joined
- 16 Sep 2018
- Messages
- 71
Hence my question about whether "lines" refers to tracks or trains
izvor
Member
...or lines!
For example, at Ashford International you can get from any line to any line (excluding turnbacks of course) without shunting. If you include HS1 though, you can't.
marshlinker
Member
Ashford International also.
norbitonflyer
Established Member
B;etchley, once the line to Oxford opens
== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: ==
Gainsorough is an odd one because there is no station on the common section, but oone on each of the two eastern branches
EDITED - got east and west mixed up)
== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: ==
....and before the former LD&ECR line to Tuxford closed
Gainsorough is an odd one because there is no station on the common section, but oone on each of the two eastern branches
EDITED - got east and west mixed up)
Last edited:
When I read it, I took it to mean two different routes/set of tracks that never meet or cross over in the station.
So if you come in on Route A you stop at the Route A dedicated platform and then exit the station still on Route A.
Route B enters the station on a different platform and exits the station still on Route B.
There is no way to cross from one to the other. A passenger would have to change trains there and change platforms to do so.
Like Sheffield for example, rail lines in from the south and out to the north = Route A. The tram platforms behind the station are Route B. You can't swap from one to the other, and they are parallel in the station. Although, that's merely an example (Man Vic is probably similar), but it doesn't follow the heavy rail specs of the original post.
So if you come in on Route A you stop at the Route A dedicated platform and then exit the station still on Route A.
Route B enters the station on a different platform and exits the station still on Route B.
There is no way to cross from one to the other. A passenger would have to change trains there and change platforms to do so.
Like Sheffield for example, rail lines in from the south and out to the north = Route A. The tram platforms behind the station are Route B. You can't swap from one to the other, and they are parallel in the station. Although, that's merely an example (Man Vic is probably similar), but it doesn't follow the heavy rail specs of the original post.
Last edited:
D6130
Established Member
Err....I think you mean the two Eastern branches!
norbitonflyer
Established Member
Earls Court (Districr) was originally like that
xotGD
Established Member
- Joined
- 4 Feb 2017
- Messages
- 7,806
Reopen the line to Colne, and Skipton will qualify again.
NorthernSpirit
Established Member
- Joined
- 21 Jun 2013
- Messages
- 2,273
Were going to mention Brighouse.
Huddersfield could count as Deighton is currently closed. Sowerby Bridge*, Halifax and Mirfield - possibly. Wakefield Westgate and Kirkgate, interesting to see if these will count. Sheffield (but then you've also got Meadowhall). York?
Westbury has already been mentioned, Chippenham could have been counted had the line to Calne not closed as the line to Melksham could then also be taken into consideration. Yeovil Pen Mill is another contender.
* Sowerby Bridge could count historically as the line use to also branch off to Ripponden and Rishworth (it was suppose to connect at Littleborough giving the Ryburn Valley a through route to the Calder Valley Line in similar stance to the Oldham Loop Line)
== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: ==
Possibly, as the Eastbourne avoider and the line to Hailsham have both since shut. Christ's Hospital would have been another one but the Adur Valley Line (via both Cranleigh and Southwater) having long been shut.
Newton Abbot is another one that historically would have counted because of the line to Heathfield and onwards to Exeter via the Teign Valley Line.
Last edited:
BeijingDave
Member
- Joined
- 26 Jul 2019
- Messages
- 804
WBQ qualifies on this basis with Earlestown, Wigan NW, Crewe (Acton Bridge but none of the trains stop there) and Runcorn East.
Dave S 56F
Member
Church Fenton lines to York northbound Micklefield Leeds westbound and the castleford and Sheffield lines southbound and Hull lines Eastbound.