Trivia > stations with "hidden" (but working) platforms?

[IanXC]

Cardiff Central no longer has a platform 5, so it's actually just 3 and 4 on the island platform although 5 is still present on old signage.

Personally, I think they should renumber the platforms at Cardiff renaming Platform 0 for Ebbw Vale Parkway Platform 1, the current Platform 1 would become Platform 2 and so on. The current abundance of a platform 5 means the valley lines will still be platforms 6 and 7 (and 8 when the new platform is built).

My understanding is that the tiled signage forms part of the listing of the building, creating the current scenario. As the tiles are mentioned in the listing, its highly unlikely you'd get permission to make any change, hence its stuck with a platform 0.

 

[edwin_m]

Cardiff Central no longer has a platform 5, so it's actually just 3 and 4 on the island platform although 5 is still present on old signage.

Personally, I think they should renumber the platforms at Cardiff renaming Platform 0 for Ebbw Vale Parkway Platform 1, the current Platform 1 would become Platform 2 and so on. The current abundance of a platform 5 means the valley lines will still be platforms 6 and 7 (and 8 when the new platform is built).

I believe the listed status of Cardiff Central includes the Art Deco tiled platform number signs in the subway, which would need to be changed if the platforms were renumbered.

 

[acmw421]

When I lived near Beckenham Junction decades ago there was at least one train in the rush hour from Platform 4 that went to Blackfriars, so you got the situation in SE6 of all trains to Blackfriars from Catford Station except the one from Catford Bridge!
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Us schoolboys in Catford managed to find an easier way between the two stations (and far from being no-smoking, smoking was compulsory)

There are currently a few morning peak FCC trains that stop at Beckenham Junction, the last of which (0759) starts from the station - I think it might use platform 4, though I am not sure! The corresponding last down working in the afternoon terminates at Kent House.

Don't know if it's been mentioned but what about the bay platform at Hayes and Harlington (pl 5)? Does it have any scheduled services?