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"Richard" wrote in message
...

That makes me wonder, are there any stations in the UK or elsewhere
that have a continuous platform with different numbers at either end?
On the continent, Basel may be an example, for interesting reasons.

Sunderland - 1 & 2, 3 & 4
Newcastle Central 5 & 6, 7 & 8
Bournemouth 3 & 4

Paul S

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On Oct 12, 8:17*pm, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:
"John Salmon" wrote in message

... "Richard" *wrote
That makes me wonder, are there any stations in the UK or elsewhere that
have a continuous platform with different numbers at either end?

York 3 & 4 (under the previous numbering, it was 8a and 8b, the only
sub-divided platform there).

Gloucester.

Birmingham New Street - 5a, 5b and 4c all on the same platform face.

Regards

Jonathan

Kings Cross suburban platforms all sub-divided: 9a/9b, 10a/10b and 11a/
11b.

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On Oct 12, 8:17*pm, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:
"John Salmon" wrote in message

... "Richard" *wrote
That makes me wonder, are there any stations in the UK or elsewhere that
have a continuous platform with different numbers at either end?

York 3 & 4 (under the previous numbering, it was 8a and 8b, the only
sub-divided platform there).

Gloucester.

Birmingham New Street - 5a, 5b and 4c all on the same platform face.


The platform face isn't continuous though.

National Rail would have you believe that Oban's two platforms are
double numbered...

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/statio...tml?rtnloc=OBN

.... but they aren't (they're numbered as 3 and 4).

Platforms with two numbers
 

On Oct 12, 8:26*pm, "Dr. Sunil" wrote:
Kings Cross suburban platforms all sub-divided: 9a/9b, 10a/10b and 11a/
11b.

The question is about platforms having different *numbers* at each
end, not merely a/b, N/S, etc.

Platforms with two numbers
 

On Oct 12, 8:09*pm, "Railsigns.co.uk" wrote:
On Oct 12, 8:01*pm, "John Salmon" wrote:

"Richard" *wrote

That makes me wonder, are there any stations in the UK or elsewhere that
have a continuous platform with different numbers at either end?

York 3 & 4 (under the previous numbering, it was 8a and 8b, the only
sub-divided platform there).

Bristol Temple Meads
Edinburgh Waverley
Cambridge

Newcastle
Bournemouth

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In his original post "Richard" asked "Are there any stations in the UK
or elsewhere that have a continuous platform with different numbers at
either end?"

It's many, many years since I lived in those parts but I seem to
remember that a platform that had one end in Manchester Victoria had its
other end in Manchester Exchange.

This sent me to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manches...ailway_station where we
read;

"From 1884, Victoria Station had Manchester Exchange Station, operated
by the rival London and North Western Railway, as a close neighbour, and,
from 1929, a single passenger platform linked them; this was the longest
passenger platform in Europe at 2,194 feet (669 m).
Exchange Station was closed in 1969 and its services were transferred
to Victoria".

DB.

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In message
, at
12:28:09 on Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Railsigns.co.uk
remarked:
Birmingham New Street - 5a, 5b and 4c all on the same platform face.


The platform face isn't continuous though.

Just a boring bay, there are hundreds of those.
--
Roland Perry

Platforms with two numbers
 

On 2011\10\12 20:44, DB. wrote:
In his original post "Richard" asked "Are there any stations in the UK
or elsewhere that have a continuous platform with different numbers at
either end?"

It's many, many years since I lived in those parts but I seem to
remember that a platform that had one end in Manchester Victoria had its
other end in Manchester Exchange.

This sent me to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manches...ailway_station where we
read;

"From 1884, Victoria Station had Manchester Exchange Station, operated
by the rival London and North Western Railway, as a close neighbour, and,
from 1929, a single passenger platform linked them; this was the longest
passenger platform in Europe at 2,194 feet (669 m).
Exchange Station was closed in 1969 and its services were transferred
to Victoria".

IIRC Chicago has a platform which stretches through about half a dozen
stations.

Platforms with two numbers
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message
, at
12:28:09 on Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Railsigns.co.uk
remarked:
Birmingham New Street - 5a, 5b and 4c all on the same platform face.


The platform face isn't continuous though.

Just a boring bay, there are hundreds of those.
--
Roland Perry

Platforms with two numbers
 

"Railsigns.co.uk" wrote in message
...

Birmingham New Street - 5a, 5b and 4c all on the same platform face.


The platform face isn't continuous though.

It's continuous, just not straight :-)

But the oddity I was alluding to in my post is that 4c is on the 5 side of
the 4/5 island - hence it vaguely counts for the purpose of the original
question.

Regards

Jonathan