Trivia: Differently named annexes to major stations

[GordonT]

Are there/have there been examples in the UK where a major station has an adjacent annexe station with a different name whose existence is primarily to relieve the traffic in the major station? A non-UK example of what I'm thinking of would be Gare de Paris Bercy which lies cheek by jowl with Gare de Lyon with Bercy having tracks labelled P to V and Lyon A to L.

 

[The exile]

They're not adjacent - but that's effectively what Moor Street was built as for Snow Hill. Several sets of "excursion platforms" used to exist around the country, but I'm not sure whether any of them were ever graced with official names.

 

[D6975]

Locking Road Station
adjacent to Weston Super Mare station.

 

[javelin]

Manchester Mayfield was a relief station for London Road a.k.a. Piccadilly.

I'd guess a few of these used to exist but naturally would have been first for the chopping block.

 

[30907]

Are there/have there been examples in the UK where a major station has an adjacent annexe station with a different name whose existence is primarily to relieve the traffic in the major station?

Manchester Mayfield and Weston SM Locking Road come to mind. Melcombe Regis at Weymouth (really the Portland branch station) received a few summer Saturday trains in the late 50s but that's stretching a point.
I suppose there were the Windsor Station at Waterloo, Kings Cross Suburban and York Road, and Paddington Suburban.
Can't think of others with distinctive names though, just Excursion Platforms.

A non-UK example of what I'm thinking of would be Gare de Paris Bercy which lies cheek by jowl with Gare de Lyon with Bercy having tracks labelled P to V and Lyon A to L.

Is that recent? Pre TGV, Bercy was very little used, and it's still a long, though signposted, trek from Lyon...

München Hbf is the classic with two "Flügelbahnhöfe" (Starnberger and Holzkirchner) - not sure there's that many others in mainland Europe.

 

[Pit_buzzer]

How about Doncaster St James'. Used to handle excursion traffic but no regular timetabled services

 

[londontransit]

The nearest modern day example I can think possibly of would be Dalston Kingsland and Dalston Junction. They're both adjacent to each other yet on diverging lines and served by different entrances. The approach to Dalston Junction station can be seen from the platforms at Dalston Kingsland.

(PS I know one isnt an annexe of the other, but its just a possible example of two adjacent stations serving the same exact location.)

 

[MCG]

How about Kings Cross/York Road?

 

[zwk500]

Does St Pancras count, as the Midland built it to relieve congestion (albeit primarily goods traffic) into King's Cross?

 

[Glenn1969]

Does St Pancras count, as the Midland built it to relieve congestion (albeit primarily goods traffic) into King's Cross?

Waterloo and Waterloo East?

 

[zwk500]

Waterloo and Waterloo East?

Neither really relieved the other though. The LSWR could just never get a proper route further into London.

 

[AlbertBeale]

Does St Pancras count, as the Midland built it to relieve congestion (albeit primarily goods traffic) into King's Cross?

Surely the Midland Main Line never fed trains into Kings Cross in the first place?

 

[Springs Branch]

Are there/have there been examples in the UK where a major station has an adjacent annexe station with a different name whose existence is primarily to relieve the traffic in the major station?

Manchester Exchange came about for this reason.
Between 1844 and 1884, the LNWR (and its predecessor companies, the L&MR and Grand Junction) shared Victoria station with the LYR.
By the 1880s, congestion and delays to LNWR trains at Victoria meant that company had to build its own adjacent station at Exchange.
Following merger of the LNWR & LYR in 1922, the two stations were joined by the famous 11 Middle platform.
Not sure whether the LNWR would have ever considered Manchester Exchange to be an "annex" to Victoria, though.


Morecambe originally had two terminal stations, one for the Midland Railway, another for the LNWR.
Following Grouping in 1923, the stations were re-named Promenade (ex-Midland) and Euston Road (ex-LNWR) and the LMS then concentrated much of its Morecambe traffic at the better-positioned Promenade station, using Euston Road mainly for the summer overflow.
As seaside traffic by rail fell off in the late 1950s, Euston Road was closed completely during winter months, but still opened 7 days a week in summer - with a minimal service mid-week and was only busy on summer Saturdays.
Euston Road closed to passengers in September 1962. I'm not sure of the distance between Promenade & Euston Rd - it wasn't far, but probably not close enough to be strictly a cheek-by-jowl annex.

