Station Building Design

[Siberian Snooper]

How about Smethwick Rolfe Street, the station building is off to one side of the cutting, you access the rum platform from the overbridge. Or for something more modern Smethwick Galton Bridge, down one level for the Brum - Stourbridge junction route and down again and at right angles Brum - Wolves route.

[David Bigcheeseplant]

Geralds Cross station has a two story main station where the entry level is at first floor.

[DCB]

While considering Cheltenham, how about Malvern Road? The station approach was level, with a standard GW station building that stood on a retaining wall foundation that faced onto the railway running below. The station opened onto the footbridge leading across to the island platform.

Malvern Road was weird in that there was no platform on the station building side of the line, there was an end load dock I think but otherwise just an island platform with a strange notched end to take a second track to form sort of a single sided bay.  It was crammed into a confined space when the Birmingham  line was opened in the early 20th century.   I think there were a number of stations around Glasgow and Edinburgh built in cuttings with buildings at ground level which may provide inspiration..