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Trivia: Stations at which services go to the same destination from different platforms

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Having been to Whifflet a few times recently it’s never really occurred to be that you can get a service to the same destination (Dalmuir) from both of the 2 platforms at the station - via Kirkwood and Bargeddie from platform 1 and via Hamilton from pl2 - this also happens at Motherwell from platforms 3&4. Is there anywhere else that an occurrence like this happens?
 
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Assuming you mean to the same destination via a different route, Guildford has three routes into London Waterloo. Fast trains (via Woking) depart from Platform 5, and the stoppers (via Cobham / Epsom) depart from Platforms 1-3, I think. If I'm correct, there are also some stoppers via Woking, but I don't know which they depart from.
 

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There are trains Manchester Victoria to Blackburn both via Todmorden and Copy Pit, and via Bolton. They tend to depart from different platforms. Similarly in reverse departures from Blackburn to Manchester via the two routes depart from different platforms

Victoria to Leeds there are TPE via Huddersfield which generally depart from platform 3 or 4, and Northern via the Calder valley which depart from pretty much any platform other than 3.
 

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Also at Piccadilly the Redcar/Newcastle trains run to Huddersfield/Leeds via the Ordsall Chord and Ashton under Lyne from P14, while the Huddersfield stopper and Hull services run via Guide Bridge from the main shed (usually P1, P2 or P3).
 

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In normal circumstances there are also Glasgow to Edinburgh from each of Queen Street high level and low level, and Central high level and low level
 

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Chester to Liverpool Lime Street from Platform 7b (Merseyrail) and almost any other platform (Transport for Wales)

Wrexham General to Shotton from Platform 4 and Platform 2 via Chester

Cardiff Queen Street/Cardiff Central to Radyr via either Ninian Park or Llandaf.

Carlisle to Glasgow Central from Platforms 1 and 3 via Motherwell, and Platforms 7 and 8 via Kilmarnock.

Not all of these are final destinations though.
 
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Can't remember the numbers as it's a while since I've been there, but depending on whether they go via Styal/Manchester Airport or Cheadle Hulme/Stockport, Manchester bound trains can use either of the two northbound platforms.
 

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Sutton to London Victoria from Platform 1 (via Mitcham) or Platforms 3 or 4 (via West Croydon)

Epsom to Clapham Junction from Platform 4 (SWR) or Platforms 1 or 3 (Southern)
 

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Portsmouth Harbour. Trains to Waterloo via the direct route usually leave platform 3 and those going via Eastleigh and the SWML normally start from platform 5. There's far too much interchanging platforms at Waterloo to see much of a pattern in the reverse direction.
 

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I wonder whether the OP was being more specific? Their examples are of trains leaving from the up and down platforms of a station to the same terminus.

The Blackburn-Manchester example above works, and there are the "roundabout" services from/to Waterloo (via Kingston/Hounslow) and Cannon Street (via Barnehurst). And there's the Cathcart Circle nearer the OP's starting point. East Kent has the HS1 roundabout service to St Pancras.
 

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Whilst not a platform, I always found it novel that where the SEML and CML cross at Chislehurst, you can have trains going to Sevenoaks, Dover Priory, Ashford International and Ramsgate all crossing each other and none will meet until they arrive at their destination. There are also trains to Canterbury West on both routes but they will meet at Ashford.
 

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Lancaster from Carlisle. Via Cumbrian Coast will usually depart from Platform 2 (or 1).

Via Penrith usually from Platform 4.
 

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Trains to London via the Cotswold Line may depart Worcs Shrub Hill from either platform 1 or 2. Sometimes you need to cross the footbridge, sometimes you don't ...
 

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Kind of a circular route, but Southampton Central to Romsey from platform 2 (via Eastleigh), platform 3 (via Redbridge on the SWR service) and platform 4 (via Redbridge on the GWR service).
 

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From Huddersfield, the Northern services to Sheffield usually use the dedicated platform 2, but can use 4b. The peak extra used to use P1 but now uses 4 if it runs at all.

In recent weekends, or when there's been disruption on the Hope Valley, TPE have been running Manchester to Sheffield via Huddersfield and Wakefield Kirkgate, which uses platform 8 at Huddersfield. This means leaving the station in the opposite direction to the services via Denby Dale.
 

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Lancaster from Carlisle. Via Cumbrian Coast will usually depart from Platform 2 (or 1).

Via Penrith usually from Platform 4.

From Lancaster it's very similar to Carlisle 1,2 or (not very often 5) to Carlisle via Barrow and the Cumbrian coast, and via the WCML platform 3.
 

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Leeds-York via from 7- 17
Leeds to York via Micklefield from 7 to 16 but not 10 or 13
Leeds to York via Harrogate from 1 to 12 but not 7
Leeds to York either route from 8,9,11 or 12

The only platforms you can't get to York (via either route) on regular services from are 13 and 17
 

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All stations on the Fife circular service
That's not really what the thread is about. If it was then every station on the LU Circle line would qualify, also the entire route of the Javelins around Kent.
Somebody has already posted about every circular route: see post #15.
 

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Having been to Whifflet a few times recently it’s never really occurred to be that you can get a service to the same destination (Dalmuir) from both of the 2 platforms at the station - via Kirkwood and Bargeddie from platform 1 and via Hamilton from pl2 - this also happens at Motherwell from platforms 3&4. Is there anywhere else that an occurrence like this happens?
From Highbury and Islington (and Canonbury) you can get to Clapham Junction via the North London line via Willesden Junction or the East London line via Canada Water.
 

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From London Bridge to Woolwich Arsenal (and beyond towards Dartford), there are SE services on platform 1 (via Greenwich) and platform 7 (via Lewisham), plus Thameslink on platform 4 (also via Greenwich)
 

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On LU, what about Ealing Broadway to Mile End (and vv) via Central and District - by completely different routes, and always to and from different platforms at each end.

Similarly, Baker St - Waterloo (Jubilee and Bakerloo), and Baker St - West Ham (H&C and Jubilee).

Rayners Lane to Kings Cross (Picc & Met) doesn't count (at least in that direction) since you're starting from the same platform, even though then a very different route.

Also of course, obvious ones like Finsbury Park / Kings Cross / Green Park via both Picc and Vic.
 

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London Overground from Richmond , platform's 3 ,4 ,5 ,6 and 7 to Stratford
 

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Only has 2 platforms, but you can have a train setting off in one direction from Platform 1 going to Leeds, and another setting off in the opposite direction from Platform 2 to, err... Leeds!
Can get confusing! One direction goes via Dewsbury, the other via Halifax & Bradford.
 

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Lancaster from Carlisle. Via Cumbrian Coast will usually depart from Platform 2 (or 1).

Via Penrith usually from Platform 4.
the OP doesn’t mean this, they mean a train leaves for X destination in one direction and on the other platform heads to the same destination but leaves in the opposite direction
 

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London Overground from Richmond , platform's 3 ,4 ,5 ,6 and 7 to Stratford

I think the point of this thread is the situation where trains set off from different platforms and go via different routes, and then end up at the same place. LO from Richmond all go the same way.

Otherwise, any station where through trains on the same route have a choice of platforms to call at - East Croydon, and countless others, eg - would "fit" the thread re scores of destinations.
 

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I really think the OP needs to return and define more tightly what they mean - the example they give implies trains leaving from opposite platforms, heading in opposite directions and taking different routes to the same terminating point.
 
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