RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted December 10, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2013 South Acton - if you count the District Line bay as being parallel (albeit not in parallel for more than a few yards (they didn't have metres in those days)) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 The two southernmost platforms at Clapham Junction are lower than all the others IIRC, as they lead to the West London Line diveunder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friar Tuck Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Although not quite what you asked for, the juxtaposition between Bishopsgate goods and passenger stations may give the kind of atmosphere you need see http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/b/bishopsgate_goods_station/index.shtml and http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/bishopsgate_low_level/index.shtml amongst others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Try Tamworth Portsmouth and southsea Retford Lich field Trent valley Willesden junction Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I think there is a station of the Dean Forest preserved railway with platforms on different levels. It was pouring down the day I was there so I didn't venture off the train.Norchard, it also has a junction at the "County" end of the station. Skipton is another one, it has the Leeds - Bradford/Keighly platforms on one level, and the Grassington Branch platform is on a higher level on a retaining wall. Edited to not mislead the OPer. Thanks Coombe Barton - methinks a trip back is in order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thought it was Norchard. http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/section.php?xSec=8 And there's more here - http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/section.php?xSec=25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Some of those listed here are actually two separate stations rather than a single station with platforms at differing levels. Nottingham London Road for example Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSutt Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I seem to remember Retford is split level with the ECML at right angles to the Worksop/Lincoln line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I seem to remember Retford is split level with the ECML at right angles to the Worksop/Lincoln line. Yes it is, as are Tamworth and Lichfield TV mentioned elsewhere, but this is not what the OP was looking for as per Post #1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2013 Some of those listed here are actually two separate stations rather than a single station with platforms at differing levels. Nottingham London Road for example Physically a bit separate with no direct footbridge/subway link between platforms at the two levels. I think that it is also shown under different names in Bradshaw. But still, I think, a single station within the OP's requirement and I would be surprised if each had its own stationmaster etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted December 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2013 Ebbsfleet International sort of qualifies with the line off the HighSpeed to Gravesend having its platforms above the highspeed lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted December 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2013 Tonteg. It's where the TVR met the Barry Railway. Extensively re-modelled in the 1930's, to remove the old TVR incline, down to Maesmawr Junction. The final configuration had 3 platforms. 2 for the Barry line, and the third for Llantrisant traffic. The rising level of the TVR line put it at platform level on the Barry 'down' platform. Hope this helps. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Fife Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 East Grinstead Station was on two levels.The High Level was approx E-W and catered for the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells line and the Low Level was N-S for the Oxted to Lewes & Eastbourne lines. The High Level staion was demolished by Beeching who lived in East Grinstead. The present Bluebell line uses an extension of the Low Level station. Thane of Fife Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2013 East Grinstead Station was on two levels.The High Level was approx E-W and catered for the Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells line and the Low Level was N-S for the Oxted to Lewes & Eastbourne lines. The High Level staion was demolished by Beeching who lived in East Grinstead. The present Bluebell line uses an extension of the Low Level station. Thane of Fife So yet another one that does not meet the OP criterion of parallel lines/platforms. It does seem that there are remarkably few that do. I thought that there would be some in the South Wales Valleys and in the larger cities, Glasgow and Manchester particularly. But no, it seems to be something of a CJ Freezer invention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 So yet another one that does not meet the OP criterion of parallel lines/platforms. It does seem that there are remarkably few that do. I thought that there would be some in the South Wales Valleys and in the larger cities, Glasgow and Manchester particularly. But no, it seems to be something of a CJ Freezer invention. Briton Ferry stations (GWR and R&SBR) may have been of this type. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Thanks again for all your contributions. As Joseph says there don't seem to be that many. In spite of that I did find the inspiration for my - hopefully upcoming - layout. So, I'm a happy bunny! Best, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted December 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hi Andy, Don't know how big your plans will be, but Cardiff Queen Street (Taff Vale) & Cardiff Parade (Rhymney) were sat very close indeed. Lots of retaining walls & bridges at the Northern end, where both lines crossed Queen Street, and Newport Road, Cardiff. Regards, Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foo Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Its only about a 2ft (if that) but the St Ives branch terminus platform (s) are lower than the GWR mainline at St Erth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foo Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Its only about a 2ft (if that) but the St Ives branch terminus platform (s) are lower than the GWR mainline at St Erth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Hi Andy, Don't know how big your plans will be, but Cardiff Queen Street (Taff Vale) & Cardiff Parade (Rhymney) were sat very close indeed. Lots of retaining walls & bridges at the Northern end, where both lines crossed Queen Street, and Newport Road, Cardiff. Regards, Ian Hi, Ian, The layout will go down the side of my garage and also along the back wall. There will be "balloon" shaped fiddle yards at each end of the "L", reducing the scenic area but making for a convenient-to-use set up. I envisage tracks coming in to the scenic area at 2 levels - as per my sketch on page 1 of this thread. Both the upper and lower platforms will be "through", although only modelled in part; entire stations take up so much room! The idea is evolving, however, I envisage the lower level rising to eventually join the upper level. Other thoughts are that there will be a parcels depot on the lower level and perhaps a MPD on the upper level. The model will be N gauge, making it possible to get decent length trains in. The period I always gravitate to is 1970s, with a tendency for urban. My current steam era layout is rural and quiet. Too quiet! The layout will be mounted around chest height, making more storage space underneath than I currently have on my layout. To make it achievable I'm going to keep the baseboards relatively narrow, lightweight and portable, allowing them to be taken down to be worked on individually. Hope that gives you a feel for what I'm aiming for. Best, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Certainly not relevant to the OP's era and geography, but for completeness I will mention Canning Town in recent years. DLR platforms above Jubilee Line, with another set of DLR platforms (formerly the Stratford-North Woolwich route) alongside the Jubilee. Nearby Stratford International has a depot access track rising up above the island platform. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Norchard is very attractive but has only been that way sinceppreservation - I believe the station was developed from scratch by the DFR. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Sunrise Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/jefferson_pk.html From across the pond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L49 Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 http://www.chicago-l.org/stations/jefferson_pk.html From across the pond You don't have to go quite as far across the water if you don't want to. There is a stretch of the Paris Metro where lines 8 and 9 run directly one above the other beneath Avenue St Martin. There's even a complete double deck closed station down there too. http://www.silentuk.com/?p=1295 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2013 Buildwas Junction had platforms on slightly different levels, though not quite parallel. Featured in the new thread of PGH's 1960 photos Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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