Related to the 'dismal' stations thread, what about stations that specifically seem small (e.g not so many platforms, not so busy) for the cities they serve?
Here are a few. Have included both UK and rest of Europe; it's recognised that outside of Europe (and Japan) it's commonplace to have small stations for very large cities.
Oxford, already mentioned in the 'dismal stations' thread, though I would not call it dismal, just relatively small, seems small relative to the importance of the city.
Bournemouth seems small to me, only two plaforms plus a bay, though of course there are now zero lines heading northwards from the town in any direction, which doesn't help.
Limerick Station (visited 2008), comparable with a medium-sized ex-Southern Region commuter station, though it has to be said it didn't see many train services, one every two hours to Dublin, an occasional one up the west coast a little way, and a shuttle to the Junction (two-hourly too I think). These were run by a 175-like express DMU, a 158-like DMU, and a 158-like DMU again respectively.
I think it may have closed now, but Wien Westbahnhof seemed very small for Austria's capital city when I visited in 2011, particularly given as it's the route to much of the rest of Austria (including the 2nd and 3rd cities) as well as Germany, Switzerland and western Europe. However I believe it has now been replaced by a much bigger Hbf.
Athens and Thessaloniki - the latter has a decent number of platforms but is very quiet due, I would imagine, to the financial crisis. Athens station seemed very small for a capital-city station.
Here are a few. Have included both UK and rest of Europe; it's recognised that outside of Europe (and Japan) it's commonplace to have small stations for very large cities.
Oxford, already mentioned in the 'dismal stations' thread, though I would not call it dismal, just relatively small, seems small relative to the importance of the city.
Bournemouth seems small to me, only two plaforms plus a bay, though of course there are now zero lines heading northwards from the town in any direction, which doesn't help.
Limerick Station (visited 2008), comparable with a medium-sized ex-Southern Region commuter station, though it has to be said it didn't see many train services, one every two hours to Dublin, an occasional one up the west coast a little way, and a shuttle to the Junction (two-hourly too I think). These were run by a 175-like express DMU, a 158-like DMU, and a 158-like DMU again respectively.
I think it may have closed now, but Wien Westbahnhof seemed very small for Austria's capital city when I visited in 2011, particularly given as it's the route to much of the rest of Austria (including the 2nd and 3rd cities) as well as Germany, Switzerland and western Europe. However I believe it has now been replaced by a much bigger Hbf.
Athens and Thessaloniki - the latter has a decent number of platforms but is very quiet due, I would imagine, to the financial crisis. Athens station seemed very small for a capital-city station.