A bay platform is a railway-related term commonly used in Britain to mean a dead-end platform at a railway station which otherwise consists exclusively (or predominantly) of through platforms. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ...

Overview

An example of a station which has a bay platform is Rugby railway station, which has two through platforms and two working bay platforms, as well as 2 abandoned bay platforms. A local train from Birmingham to Northampton at Rugby railway station. ...

Trains which use a bay platform have to reverse direction and depart in the direction from which they arrived. This article is about trains in rail transport. ...

Bay and island platforms are so named because they resemble the geographic features of the same name.

Dock platforms

Dock platforms are similar to bay platforms, but are smaller, and originally used to unload freight.

Stations with bay platforms

• Barrhead railway station - for local services
• Brockenhurst railway station - for local services
• Chester railway station - for the North Wales line
• Crewe railway station - for the North Wales line
• Dalmuir railway station - for Argyle line services
• Llandudno Junction railway station
• Manchester Oxford Road railway station - for westbound stopping services operated by Merseyrail
• Moorgate station - for Thameslink services
• Newcastle Central Station - for Tyne Valley Line services, and services towards Chathill.
• Reading railway station - for stopping services east towards London Paddington and west towards Great Bedwyn. Also services from Bournemouth going up to Manchester go into a bay platform and then reverse out, even though they are passing through the station.
• Rugby railway station - bays for Local services in both directions
• Slough railway station - for the service to Windsor and Eton Central railway station
• West Croydon station - for services to central London
• York Station - bays for Hull, Harrogate, Scarborough and some Leeds/Preston/Manchester services.

Barrhead railway station is a railway station in the town of Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, Scotland. ... Brockenhurst railway station. ... Chester railway station is a railway station in the city of Chester, England. ... Crewe station is one of the most historic railway stations in the world. ... Dalmuir railway station is a railway station serving the Dalmuir area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. ... Llandudno Junction railway station (Welsh:Cyffordd Llandudno ) is on the Crewe to Holyhead North Wales Coast Line. ... The station canopy windows reflecting the Refuge Assurance building Manchester Oxford Road Station is a railway station in Manchester, UK. The station is not actually in Oxford Road but slightly to the north of that thoroughfare, just off (or rather above) Oxford Street, on an elevated track between Deansgate and... Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool. ... Moorgate station is a London Underground and mainline station in the City of London, located on Moorgate, a street which shares the same name, north of London Wall. ... The Thameslink route is operated with a fleet of 72 dual-voltage Class 319 electric multiple units. ... Newcastle Central Station Newcastle Central Station is the principal railway station in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... The Tyne Valley Line, also known as the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (N&CR), is a railway line in northern England. ... Reading station from the station car park at the north (rear) side of the station Reading (formerly Reading General) is a railway station in the large town of Reading in south central England. ... A local train from Birmingham to Northampton at Rugby railway station. ... Slough railway station is a railway station in the town of Slough, Berkshire, England. ... Windsor and Eton Central railway station is one of two railway stations in the town of Windsor, Berkshire, England - the other being Windsor and Eton Riverside railway station. ... West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for National Rail, Tramlink and London Buses services in south London. ... The approach to York station and the Royal York hotel York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. ...

See also

• Railway platform
• Railway station layout