Last update 16 January 2019
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This page is dedicated to those things that don't fit easily into other pages. Additional items will be added as and when the editor thinks they will be of interest to readers. Feel free to send any suggestions!
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Generally, stations are accessible by footpath. Some exist(ed) for interchange only. Some were constructed by heritage railways post-preservation.
Altnabreac
Berney Arms
Clogwyn (Snowdon Mountain Railway)
Colnbrook (Manchester Metrolink; initially interchange only with emergency exit, later opened as a full stop)
Corrour
Country Park (Severn Valley Railway)
Dduallt (Ffestiniog Railway)
Dovey Junction
Halfway (Snowdon Mountain Railway)
Middlewood
Nant Gwernol (Talyllyn Railway)
Newton Dale (North Yorkshire Moors Railway)
Rheidol Falls
Rhiwfron
Rocky Valley (Snowdon Mountain Railway)
Smallbrook Junction
Summit (Snowdon Mountain Railway)
Yarwell Junction (Nene Valley Railway)
Station | Note |
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Cardiff Central | opened by May? 2002, initially for occasional/one-off use; later upgraded for regular use |
Chippenham | south side platform is referred to as 'platform 0', though it currently has no track |
Doncaster | temporary platform used 27 May 2000 to at least 1 June 2000 |
permanent platform opened 4 December (first trains called 12 December) 2016 | |
Gravesend | opened 6 January 2014 |
Haymarket | opened 27 December 2006 |
Hooton | former platform 2, adjacent to station building, used by charter trains; since renumbering 18 May 1985 often referred to as 'platform 0' |
Kings Cross | opened 25 May 2010 |
Leeds | proposed; construction expected to start 25 December 2019 for 2021 opening |
Liverpool Lime Street | from 30 July 2018 former platform 1, now trackless, referred to as 'platform 0' |
Preston | temporary use of old parcels platform, used in 2004 |
Rainham (Kent) | opened 29 March 2016 |
Redhill | opened 2 January 2018 |
Stockport | opened for occasional use c.18 September 2005; regular use March 2008 |
Note that not all stations are currently open, words such as "halt" are omitted and the list is somewhat subjective; the editor's decision is final, but generally the 'benefit of the doubt' is given!
Ampress
Bicester Village
British Steel Redcar
Butlins Penychain (renamed Penychain in May 2000)
Dunrobin Castle
Etihad Campus (Manchester Metrolink)
Great Central (London Underground; renamed Marylebone in 1917)
IBM
Loch Eil Outward Bound
Lympstone Commando
Manchester United Football Club
Rams Line
Singer
Stadium Of Light
The Hawthorns
Watford Stadium
Coventry Arena was originally to be named Ricoh Arena but did not open under this name
Dent (1150ft above sea level)
Corrour (variously reported as 1339ft, 1347ft and 1350ft above sea level)
Wanlockhead (1498ft above sea level) (now closed; once highest 'main line' station in Britain)
Summit (3493ft above sea level) (Snowdon Mountain Railway)
Waenavon (1392ft above sea level) (if you know the highest operational station, please let the editor know!)
Snaefell Summit (2036ft above sea level)
This Wikipedia page gives a simple description of what a Harrington Hump is. Entries in this table are based on the editor's interpretation of often cryptic source information.
