Trivia: Stations (with 3+ platforms) where you have to leave the station to change platforms.

[rownd]

Wembley Central would be a good shout. The main entrance and ticket hall only gives access to Platforms 1-3 (Overground and Bakerloo 1/2, 3 is on the fast line so usually gated off). There are separate entrances further along the street for platforms 4/5 and platform 6 for the LNW and Southern services.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Meadowhall. Quite a hike from Platforms 1/2 and the tram stop to 3/4 (the Barnsley Line platforms)

You don't leave the station complex though.

 

[Kite159]

Wembley Central would be a good shout. The main entrance and ticket hall only gives access to Platforms 1-3 (Overground and Bakerloo 1/2, 3 is on the fast line so usually gated off). There are separate entrances further along the street for platforms 4/5 and platform 6 for the LNW and Southern services.

That must have changed since I was last there, access to the AC line platforms was via a gate which was only opened a few minutes before the train was due for safety.

No separate gateline

 

[Falcon1200]

Hammersmith is two separate stations, in the same way that Edgware Road has two identically named stations a short distance from each other.

Although IIRC changing between the two stations at Hammersmith does not incur an extra fare, whereas the Edgware Roads presumably would ?

In the OP, does having to leave the station include just passing through ticket barriers ? If it does, just as Birmingham New St counts, so does Glasgow Central, between High and Low Levels; It is also possible to leave High Level altogether and walk down the street to Low Level, although not essential.

 

[zwk500]

Although IIRC changing between the two stations at Hammersmith does not incur an extra fare, whereas the Edgware Roads presumably would ?

In the OP, does having to leave the station include just passing through ticket barriers ? If it does, just as Birmingham New St counts, so does Glasgow Central, between High and Low Levels; It is also possible to leave High Level altogether and walk down the street to Low Level, although not essential.

New Street being slightly awkward because although at one end you do go through the barriers, at the other there's no need.

 

[Falcon1200]

New Street being slightly awkward because although at one end you do go through the barriers, at the other there's no need.

True of course, and I think I've finally worked out where to go for a non-barriered platform change !

 

[Watershed]

Although IIRC changing between the two stations at Hammersmith does not incur an extra fare, whereas the Edgware Roads presumably would ?

There is an OSI between both the Hammersmith and Edgware Road stations. 20 minutes is allowed in all cases. There is a list of OSIs, together with the distance and time allowed, on @MikeWh's Oyster site.

 

[Peter0124]

Although IIRC changing between the two stations at Hammersmith does not incur an extra fare, whereas the Edgware Roads presumably would ?

In the OP, does having to leave the station include just passing through ticket barriers ? If it does, just as Birmingham New St counts, so does Glasgow Central, between High and Low Levels; It is also possible to leave High Level altogether and walk down the street to Low Level, although not essential.

Changing between the likes of Platforms 7/8 and 9/10 at Glasgow Central will require passing through barriers aswell.

 

[A0]

Would Shotton count with the separate platforms for the Wrexham line and the North Wales Coast line ? I think it's a public footpath which connects them (long time since I've been there).

 

[rownd]

That must have changed since I was last there, access to the AC line platforms was via a gate which was only opened a few minutes before the train was due for safety.

No separate gateline

You may well be right. The last time I was there was during its rebuilding (2010?) so maybe there was a temporary route in place that I'm thinking of.

 

[Sussex Ben]

St Erth if you’re unable to use the stairs. We had to get a bus from the car park to the front of the station last year when travelling Camborne to St Ives.

 

[nw1]

Indeed. Answer the question as you'd like it to have been. Not the one actually asked!

That will allow me to rant about Beaulieu Road then

Have to cross from one platform to another via a very dodgy pavementless road bridge. Not that you'd often need to change platforms, but if you want to walk in the Forest the other side of the station to the platform you alight...

 

[A0]

If we're counting 2 platform stations - then the Marston Vale has a few where the platforms are either side of a level crossing - Bow Brickhill, Apsley Guise, Lidlington, Stewartby.

 

[nw1]

If we're counting 2 platform stations - then the Marston Vale has a few where the platforms are either side of a level crossing - Bow Brickhill, Apsley Guise, Lidlington, Stewartby.

Ah yes, the Dean Trap, also known as the Dunbridge Trap, as I call it.

If you wish to take a train from Dean or Dunbridge the opposite side to the one you approach the station from, you need to be careful to be at the station a few minutes in advance of your train in case you are prevented from crossing due to the barriers coming down. Normally 5 mins in advance is adequate except if there's something coming the other way. Not yet fallen into the Dean Trap, thankfully...

 

[py_megapixel]

Ah yes, the Dean Trap, also known as the Dunbridge Trap, as I call it.

If you wish to take a train from Dean or Dunbridge the opposite side to the one you approach the station from, you need to be careful to be at the station a few minutes in advance of your train in case you are prevented from crossing due to the barriers coming down. Normally 5 mins in advance is adequate except if there's something coming the other way. Not yet fallen into the Dean Trap, thankfully...

