Preston Station's platforms, c.1900

[weepingwillowb]

From what I can find about the numbering of Preston's platforms through the years, platforms 1 and 2 have always been either side of the same island platform. Have they ever been on different island platforms? I'm trying to make sense of the report of a death at the station in January 1900, when an individual was reported as having tried to cross from platform 1 to platform 2 over the lines, rather than use the footbridge - did the newspaper simply get it wrong?

 

[Elecman]

At that time platform 1&2 were the opposite faces of what is now the former PCD platforms opposite the present platforms 1&2.

 

[Cantab26]

It is referring to him attempting to cross from the current platform 2 (the whole island with the current 1/2 was known as platform 1) to the current platform 3 (likewise, the whole island with current 3/4 and the bays was known as platform 2).

The attached extract from the 1891 Ordnance Survey shows the relevant parts of the station labelled accordingly.

This is similar to the current French practice of referring to the ‘quai’ (platform) which may have more than one ‘voie’ (track) adjacent to it.

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At that time platform 1&2 were the opposite faces of what is now the former PCD platforms opposite the present platforms 1&2.

These were not built until 1903 when the station was extended to the west.

 

[weepingwillowb]

It is referring to him attempting to cross from the current platform 2 (the whole island with the current 1/2 was known as platform 1) to the current platform 3 (likewise, the whole island with current 3/4 and the bays was known as platform 2).

The attached extract from the 1891 Ordnance Survey shows the relevant parts of the station labelled accordingly.

This is similar to the current French practice of referring to the ‘quai’ (platform) which may have more than one ‘voie’ (track) adjacent to it.

== Doublepost prevention - post automatically merged: 16 Sep 2024 ==


These were not built until 1903 when the station was extended to the west.

I suspected that it was most likely to be the current 2 and 3, thanks for confirming. Now I can picture in my mind exactly how it happened, as I'm attempting to put together an article about British railways during the Boer War, and this incident will get a mention.