An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single
platform
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is positioned between two
tracks within a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
,
tram stop
A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it. Generally, tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, ...
or
transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on twin-track routes due to pragmatic and cost reasons. They are also useful within larger stations where local and express services for the same direction of travel can be provided from opposite sides of the same platform thereby simplifying transfers between the two tracks. An alternative arrangement is to position
side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
s on either side of the tracks.
The historical use of island platforms depends greatly upon the location. In the United Kingdom the use of island platforms is relatively common when the railway line is in a
cutting
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or raised on an
embankment
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, as this makes it easier to provide access to the platform without walking across the tracks.
Advantages and tradeoffs
Island platforms are necessary for any station with many through platforms. There are also advantages to building small two-track stations with a single island platform instead of two side platforms. Island platforms allow facilities such as shops, toilets and waiting rooms to be shared between both tracks rather than being duplicated or present only on one side. An island platform makes it easier for disabled travellers to change services between tracks or access facilities. If the tracks are above or below the entrance level, the station needs only one staircase and (if disabled accessibility is necessary) one elevator or ramp to allow access to the platforms. If the tracks are at the same level as the entrance, this instead creates a disadvantage; a side platform arrangement allows one platform to be adjacent to the entrance, whereas an island platform arrangement requires both tracks to be accessed by a bridge or underpass.
If an island platform is not wide enough to cope with passenger numbers, overcrowding can be a problem. Examples of stations where a narrow island platform has caused safety issues include
Clapham Common
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and
Angel
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Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles inclu ...
(rebuilt in 1992) on the
London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
The ...
,
Union
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* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
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** ''Un ...
(now rebuilt) on the
Toronto subway
The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is a multimodal rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail ...
, and on the
Osaka Municipal Subway
The is a major rapid transit system in the Osaka Metropolitan Area of Japan, operated by the Osaka Metro Company, Ltd. It serves the city of Osaka and the adjacent municipalities of Higashiosaka, Kadoma, Moriguchi, Sakai, Suita, and Yao. Os ...
.
An island platform requires the tracks to diverge around the center platform, and extra width is required along the right-of-way on each approach to the station, especially on high-speed lines. Track centers vary for rail systems throughout the world but are normally 3 to 5 metres. If the island platform is 6 metres wide, the tracks must slew out by the same distance. While this requirement is not a problem on a new line under construction, it makes building a new station on an existing line impossible without altering the tracks. A single island platform also makes it quite difficult to have through tracks (used by trains that do not stop at that station), which are usually between the local tracks (where the island would be).
A common configuration in busy locations on high speed lines is a pair of island platforms, with slower trains diverging from the main line (or using a separate level on the railway's
right-of-way
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A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
) so that the main line tracks remain straight. High-speed trains can therefore pass straight through the station, while slow trains pass around the platforms (such as at
Kent House in
London
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). This arrangement also allows the station to serve as a point where slow trains can be passed by faster trains. A variation at some stations is to have the slow and fast pairs of tracks each served by island platforms (as is common on the
New York City Subway; the
Broad Street Line
The Broad Street Line (BSL), also known as the Broad Street subway (BSS), Orange Line, or Broad Line, is a subway line owned by the city of Philadelphia and operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The line ru ...
of
Philadelphia
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; and the
Chicago Transit Authority
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's
Red
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and
Purple
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lines).
A rarer layout, present at
Mets-Willets Point on the
IRT Flushing Line
The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated as part of the A Division. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), a private operator, ...
,
34th Street – Penn Station on the
IRT Seventh Avenue Line
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* Infrared thermography
* Infrared Telescope (IRT), carried on Spac ...
and
34th Street – Penn Station on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line
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of the
New York City Subway, uses two side platforms for local services with an island in between for express services. The purpose of this atypical design was to reduce unnecessary passenger congestion at a station with a high volume of passengers. Since the
IRT Seventh Avenue Line
IRT may refer to:
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* Imagery rehearsal therapy, a treatment for nightmare disorders
* Immunoreactive trypsinogen, newborn screening test for cystic fibrosis
* Infrared thermography
* Infrared Telescope (IRT), carried on Spac ...
and
IND Eighth Avenue Line
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have adjacent express stations at 42nd Street, passengers can make their transfers from local to express trains there, leaving more space available for passengers utilizing intercity rail at
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Station (often abbreviated Penn Station) is a name applied by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) to several of its grand passenger terminals. Several are still in active use by Amtrak and other transportation services; others have been ...