Station | Platform | Date |
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Aberdovey | Single | 3 December 2009 (formal opening) |
Adderley Park | Both | 21 February 2014 |
Amberley | Down | 5 December 2014 |
Ancaster | Up | 15 November 2013 |
Arram | Both | 1 November 2013 |
Battersby | Single | 2 December 2013 |
Bingham | Up | 13 September 2013 |
Blaydon | Up | 13 September 2013 |
Bootle | Down | 5 August 2013 |
Brampton | Single | 14 February 2014 |
Brandon | Both | 14 February 2014 |
Braystones | Single | 21 July 2013 |
Broome | Single | by spring 2015 |
Bryn | Up | 1 August 2013 |
Builth Road | Single | by spring 2015 |
Burnley Barracks | Single | 27 September 2013 |
Copplestone | Single | 14 March 2014 |
Corkickle | Single | 21 July 2013 |
Crediton | Up | 7 March 2014 |
Dalton | Southbound | October 2012 |
Danzey | Both | 23 May 2014 |
Drigg | Up | 29 July 2013 |
Dyffryn Ardudwy | Single | |
Earlswood | Up | 10 January 2014 |
Eccles | Up | 6 August 2013 |
Entwhistle | Single | 28 July 2013 |
Exeter St Thomas | Down | 28 March 2014 |
Exton | Single | 7 March 2014 |
Farnworth | Up | 21 July 2013 Station since rebuilt (2015) so probably no longer present |
Ferryside | Single | August 2015 |
Flimby | Up | 8 July 2013 |
Flixton | Down | 4 August 2013 |
Great Bentley | Both | 28 March 2014 |
Great Coates | Down | 4 October 2013 |
Great Coates | Up | 25 October 2013 |
Grindleford | Up | 20 September 2013 |
Hadfield | Single | 6 August 2013 |
Harrington | Both | 8 December 2008 (first 'hump' only) |
Heighington | Both | 18 October 2013 |
Henley in Arden | Down | 26 September 2014 |
Horton-in-Ribblesdale | Up | 8 July 2013 |
Hunmanby | Down | 15 November 2013 |
Hutton Cranswick | Down | 10 January 2014 |
Hutton Cranswick | Up | 27 September 2013 |
Kearsley | Up | 15 July 2013 |
Kents Bank | by November 2014 | |
Knucklas | Single | during spring 2015 |
Lapworth | Down | 7 February 2014 |
Lapworth | Up | 6 October 2013 |
Lawrence Hill | Down | 7 March 2014 |
Llanbister Road | Single | 31 January 2015 |
Llangennech | Both | 28 February 2015 |
Llangunllo | Single | 31 January 2015 |
Llwyngwril | Single | |
Lowdham | Both | 13 October 2013 |
Market Rasen | Both | 13 October 2013 |
Nafferton | Down | 24 October 2014 |
Nafferton | Up | 1 November 2013 |
New Lane | Up | 31 October 2014 |
Newton St Cyres | Single | 14 March 2014 |
North Road | Single | 4 October 2013 |
Northwich | Both | 1 April 2011 |
Oulton Broad South | Single | 14 February 2014 |
Parton | Both | 15 July 2013 |
Pegswood | Up | 21 March 2014 |
Pembroke | Single | August 2015 |
Pembroke Dock | Single | August 2015 |
Penrhyndeudraeth | Single | 24 January 2015 |
Pleasington | Down | 28 July 2013 |
Pontarddulais | Single | 19 January 2015 |
Portsmouth Arms | Single | 28 March 2014 |
Rauceby | Down | 25 October 2013 |
Redbridge | Up | 22 March 2014 |
St Albans Abbey | Single | 17 July 2009 (installation) 11 August 2009 (formal opening) |
St Bees | Northbound | October 2012 |
Sankey | Up | 20 September 2013 |
Seascale | Both | October 2012 |
Seaton Carew | Both | 30 May 2014 |
Spooner Row | Down | 21 March 2014 |
Stapleton Road | Down | 7 March 2014 |
Starbeck | Down | 15 November 2013 |
Swineshead | Down | 15 November 2013 |
Talsarnau | Single | 24 January 2015 |
The Lakes | Both | 10 January 2014 |
Thornton Abbey | Both | 6 June 2014 |
Valley | Both? | 14 May 2010 (formal opening) |
Whaley Bridge | Buxton | by February 2013 |
Whitehaven | Through | by October 2011 |
Wigton | Down | 8 July 2013 |
Wood End | Up | 23 May 2014 |
Yorton | Down | 15 April 2016 |
These are principally rail-related ferry/shipping service points.
Alloa North
Dartmouth
Gravesend
Hull Corporation Pier
Liverpool Landing Stage
Rosherville
Sheerness
Woolwich Roffs Ferry
London Bridge (150,000m² from 2018 when rebuilding completed)
Over the years, many stations have been proposed but never come to fruition. This list attempts to show those where at least some physical construction started before they were abandoned. All are "main line" schemes unless stated otherwise.
Barrhead (New) (Glenfield-Patterton)
Brierdene (Monkseaton)
Brockley Hill (Elstree South-Edgware, London Underground)
Collywell Bay (Monkseaton)
Coynant (Nantyffyllon)
Crowlands (Chadwell Heath-Romford)
Cwmgorse (Abernant colliery line)
Doncaster (York Road)
Dykebar (Barrhead (New)-Paisley East)
Ferguslie (Stanley-Paisley St James, possibly used for excursion traffic)
Glenfield (Barrhead (New)-Stanley)
Gwaun Cae Gurwen (Abernant colliery line)
Highgate (High Level) (London Underground)
Lullingstone (Swanley-Eynsford)
North End (Golders Green-Hampstead, also known as Bull & Bush; London Underground)
Queens Road (Clapton)
Paisley East (Dykebar-Paisley Gilmour Street)
Richboro Port
Snaith & Pollington (Sykehouse-Carlton Towers)
Stanely (Glenfield-Ferguslie)
Swithland (Rothley-Quorn)
Sykehouse (Thorpe in Balne-Snaith & Pollington)
Thorpe in Balne (Sykehouse-Adwick)
Treforest (after Rhydyfelin on Coryton branch)
Warmsworth
Ynysygeinon Junction (Pontardawe-Ystalyfera)
Full list on this page.
