[Trivia] Smallest Stations in the Biggest Towns (or Cities)?

[A S Leib]

21 heavy rail and tram platforms for 47,000 people, the ratio is 1 to 2,238.

There's plenty of places with fewer than two thousand people with at least one platform, although Beckenham probably is one the smallest with 20+ platforms.

 

[Steddenm]

Well, if Sunderland can get a place on this list with an asterisk, and a ‘main’ station also served by the Metro, then maybe Gateshead can as well. But then again, if we allow Metro, we then allow Merseyrail, Overground and so on.. Birkenhead might be worth looking into!

The mainline station for Gateshead is Heworth according to the local authority. This also has two national rail platforms and two metro platforms as well.

 

[xotGD]

The mainline station for Gateshead is Heworth according to the local authority. This also has two national rail platforms and two metro platforms as well.

Newcastle Central is closer to Gateshead town centre than Heworth is.

And so are Dunston and Manors.

 

[Steddenm]

Newcastle Central is closer to Gateshead town centre than Heworth is.

And so are Dunston and Manors.

They are but apart from Dunston, Heworth is the only station within the borough of Gateshead. Admittedly Heworth only has an hourly service on Northern (every 6 mins or so on Metro), but the station does get used quite a bit recently.

 

[xotGD]

City of Gateshead

If only!

 

[Steddenm]

If only!

Corrected

 

[brad465]

Chafford Hundred is the busiest station in the country with 1 platform and has over 2 million annual journeys. Granted the town only has 15-16k population; a lot of its patronage is probably linked to Lakeside shopping centre.

 

[John Griffiths]

They are but apart from Dunston, Heworth is the only station within the borough of Gateshead. Admittedly Heworth only has an hourly service on Northern (every 6 mins or so on Metro), but the station does get used quite a bit recently.

MetroCentre is also in the Borough of Gateshead, as is Blaydon.

 

[Kingston Dan]

There's plenty of places with fewer than two thousand people with at least one platform, although Beckenham probably is one the smallest with 20+ platforms.

Tyndrum with 167 people and three platforms must surely be the winner though.

 

[MichaelTrains]

Bradford should be on this list.

Two dead-end stations with inadequate facilities for a top ten UK city.

 

[Greetlander]

Bradford should be on this list.

Two dead-end stations with inadequate facilities for a top ten UK city.

I think Leicester (4 platforms for 400000 people) probably gets off proportionately worse than Bradford’s 8 for 500000. Maybe you should start a thread on Bradford crossrail - it doesn’t get talked about nearly enough

 

[Blade Fisher]

If I understand this correctly, Southampton is towards the top of this league, with 4 platforms and a population of just over 250,000.

Southampton has five platforms. There is a bay on the south side facing west. Dont know if it is electrified though.

 

[Palmerston]

I think Leicester (4 platforms for 400000 people) probably gets off proportionately worse than Bradford’s 8 for 500000. Maybe you should start a thread on Bradford crossrail - it doesn’t get talked about nearly enough

Has anyone ever proposed a Leicester to Bradford service? They're both a bit underserved.

 

[D6130]

Has anyone ever proposed a Leicester to Bradford service? They're both a bit underserved.

With full Indian restaurant service in first class?....we can but dream!

 

[Greetlander]

With full Indian restaurant service in first class?....we can but dream!

Has anyone ever proposed a Leicester to Bradford service? They're both a bit underserved.

Hear me out - how about Bradford (reopened exchange) to Marylebone via Leicester. Could also stop at Halifax, Huddersfield, and reopened Sheffield and Nottingham Victoria stations. Could even give it a name - something like the South Yorkshireman? I like to think of myself as visionary.

 

[MichaelTrains]

I think Leicester (4 platforms for 400000 people) probably gets off proportionately worse than Bradford’s 8 for 500000. Maybe you should start a thread on Bradford crossrail - it doesn’t get talked about nearly enough

Don’t encourage me.

As long as we get the new station with quicker links to Manchester and Leeds/York, then cross rail isn't needed.

 

[camerar1]

Southampton has five platforms. There is a bay on the south side facing west. Dont know if it is electrified though.

The bay is electrified, I saw a 450 in there when I was last at the station.