Stations that are over a river in the UK?

[52290]

Bannister Brook passes under Leyland station. It's not one of the world's greatest waterways!

 

[Jacob Didcote]

Ystrad Rhondda and Ton Pentre platforms extend over the Rhondda River

 

[Cheshire Scot]

But not Dundee Tay Bridge ! !

 

[clc]

Paisley Gilmour Street.

 

[robert thomas]

Highbridge

 

[Elecman]

Interesting video about the river Irk which flows under Manchester Victoria.

As I mentioned in post #2

 

[djdanny77]

Am I right in thinking that Lewisham station sits above the River Ravensbourne?

 

[zwk500]

Am I right in thinking that Lewisham station sits above the River Ravensbourne?

Indeed you are. The northern pair of platforms bridge it completely, the southern pair end mid-stream! Ironically, the Ravensbourne station named after the river does not bridge it.

 

[507020]

Yes, none of us should take these trivia threads too seriously.

Don’t James Street and Hamilton Square sit under a river?

 

[Donny_m]

All the bumpkin stations mentioned and no one’s mentioned that Bristol temple meads is over both the River Avon at its south end and the new cut of the Avon (canal) over its north west end, so 2 waterways.

 

[zwk500]

Not in the same league as Temple Meads, but hardly a bumpkin station: Lewes appears to be over the culverted Winterbourne stream, which is seasonal. Its hard pinpoint exactly where the line crosses the river, but given the visible portion in Grange Gardens and the topography of the area it must cross the London platforms somewhere.

 

[158747]

It’s possible technically a corner of Platform 2 might be over the Avon, I wouldn’t know without checking, but the station itself is most definitely not over the river.

It’s a little more than a corner of platform 2, approximately 45 metres of the western end of platform 2 is above the River Avon, almost the whole span of the bridge that it sits on.

 

[Benjwri]

It’s a little more than a corner of platform 2, approximately 45 metres of the western end of platform 2 is above the River Avon, almost the whole span of the bridge that it sits on.

Ahh this is my bad, I entirely forgot they extended it. Don’t normally venture that far down the platform.

 

[vic-rijrode]

In the "almost but not quite" category is Oxford Station. The northern end of the platforms finish "almost over" the "almost a river" cut between the Thames (or Isis) and the Oxford Canal.

 

[Dr Hoo]

Don’t James Street and Hamilton Square sit under a river?

Definitely not. The curved (original) platforms at both stations are a dead give-away because the actual tunnel under the salt-water Mersey Estuary is straight (linearly if not vertically).

 

[fandroid]

All the bumpkin stations mentioned and no one’s mentioned that Bristol temple meads is over both the River Avon at its south end and the new cut of the Avon (canal) over its north west end, so 2 waterways.

Sorry, pendantry alert here. The north west end of Temple Meads station is over the original course of the Avon, converted here into part of the Floating Harbour. The south end is over part of the New Cut, where the Avon now flows. It looks natural because it's curved there, but it's artificial.

 

[Donny_m]

Sorry, pendantry alert here. The north west end of Temple Meads station is over the original course of the Avon, converted here into part of the Floating Harbour. The south end is over part of the New Cut, where the Avon now flows. It looks natural because it's curved there, but it's artificial.

You’re right I knew that but it had slowly degraded and switched in my memory!

 

[Doctor Fegg]

Sandwell & Dudley is over the River Tame.

 

[Sparrowman]

As I mentioned in post #2

You certainly did. I thought I would link the video as it's really quite interesting and expands on what you posted.

 

[Ken H]

Looking at Google Maps and at OS mas online (I use streetmap.co.uk) it looks ikeHorsforth station is built in the valley of a small beck. The maps are unclear if the beck misses the station to the west by a little.

Waller Beck may just clip Skipton. The ends of plat 1 & 2 look to be over the beck, while 3 & 4 miss it.

 

[Cletus]

Whilst planning a walk from Sherborne station I noticed that the River Yeo runs under the platforms.

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[norbitonflyer]

Indirectly, but it doesn’t really. The culverted Fleet river goes round the front of the hotel, well clear of its basement, then heads north under the road before veering towards St Pancras. So effectively the river culvert defined the hotel position. The curve of the new concourse was then designed to integrate with the back of the hotel.

As I understood it, the Fleet, in its culvert, was diverted to make way for the Metropolitan Railway, and in particular the curve connecting it to the GN main line. This is the curve known as the "Hotel Curve" because the GN Hotel was built following the same curve. So the hotel, the culvert and the railway were designed at the same time.

One which hasn't been mentioned yet is Lincoln. The station was built astride the artificial channel known as the Sincil Dyke, which diverts excess water from the River Witham to pass to the south and east of the City Centre. Here is a view looking north. The tower on tghe left is part of the station buildings (the others are the cathedral, on the hill overlooking the station!) and a train (in blue and red Stagecoach livery) can be glimpsed along with some of the station signs directly above the dyke.


As a right of way existed along Sincil Bank, a footbridge was provided spanning the station, but with no direct access to the station. This was quite separate fropm the station's own footbridge, from which the next picture was taken, and which can be seen in the one below it.
Also in Lincoln, the old St Marks station (closed in 1985) was squeezed between the High Street and the River Witham (the girders of the bridge over the river can be seen in the foreground here)
The platforms themselves could only take four or five vehicles (this view shows two Class 120s and two Class 31s), and all trains had to stop clear of the barrow crossing at the east end (far end in this view) which was the only access to platform 2 (the one on the right in this view). The station had to handle 2+8 HSTs (and class 47- hauled 8 car trains before that) so the London end of any such train when standing in the station was in fact well beyond the bridge.