These stations have platforms 450m-long or longer. Lengths are official operational lengths where known.
Cheriton (791m long)
Bournemouth (platform 3/4 combined; 522m long)
Gloucester (platform 1/2 combined; 494m long)
Edinburgh Waverley (platform 10/11 combined; 492m long)
Perth (platform 4; 473m long)
Aberdeen (platform 6; 460m long)
Darlington (platform 4; 458m long)
Crewe (platform 6; 450m long)
These stations have platforms 30m-long or shorter. Lengths are official operational lengths where known; those prefixed with a tilde (~) are measured from mapping systems.
Battersea Pier Staff Halt (3m long)
Fratton Staff Half (~7m long)
Hoo Junction Staff Halt (down platform ~8m long)
Beauly (15m long)
Dilton Marsh (both platforms, 15m long)
Gilfach Fargoed (both platforms, 17m long)
Berney Arms (18m long)
Sugar Loaf (21m long)
Llandecwyn (22m long)
Tygwyn (22m long)
Hoo Junction Staff Halt (up platform ~23m long)
Llandanwg (23m long)
Stourbridge Town (27m long)
Durnsford Road Staff Halt (27.43m long)
Loch Eil Outward Bound (28m long)
Avoncliff (both platforms, 30m long)
Causeland (30m long)
Coombe (30m long)
Sandplace (30m long)
St Keyne (30m long)
Full list on this page.
Full list on this page.
CLASP ('Consortium Local Authority Special Programme') was a system of prefabricated concrete panels designed as a quick and easy method of making utility buildings (e.g. schools and hospitals). Thirty Southern region and three Western region stations had CLASP buildings replacing their traditional ones. Most have since been replaced though some remain (e.g. Wool).
Station | Installed | Replaced | Notes |
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Ashtead | 1968 | 2013 | |
Aylesham | 1968 | Still present 2010 | |
Belmont | 1968 | 2004 | |
Belvedere | 1968 | 2000 | |
Berrylands | 1969 | Still present 2017 | |
Bristol Parkway | 1972 | 2001 | |
Brockley | 1972 | Still present 2015 | |
Catford | 1970 | Still present 2017 | |
Charlton | 1968 | Still present 2016 | |
Crawley | 1967 | Still present 2017 | |
Crayford | 1968 | 2008 | Some ancillary buildings still present 2016 |
East Grinstead | 1972 | 2013 | |
Fleet | 1966 | 2014 | |
Forest Hill | 1973 | Still present 2016 | |
Gloucester | 1977 | Still present 2018 | |
Hampton Wick | 1969 | 2005 | Some ancillary buildings still present 2008 |
Hassocks | 1973 | 2013 | |
Kidbrooke | 1972 | 2015 | |
Longfield | 1972 | Still present 2016 | |
Lower Sydenham | 1972 | 1991 | Burnt down 1989 |
Meopham | 1973 | Still present 2018 | |
New Eltham | 1968 | 1988 | |
Oxford | 1971 | 1990 | |
Poole | 1970 | late-1980s | |
Rainham (Kent) | 1972 | 1989 | |
Slade Green | 1968 | Still present 2017 | |
Strood | 1973 | 2017 | |
Sunbury | 1965 | Still present 2014 | |
Sunningdale | 1972 | Still present 2016 | |
Virginia Water | 1973 | ? | Still present 2015; replaced by 2017 |
West Byfleet | 1973 | Still present 2008 | |
Wokingham | 1973 | 2013 | |
Wool | 1972 | Still present 2018 |
Aberdeen
Bristol Temple Meads
Brockenhurst
Cardiff Central
Carlisle
Dover
Edinburgh Waverley
Exeter St Davids
Fishguard Harbour
Fort William
Inverness
London Euston
London Kensington Olympia
London Paddington
Newcastle
Newton Abbot
Newton le Willows
Penzance
Perth
Pilning
(precursor to modern system)
Plymouth
Reading
St Austell
Severn Tunnel Junction
(precursor to modern system)
Sheffield
Stirling
Sutton Coldfield
Swansea
Totnes
Worcester Shrub Hill
York