[Trivia] What station is highest from local ground level?

[SynthD]

What's the highest station as seen from local streets, from the stairs to the platform, or in the drop from any end of the platform?

All the high viaducts I can think of end or shrink before a station.

 

[Harold Hill]

How about Swindon for starters? And then there's Pontypridd, of course

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Not exactly what you're looking for I suspect, but in terms of "horizontal distance/vertical distance" from the settlement served Denby Dale must be up there (no pun intended). However the station itself is at ground level, albeit up a hill from the main road through the village. Generally outside of urban areas it's easier to build the station on terra-firma rather than elevated, and certainly was in the 19th century.

 

[alistairlees]

Some DLR station will be the highest I expect.

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Also Blackfriars

 

[py_megapixel]

Lots of stations are on, or immediately after, a high bridge or embankment - but usually the roads come up to meet it.

If you're talking about the highest station above a single other street which it can be seen from, then something like Manchester Oxford Road above, well, Oxford Road, might be the winner.
But if you're talking about the highest station above all streets then that's a lot trickier. Here, Oxford Road can't win, because a small access road comes up to the level of the station itself.

How about Swindon for starters? And then there's Pontypridd, of course

Eh? Swindon's barely above street level at all!

 

[Mag_seven]

Bath Spa

 

[Whistler40145]

Durham

 

[HughT]

Following on from 61653 HTAFC's interpretation of the question - how about Tyndrum (the Upper station, obviously!)?

 

[geoffk]

Appleby?

 

[alistairlees]

Appleby?

Is on the same level as the road next to it:

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[Jan Mayen]

Assuming from street level, I can't think of any which would be much higher than an adjacent road bridge. Battersea Park, Queens Town Road Battersea for example.
The platforms at London Bridge are much higher than the natural ground level beneath them.

 

[Whistler40145]

Deansgate Manchester?

 

[Ianno87]

London Bridge would be my shout for this one.

Internationally, the platforms at Seiano station (on the Circumvesuviana railway between Naples and Sorrento) seem a little dizzying: https://permanenttourist.ch/photo/15638306366/

 

[steamybrian]

London Bridge would be my shout for this one.

Internationally, the platforms at Seiano station (on the Circumvesuviana railway between Naples and Sorrento) seem a little dizzying: https://permanenttourist.ch/photo/15638306366/

London Bridge plats 10-15 are accessible on the level from the station approach.

In London my suggestion would be Fenchurch Street which has ground level access but the platforms are on the viaduct.
The next station Limehouse the platforms are wholly on a viaduct with access and ticket office at ground level.

Battersea Park, South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham and Peckham Rye the platforms are all on a high viaduct

 

[alistairlees]

Gdansk airport will be in with a shout internationally. Possibly also some other stations on that line

 

[edwin_m]

Someone suggested DLR and I think Blackwall would be my shout: https://goo.gl/maps/HCTgS31FJAubaLUS9
Or East India: https://goo.gl/maps/8c8LVHsjwnE5U3Zt5

 

[Bletchleyite]

Old Roan is pretty high up from the land (other than obviously the railway embankment).

 

[martinsh]

I don't think Ambergate, Chelmsford or Sandwell and Dudley have been mentioned yet. And how about the High Level platforms at Tamworth ?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Wivelsfield station platforms always seem to be a fair schlep up from street level.

 

[Springs Branch]

Battersea Park, South Bermondsey, Queens Road Peckham and Peckham Rye the platforms are all on a high viaduct

Until it closed in the mid-1970s there was East Brixton.

East Brixton was on the South London Line, a bit to the east of where it passes above Brixton Station, which is itself on a viaduct above surrounding streets.

East Brixton had wooden platforms perched on top of spindly Victorian-era iron supports and always looked to be a bit higher above the street than the other Sarf Landan station-on-a-viaduct gaffs.
The Disused Stations website has a page at http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/east_brixton/, with pictures.

Not exactly what you're looking for I suspect, but in terms of "horizontal distance/vertical distance" from the settlement served Denby Dale must be up there (no pun intended). However the station itself is at ground level, albeit up a hill from the main road through the village.

In this category Dent is the classic example - the village being nearly 5 miles by road to the west, and 400 ft below the height of the station according to Wiki.

 

[DarloRich]

Dent

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Durham

There are houses on the backside of the station - they are still in Durham

 

[Poolie]

In this category Dent is the classic example - the village being nearly 5 miles by road to the west, and 400 ft below the height of the station according to Wiki.

I've been through Dent by train several times over the years, but watching Winter Walks on BBC4 I hadn't realised how high and remote the station is. That's some hike!

 

[Parallel]

Maybe not the highest, but Polsloe Bridge is quite high up, it is accessed by a slope, then steps from Pinhoe Road.

I seem to remember Calstock is also very high up, there was a steep path down to the road when I last used it.

 

[etr221]

For LU, based on 'station depth' spreadsheet from an FOI request (which I mentioned in a previous topic), the highest rail level compared to ground level outside station is Greenford, at 10.2 metres (the NR bay will be the same). Second is East Putney (8.0m)

 

[urbophile]

Do you mean the whole station, or does your criterion include those with a ticket office at ground level and platforms above? If so, Earlsfield has a pretty stiff climb (and until the last few years, no lift).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sandhills ?

 

[AM9]

I don't think Ambergate, Chelmsford or Sandwell and Dudley have been mentioned yet. And how about the High Level platforms at Tamworth ?

I'd agree that Chelmsford is pretty lofty, also in a similar way, (on land falling away to a 'floodable' river), so is Worcester Foregate Street.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

In this category Dent is the classic example - the village being nearly 5 miles by road to the west, and 400 ft below the height of the station according to Wiki.

The large horizontal distance was why I cited Denby Dale rather than Dent as my example, as the height difference in that case is fairly insignificant in relation to the horizontal distance.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

What's the highest station as seen from local streets, from the stairs to the platform, or in the drop from any end of the platform?

Another possibility... Manchester Piccadilly (excluding the station approach).

 

[Western 52]

Lots of steps up from the road to the south bound platform at Heath High Level - the station is built on an embankment. Until it closed in 1986 there were quite a few steps down to the platforms at Cefn Onn.