 

[daodao]

Scarborough Londesborough Road - closed at the end of August 1963.

 

[Magdalia]

Surely the Midland Main Line never fed trains into Kings Cross in the first place?

The Midland Railway was based in Derby and it took a long while for it to have its own route to London.

At first it had running powers on the LNWR from Rugby to Euston. Following construction of the Leicester to Bedford and Bedford to Hitchin lines there was a brief period in the 1860s when the Midland Railway reached London via running powers on the GNR from Hitchin to Kings Cross.

 

[AlbertBeale]

The Midland Railway was based in Derby and it took a long while for it to have its own route to London.

At first it had running powers on the LNWR from Rugby to Euston. Following construction of the Leicester to Bedford and Bedford to Hitchin lines there was a brief period in the 1860s when the Midland Railway reached London via running powers on the GNR from Hitchin to Kings Cross.

Aha - thanks for that history.

 

[ComUtoR]

Catford / Catford Bridge ?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Historically, there was:
Leeds Wellington
Wrexham Exchange

Or if we go overseas, Praha-Smíchov has the severní nástupiště (northern platforms) which are distinct from the rest of the station but treated as an "annexe" of Smíchov.

 

[zwk500]

Catford / Catford Bridge ?

Stations on completely separate routes, so not what the OP is asking for.

 

[GordonT]

Stations on completely separate routes, so not what the OP is asking for.

Yes I'm thinking of annexes whose platforms cater for trains which supplement the services of the primary terminals.

 

[johnnychips]

If we can go abroad, I remember getting off a train in Poznan and having to cross a road to get into the main building.

 

[YorksLad12]

Historically, there was:
Leeds Wellington
Wrexham Exchange

Or if we go overseas, Praha-Smíchov has the severní nástupiště (northern platforms) which are distinct from the rest of the station but treated as an "annexe" of Smíchov.

You can't call Leeds Wellington an annexe when it was built first! Leeds New would be the annexe, coming along 23 years later.

 

[Man of Kent]

Cardiff Riverside, what would otherwise have been platforms 8 & 9 (or similar) of Cardiff General, for the Butetown branch.

Does Wrexham General/Wrexham Exchange count?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Does Wrexham General/Wrexham Exchange count?

Surely they're separate stations, being more than half a mile away from each other.

 

[dosxuk]

What about London Necropolis station at Waterloo?

 

[Bald Rick]

How about the low level stations at both Glasgow Central and Queen St? In planning systems they are different stations. Arguably the same applies to Paddington, Liverpool St and even Abbey Wood Crossrail stations.

 

[norbitonflyer]

What about London Necropolis station at Waterloo?

A good example, I think. We are looking for somethi8ng like Paris Bercy, which is essentially an annex to Gare de Lyon, built and operated by the same company.

One might look at St Pancras Thameslink as an annex to Kings Cross - certainly trains to ECML destinations from the former are displayed on departure boards at the latter.

Marylebone might be thought of as an annex to Baker Street - the Great Central used metropolitan tracks to reach London, but there was no room at Baker Street for the extra trains so Marylebone was built almost alongside. Both companies were part of Sir Edward Watkin's empire of course.

 

[75A]

What about London Necropolis station at Waterloo?

That died years ago

 

[Revaulx]

Before it was rebuilt in the 60s, Paris Montparnasse had an “annexe” either side of the station throat. I think it was used by the long distance services, the original “main” station (now the site if the awful Tour Montparnasse) being only any good for suburban trains as it had fairly short platforms.

Photos are hard to come by, but I’ve seen one online of the annexe’s rather elegant Art-Deco frontage.

Exit: it was called “Montparnasse Annexe”, so that’s sort of a different name…

 

[GordonT]

How about the low level stations at both Glasgow Central and Queen St? In planning systems they are different stations. Arguably the same applies to Paddington, Liverpool St and even Abbey Wood Crossrail stations.

These are all interesting in their own way but the focus of the thread is on contiguous stations each with its own distinct name and serving similar routes beyond their respective stations.