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

[steamybrian]

If you mean is as follows-
Hampden Park station in Sussex.
A train from London (or Brighton) stops at the down platform then goes to Eastbourne, reverses then calls at the up platform before going towards Hastings.

 

[scotrail170407]

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.

yes that is what I meant, services leaving a station from opposite platforms in different directions but heading to the same destination, via a different route, and it was supposed to be excluding terminus stations like Edinburgh where you can get a service to Glasgow QS from different platforms. Whifflet and Motherwell are through stations and you can get a service to Dalmuir from services going in different directions, and I was asking if there are other stations you can also do this. Apologies about the confusion

 

[route101]

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

Not from Central Low level.

 

[swt_passenger]

Fareham, Portchester, Cosham. All have SWR to London in one direction (via Eastleigh), and SN to London (via Havant and the coast) the other way. Although different London terminals, the two routes come together at Clapham Junction.

 

[brad465]

The Sidcup and North Kent Line have a rounder service that means all stations between Hither Green and Crayford + Slade Green - Deptford have trains to Cannon St from both platforms. The Bexleyheath Line also has rounder services with the NK line with Cannon St as the common destination.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Brighouse. Services to Leeds via Dewsbury from one platform, and to Leeds via Bradford (albeit only beyond Bradford on Sundays currently) from the other.

 

[jumble]

On the Tube

Kings Cross to Rayners Lane

Via MET or Piccadilly

Anywhere on the circle of the Circle line

 

[gg1]

Gowerton to Shrewsbury

Westbound via the HoW line and Eastbound via Cardiff and the Marches line.

 

[sd0733]

At Crewe there are departures to Stafford off Platform 3 via Stoke and off platforms 5/6 via Madeley, and in the ordinary timetable off Platform 6/11 to Liverpool.via Runcorn and off platform 1 via Manchester Airport

 

[aliceh]

In normal timetable times, St Denys has trains (well, one or two per day) to Clapham Junction (and London) from Platform 1 (via Basingstoke) and Platform 3 (via Chichester and Gatwick). Plus trains to Southampton Central from 2 and 4, but that's not exactly interesting.

 

[gg1]

At Crewe there are departures to Stafford off Platform 3 via Stoke and off platforms 5/6 via Madeley, and in the ordinary timetable off Platform 6/11 to Liverpool.via Runcorn and off platform 1 via Manchester Airport

In both cases the matching services depart Crewe in the same direction so this wouldn't count.

 

[hilly]

Cardiff central

radyr via city line from platform 8, radyr via llandaff from platform 6

bridgend via main line from platform 3/4
Bridgend via vale of glamorgan from platform 7/8

 

[DB]

Trains from York to Leeds can go from any platform apart from 2 (bay platform only accessible from Scarborough line).

Via Church Fenton from 1, 4, 6, 7.
Via Harrogate from 8.
Via either route from 3, 5, 9, 10, 11, although in practice Harrigate line trains mostly use platform 8.

 

[Class 170101]

Birmingham to New Street to / from Edinburgh or Glasgow Central via ECML or WCML

 

[AndyPJG]

Weybridge, to Waterloo via Surbiton or Staines (-upon-Thames!)

 

[swt_passenger]

In normal timetable times, St Denys has trains (well, one or two per day) to Clapham Junction (and London) from Platform 1 (via Basingstoke) and Platform 3 (via Chichester and Gatwick). Plus trains to Southampton Central from 2 and 4, but that's not exactly interesting.

That’s not the idea, its a pretty normal junction station and they're all going in the same direction through the station. What the OP was after was a station such as Fareham, Portchester or Cosham, where trains leave for London in both geographic directions.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

That’s not the idea, its a pretty normal junction station and they're all going in the same direction through the station. What the OP was after was a station such as Fareham, Portchester or Cosham, where trains leave for London in both geographic directions.

How would somewhere like Smethwick Galton Bridge work on this thread? Services from and to Birmingham (albeit different stations) departing in different (but not opposite) directions...

 

[swt_passenger]

How would somewhere like Smethwick Galton Bridge work on this thread? Services from and to Birmingham (albeit different stations) departing in different (but not opposite) directions...