. The
Willets Point Boulevard station was renovated to accommodate the high volume of passengers coming to the
1939 World's Fair
The 1939–40 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purcha ...
.
Examples
Many of the stations on the
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...
in
England
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(now almost entirely closed) were constructed in this form. This was because the line was planned to connect to a
Channel Tunnel. If this happened, the lines would need to be compatible with continental
loading gauge, and this would mean it would be easy to change the line to a larger gauge, by moving the track away from the platform to allow the wider bodied continental rolling stock to pass freely while leaving the platform area untouched.
Island platforms are a very normal sight on Indian railway stations. Almost all railway stations in India consist of island platforms.
Australia
In
Sydney, on the
Eastern Suburbs Railway
The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s. It is operated by Sydney Trains and has stations at Martin Place, Kings Cross, Edgecliff and Bondi Junction. In addition, it has dedicated platforms ...
and the
Epping Chatswood Railway, the twin tunnels are widely spaced and the tracks can remain at a constant track centres while still leaving room for the island platforms. A slight disadvantage is that
crossovers
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Albums and songs
* ''Cross Over'' (Dan Peek album)
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* ''Crossover'' (Intrigue album)
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* ''Crossover'' (Yoshino ...
have to be rather long. Examples in
Melbourne
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include
West Footscray
West Footscray is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Maribyrnong local government area. West Footscray recorded a population of 11,729 at the .
...
,
Middle Footscray,
Albion and
Tottenham
Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...
on the
Sunbury line
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, and
Watsonia and
Heidelberg
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on the
Hurstbridge line.
Canada
In
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
, 29 subway stations use island platforms (a few in the newer stations on the
Bloor–Danforth line, a few on the
Yonge–University line and all of the
Sheppard line
Line 4 Sheppard is the newest and shortest subway line of the Toronto subway system, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It opened on November 22, 2002, and has five stations along of track, which is built without any open section ...
).
In
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...
, all 18 LRT stations on the
Capital Line
The Edmonton LRT Capital Line is a light rail transit line running from northeast Edmonton to the south. Operated by the Edmonton Transit Service, the line provides access to Downtown Edmonton and the University of Alberta. The Capital Line cur ...
and
Metro Line
The Metro Line is a light rail transit line on the Edmonton LRT system. The line operates from northwest Edmonton to south Edmonton, and was scheduled to have begun operation by spring 2014 but instead opened on September 6, 2015, at a reduced ...
use island platforms. The
Valley Line under construction, utilizes the new low-floor LRT technology, but will only use island platforms on one of the twelve stops along the line.
Singapore
Almost all of the elevated stations in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
's
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system use island platforms. The exceptions are
Dover MRT station and
Canberra MRT station
Canberra MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line, located along Canberra Link at the junction with Canberra Way in Sembawang, Singapore. It is the second infill station on the MRT network (after Do ...
, which use side platforms as they are built on an existing rail line, also known as an
infill station
An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is
a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train serv ...
.
Gul Circle
Gul Circle (or Gul) is an area in Jurong Industrial Estate which is the biggest industrial estate in Singapore. Gul is the home to many heavy industries in Singapore. It is bounded by Ayer Rajah Expressway (Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim), Benoi Road, Pione ...
uses a stacked island platform configuration. The same follows for underground stations, with the exception being
Braddell MRT station
Braddell MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station located on the North South line (NSL) in Toa Payoh, Singapore. Unlike the other stations on the NSL (apart from Canberra station), the station has side platforms due to e ...
, and a few stations on the
Downtown Line (
Stevens,
Downtown,
Telok Ayer
Telok Ayer Street is a street located in Singapore's Chinatown within the Outram district, linking Church Street to Cecil Street. Telok Ayer MRT station is located at the junction of Cross Street and this road.
Etymology
Telok Ayer Street w ...
,
Chinatown and
MacPherson) and the
Thomson-East Coast Line (
Napier,
Maxwell,
Shenton Way
Shenton Way is a major trunk road serving Singapore's Central Area and is most commonly known for the commercial skyscrapers flanking both sides of the road. The road is a one-way street that starts at the junction of Boon Tat Street, Raffles Qua ...
and
Marina Bay)
United States
In southern
New Jersey
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and
Philadelphia
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,
PATCO uses island platforms in all of its 13 stations, to facilitate
one-person train operation. The
NYC Subway's Second Avenue Subway
The Second Avenue Subway (internally referred to as the IND Second Avenue Line by the MTA and abbreviated to SAS) is a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan. The first phase of this new line, ...
features island platforms at all stations.
