Triangle stations in other countries.

[stadler]

Do any triangle stations exist in other countries? By this i mean stations on a triangle junction where three lines meet and all three sides of the triangle have platforms. Here in the UK we only have two stations (Earlestown and Shipley) like this. I am just trying to find out whether these two are unique or if such stations exist in any other countries?

 

[JonasB]

I'm assuming Triangeln in Sweden doesn't count? But German wikipedia has a list if triangle stations:

• Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf, Herlasgrün, Horrem and Siersleben Gleisdreieck in Germany,
• Villars-sur-Ollon in Switzerland,
• Stegna Gdańska in Poland,
• Nowooleksijiwka in Ukraine,
• Earlestown and Shipley in England.

 

[DanielB]

Would Amsterdam Sloterdijk count? Technically there is a triangle there, though it is a two level station where Amsterdam - Schiphol and Amsterdam - Haarlem/Zaandam cross, having platforms for Zaandam - Schiphol trains at the fly over which bypasses the main station building.

 

[D6130]

Pisa San Rossore (Italy)? I'm fairly sure that there's at least one platform on the North side of the triangle....but open to correction as always.

 

[nwales58]

El Berrón

Although a grand union junction (one side via the depot) there are platforms on three sides forming a triangle plus platforms on the straight through Oviedo-Santander.

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On light rail Augsburg Königsplatz is a rather over-the-top example.
Platforms on each side of a triangular junction is common, which doesn't count.

Added: Zürich Central and Bellevue, of course.
And a chaotic group of stops at Porta Maggiore in Rome which might fit.

 

[The exile]

I'm assuming Triangeln in Sweden doesn't count? But German wikipedia has a list if triangle stations:

• Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hbf, Herlasgrün, Horrem and Siersleben Gleisdreieck in Germany,
• Villars-sur-Ollon in Switzerland,
• Stegna Gdańska in Poland,
• Nowooleksijiwka in Ukraine,
• Earlestown and Shipley in England.

Ironically, Gleisdreieck (track-triangle) station on the Berlin u-bahn isn’t and hasn’t been for the majority of its existence.

 

[SHD]

Tarascon in France used to be a triangle station (and there was an additional local line penetrating the triangle prior to WWII) until the 1950s, but not anymore.

 

[D6130]

Pisa San Rossore (Italy)? I'm fairly sure that there's at least one platform on the North side of the triangle....but open to correction as always.

Closer examination of Open Railways Map shows this not to be the case. Old memory playing-up again!

 

[zero]

Siu Hong Light Rail stop in Hong Kong is triangular, but only platforms 1, 2, 5 and 6 are in current use because no services traverse one side of the triangle.

According to hkrail.fandom.com a collision in 1997 resulted in the service that previously used platforms 3 and 4 being rerouted in 2002 to avoid conflicts at this stop.

I suppose platforms 3 and 4 could be used for diversions if the signalling allows it.

 

[U-Bahnfreund]

There's also Waltershausen Gleisdreieck on the Gotha tram network

 

[nwales58]

Szell Kalman ter in Budapest, a major terminus with some through routes.

Merseburg Leunaweg (Halle), if a bit of kerbstone qualifies as a 'platform', each tram visits all 3 sides in about an hour

Fading memory is frustrating, especially as I was in Zurich recently and I used to change often at Szell Kalman ter 30 years ago. I'm sure there are a few more on tramways but it has taken 2 days for those to pop out.

I recall one on a metre gauge single track railway in a valley bottom, possibly in Spain, but cannot find it so probably from the 1970s or 1980s that is now closed. Any ideas?

 

[HS2isgood]

Bifurcaçao de Lares.

 

[Wandering Pom]

Bifurcaçao de Lares.

But there isn't a platform on the east side (Leiria - Alfarelos direct), is there?

 

[DanielB]

Ironically, Gleisdreieck (track-triangle) station on the Berlin u-bahn isn’t and hasn’t been for the majority of its existence.

Waddinxveen Triangel (Triangle) in the Netherlands also isn't one ironically. The only thing triangular there is the station square