Also be careful of the ticket machine being on the wrong side, as the guard may well not let you off for not having a ticket!

 

[Tracked]

Shipley - 5 platforms, think the ones on the Leeds-Skipton line involve leaving the station

Marsden - 3 platforms, all involving going off station to get between them?

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Shipley - 5 platforms, think the ones on the Leeds-Skipton line involve leaving the station

It used to before the accessibility upgrades. Shipley now allows changes from any platform to any other without leaving the station (that is, on the assumption that the car park in the middle of the triangle is part of the station complex).

 

[Leeds1970]

Cross Gates, you have to cross a nearby road bridge to reach the opposite platform since the footbridge was removed years ago

do micklefield, south Milford, shurburn in elmet, deighton & church fenton still qualify not been to them for years but they were public road access rather than station foot bridges

 

[Cheshire Scot]

do micklefield, south Milford, shurburn in elmet, deighton & church fenton still qualify not been to them for years but they were public road access rather than station foot bridges

Yes for South Milford and Deighton, not sure abut the others.

 

[vlad]

That must have changed since I was last there, access to the AC line platforms was via a gate which was only opened a few minutes before the train was due for safety.

No separate gateline

I was at Wembley Central 2 weeks ago and access was how you describe it. The gate isn't opened that often as there's only a handful of trains a day that stop.

 

[MikeWh]

Wembley Central would be a good shout. The main entrance and ticket hall only gives access to Platforms 1-3 (Overground and Bakerloo 1/2, 3 is on the fast line so usually gated off). There are separate entrances further along the street for platforms 4/5 and platform 6 for the LNW and Southern services.

That must have changed since I was last there, access to the AC line platforms was via a gate which was only opened a few minutes before the train was due for safety.

No separate gateline

You're both right, and now wrong. The AC line entrance was a gate which was only opened for the hourly Southern service. It had a validator with an OSI with the main entrance/gateline. The OSI would fail if you'd just missed a Southern service because you'd wait too long before being let in.

The OSI was deleted in 2012 when access to the AC line platforms was provided within the station.

 

[Kite159]

do micklefield, south Milford, shurburn in elmet, deighton & church fenton still qualify not been to them for years but they were public road access rather than station foot bridges

Church Fenton has a bridge which links all 4 platforms

 

[py_megapixel]

do micklefield, south Milford, shurburn in elmet, deighton & church fenton still qualify not been to them for years but they were public road access rather than station foot bridges

Most of these do not count because they don't have 3+ platforms!

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Holyhead has a platform entirely separate from the other two.

 

[swt_passenger]

Most of these do not count because they don't have 3+ platforms!

Helpfully the thread title has been updated...

 

[Jessicas Dad]

Does Dunblane count?

3 platforms and the bridge between them is also open to the public to use as an access between the parts of the town centre either side of the railway.

 

[plugwash]

Wembley Central would be a good shout.

Curiously according to NRE there is a bridge but it's only open on event days. So most of the time you have to leave the station. Also NRE claim that platforms 3 and 4 are "not in use"

Does Dunblane count?

3 platforms and the bridge between them is also open to the public to use as an access between the parts of the town centre either side of the railway.

As I mentioned earlier, since i'm not aware of a reliable way to figure out what is and isn't station property my working assumption is that a footbridge or foot underpass, even if open to the public, is part of the station until/unless proven otherwise but a road and it's associated pavement are not part of the station.

In Dunblane's care specifically the positioning of things like signage, walls and smartcard validators in relation to the bridge also imply that the bridge is part of the station.

I did check https://scotlis.ros.gov.uk/map-search/278087/700937 , that seems to show a plot of land created specifically to cover the car-park side staircase of the footbridge https://scotlis.ros.gov.uk/property-summary/PTH45186 with an address of "DUNBLANE STATION, DUNBLANE" and last sold for a token sum of £1. I would guess that the railway bought said land to enable building of the new bridge.

 

[Magdalia]

Welwyn Garden City?

There are separate barriers at platform level on the two islands with the footbridge, extending over the yard, providing a walking route between the Howard Centre and Hyde Way.

 

[plugwash]

Controversially....

The A end of New Street

Whether the area between the gatelines is a station or a shopping centre is open to discussion, but let's not.

I think all platforms can be accessed from the "B" end though.

Would Stevenage count? If you want to go from p1,2,3 or 4 to p5 you have to go through the ticket barriers, walk out and over to some stairs which lead down to p5

You don't actually have to go through the platform 1-4 ticket barriers at Stevenage, they are entirely optional. You do have to go through the platform 5 ticket barriers though.

I'm working on the assumption that station footbridges are part of the station unless proven otherwise. Even if they are open to the public.

 

[BrettSy96]

I think all platforms can be accessed from the "B" end though.


You don't actually have to go through the platform 1-4 ticket barriers at Stevenage, they are entirely optional. You do have to go through the platform 5 ticket barriers though.

I'm working on the assumption that station footbridges are part of the station unless proven otherwise. Even if they are open to the public.

Does that mean you could go onto the platforms even without a ticket at Stevenage?