Kenton Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Were (are) there any rail triangles that had a station on one of the 'sides'. Interested in particular single track with passing loop in the station and standard gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Queensbury springs to mind, but doesn't quite meet the criteria. I'm sure there must have been others. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/q/queensbury/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Northam (Southampton), but not of course single track. There's a nice map on the disused stations website, although I can't post in a link to it. Didcot possibly gets an honourable mention in terms of the avoiding line. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Rich Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Mangotsfield? The platform faces served two of the three legs of the triangle... https://www.flickr.com/groups/1493786@N23/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 One and only one side? You'd have thought that would be pretty unusual, as putting the platform between the junctions restricts the routes that can be served. Perhaps some freight branch with junctions both ways onto the passenger line would fit the bill. Can think of some with platforms at only one apex of the triangle (e.g. Reading West, Dover Marine, Inverness at a pinch), but not only one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Platforms on one side of the triangle - Jordanhill. Platforms on two sides - Partick West. Platforms on three sides - Forres, Rutherglen, Ambergate. Does Dore and Totley (as it is now) count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Acrington, (but no passing loop) http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/accrington/ or more closely fitting the spec Halewood? http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/features/halewood_triangle/index.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Barmouth Junction, great place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Perhaps not quite what you are after but may I suggest Lewes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Sorry about the somewhat tight specification - might be able to push double track on one side and through station but station on apex doesn't quite do it (besides I would expect that to be far more common and just known as a junction. Thanks for the suggestions - a day, or two, pouring over the maps now I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2014 Shipley used to have platforms on only 2 sides of the triangle, but now I believe it has platforms on all 3, but I'm unsure as to how many are used now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2014 Shipley used to have platforms on only 2 sides of the triangle, but now I believe it has platforms on all 3, but I'm unsure as to how many are used now. The original platforms were on the lines heading to Bradford - the local PTE put one in across the top of the triangle in 1979 (used by trains in both directions so as to avoid the need for a footbridge) and it was such a success than when the lines were electrified a second platform & footbridge was installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I sense a triangular module... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Aldgate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2014 Kenton, just as a slight variation on the subject, have you considered Buxton Stations? The L&NWR and Midland built two stations side by side at one corner of a triangular junction which led to both company's lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I sense a triangular module...... or 3 modules that [eventually] make up a triangle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Carmarthen Junction.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2014 Miles Platting? Dinting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2014 Earlestown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Shipley has platforms on all 3 arms, 1 platform on the west, 2 on the north and 2 on the east. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.8323427,-1.7744255,16z regards, Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 May I suggest Loughborough Junction station in South London? Triangle junction plus a north to south line, which has platforms in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Knottingley has the station on the approach to 1 side of a triangle only , the other 2 sides are on freight only lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted July 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2014 Barmouth Junction had platforms on two sides of the triangle but I don't think the third side was signalled as a running line. Talyllyn Junction had the platforms at one apex with a tunnel immediately beyond. I think there had also been a platform on one curve a long time ago. Barnstaple GW ( a terminal station) had a triangle just outside the station. At Newquay, Chester Northgate (both terminal), Savernake and Chasewater they were a bit further away from the platforms. Savernake had the triangle bisected by the line to Swindon. Gloucester had a real mish mash of lines including effectively a triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bri.s Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Dinting , had platforms on 2 sides of the triangle Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigd Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Earlestown Earlestown once had two triangles on the same site: The Liverpool - Manchester - Warrington one. The Haydock Collieries - Manchester - Warrington one. Long abandoned. So we have a prototype for bow tie shaped model railway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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