Well I’d go back to the OP, and just be assuming that the question is about other stations that are something “like Whifflet”, ie ordinary 2 platform through stations.

I was pretty sure that terminus stations such as Portsmouth Harbour could immediately be ruled out though...

 

[NorthOxonian]

yes that is what I meant, services leaving a station from opposite platforms in different directions but heading to the same destination, via a different route, and it was supposed to be excluding terminus stations like Edinburgh where you can get a service to Glasgow QS from different platforms. Whifflet and Motherwell are through stations and you can get a service to Dalmuir from services going in different directions, and I was asking if there are other stations you can also do this. Apologies about the confusion

It isn't strictly a heavy rail line, so is only a hypothetical example, but would you accept the stations on the Tyne and Wear Metro eastern loop? Using Whitley Bay as an example, trains from Platform 1 go to South Shields via Monument, whilst trains from Platform 2 go to St James, but also via Monument.

 

[peters]

From Manchester Piccadilly you can go to Chester from platform 14 via Warrington or from one of the terminus platforms, leaving Piccadilly in the other direction via Altrincham. The two routes then meet at Mickle Trafford, not far from Chester. Although, pre-Metrolink both lines went out of Manchester towards Castlefield.

 

[sd0733]

In both cases the matching services depart Crewe in the same direction so this wouldn't count.

Yes of course, dim moment there. Probably why theyve not been mentioned before!!

 

[scotrail158713]

Birmingham to New Street to / from Edinburgh or Glasgow Central via ECML or WCML

That’s not strictly true of Glasgow Central actually as they both leave in the same direction.
The Edinburgh one is definitely though - I’ve only just come across this thread and can’t believe it’s been a week, and 44 posts, before someone mentioned it.

 

[gg1]

That’s not strictly true of Glasgow Central actually as they both leave in the same direction.
The Edinburgh one is definitely though - I’ve only just come across this thread and can’t believe it’s been a week, and 44 posts, before someone mentioned it.

New Street to Edinburgh is actually two examples in one as the ECML and WCML services depart Edinburgh in opposite directions too.

 

[TrainTube]

Weybridge has 2 platforms bound for London, where one train goes via Virginia Water and Hounslow and the other via Surbiton.
East Croydon has lots of platforms where you can go to London Victoria. This is usually platforms 1,2,4. Trains run via Selhurst but also via Crystal palace.

 

[robbeech]

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........

There are late night services from Manchester Airport to Sheffield (and opposite early morning) that are booked this route normally I think so it definitely counts.

A slightly tenuous one as I’m not sure it works at the same time. Retford.
services from Platform 2 to Leeds up the ECML though this is limited to some services late in the day and at weekends as most go to York. And then platform 3 to Leeds via Sheffield.

also, on the same route. A couple of Worksop examples from single services.
Worksop to Lincoln via Nottingham from Platform 1 and Worksop to Lincoln via Retford from Platform 2.

Worksop to Nottingham via Mansfield from platform 2 (reversal) and Worksop to Nottingham via Sheffield from Platform 1. They technically go the same way out of the station but very quickly take a different route.

 

[DorkingMain]

Crystal Palace has trains departing in both directions towards London - Victoria from one end and London Bridge / ELL from the other.

Strawberry Hill, Hounslow, Slade Green, Crayford and Barnehurst also all have rounders departing to London in both directions.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

There are late night services from Manchester Airport to Sheffield (and opposite early morning) that are booked this route normally I think so it definitely counts.

I didn't mention the regular late night/early morning runs because they don't (or certainly didn't in the past) make a passenger call at Huddersfield.

 

[robbeech]

I didn't mention the regular late night/early morning runs because they don't (or certainly didn't in the past) make a passenger call at Huddersfield.

Ah. Of course. You are quite right. I remember seeing them just on RTT but forget it was a ....... operational stop.

 

[317 forever]

I think Clapham Junction - Highbury & Islington is another. Some trains go via Canada Water and others via Willesden Junction

 

[py_megapixel]

I'm unsure if they depart from different platforms, but Cardiff Central has two completely different routes to Manchester. One on the hourly service via Hereford, Shrewsbury and Crewe, and one on the occasional CrossCountry service via Cheltenham and Birmingham.