To help create a visual block, I want to adopt the ruse of a town street at the back of my layout atop a retaining wall. Pride of place in the middle of the street will be a station building on two levels, passengers access the station at the top level, then reach the platform via internal stairs. A number of questions arise.
1. Are / were there any examples of this in real life?
2. If the difference in levels is not exactly one (or two) building floors, how would the architect deal with the unusable height?
3. Would a refreshment room on street level be a likely feature in the steam age?
4. Any other bright suggestions?