Many other stations in the system have the same layout.
Unused sides of island platforms
Sometimes when the track on one side of the platform is unused by passenger trains, that side may be fenced off. Examples include
Hurlstone Park
Hurlstone Park is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Hurlstone Park is located nine kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is mostly in the local government area of the City of Cante ...
,
Lewisham, Sydney and
Yeronga, Brisbane.
In New York City's
subway system, unused sides are located at
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
as well as every express station without express service, such as
Pelham Parkway
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on the IRT Dyre Avenue line. In Jersey City, the
Newport PATH
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station has the same configuration as Bowling Green—one side platform and one island platform.
On the
Tokyo Metro
The is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toe ...
, the
Ginza Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by Tokyo Metro. The official name is . It is 14.3 km long and serves the wards of Shibuya, Minato, Chūō, Chiyoda, and Taitō. It is the oldest subway line in Asia.
The line was named aft ...
has a side platform and an island platform at . Likewise, the and stations on the
Osaka Metro have similar configurations. On JR East, the
Yokosuka Line
The is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. Officially, the name Yokosuka Line is assigned to the 23.9 km segment between an ...
platforms at
Musashi-Kosugi will feature a similar setup when a new side platform opens in December 2022.
Some stations of the
Glasgow Subway have one island platform and one side platform (
Hillhead
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,
Buchanan Street
Buchanan Street is one of the main shopping thoroughfares in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. It forms the central stretch of Glasgow's famous shopping district with a generally more upmarket range of shops than the neighbouring streets: ...
, and
Ibrox).
In
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metr ...
, New Zealand, unused sides can be found at two stations on the
Hutt Valley Line
The Hutt Valley Line is the electrified train service operated by Transdev Wellington on behalf of Metlink on the section of the Wairarapa Line railway between Wellington and Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
History Construction
The Hutt Valley li ...
:
Waterloo and
Petone
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Europeans first settled in P ...
. Waterloo's island platform was reconfigured to be the down side platform when the station was extensively rebuilt in the late 1980s, with the unused side now facing onto a bus bay. Petone's island platform served the up main line and the suburban loop line until the suburban loop was lifted in the early 1990s. The unused platform now faces onto the station's park-and-ride carpark.
Gallery
File:Ashton station.jpg, Ashton-under-Lyne station, an island-platformed station in England
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File:Winson Green Outer Circle tram stop in 2008.jpg, Island platform tram stop
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at Winson Green Outer Circle on the West Midlands Metro
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, in England
File:Navy Yard station overwhelmed.jpg, Navy Yard–Ballpark station
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St ...
on the Washington Metro Green Line after a baseball game at Nationals Park
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File:Bowling Green IRT 001.JPG, Island platform at Bowling Green station on the New York City Subway with one side fenced off
File:JRE-Oto-STA-Platform.jpg, An example of a basic island platform in Japan. Ōto Station
a passenger railway station in the city of Katori, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).
Lines
Ōto Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 36.1 kilometers from the terminus of line at .
Layout
Ōto ...
on the Narita Line.
File:Grafton Train Station, Finally Finished I.jpg, Island platform at Grafton station on the Western Line of Auckland
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's suburban rail network
File:Yau Ma Tei Station 2014 02 part2.JPG, Yau Ma Tei station
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, an island-platformed MTR station in Hong Kong
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File:Moody Centre station.jpg, Moody Centre station
Moody Centre station is an intermodal rapid transit station in Metro Vancouver served by both the Millennium Line—part of the SkyTrain system—and the region's West Coast Express commuter rail system. It is located in Port Moody, British Co ...
, an island-platformed SkyTrain station in Metro Vancouver
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, British Columbia
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File:Yorkdale platform 03.jpg, Yorkdale station
Yorkdale is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the median of the William R. Allen Road just south of Highway 401. Opened in 1978, it is named after the nearby Yorkdale Shopping Centre ...
, one of 29 stations on the Toronto subway
The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is a multimodal rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail ...
with centre platforms
File:MRT-3 Taft Avenue Station Platform 3.jpg, Taft Avenue station, one of the few island platforms in the Manila Metro Rail Transit System
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Line 3
File:Corona LRT Station 4717027587.jpg, Corona LRT Station is an island-platformed Edmonton LRT
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station in Alberta
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.
File:Gambir Station platform.JPG, Gambir railway station
Gambir Train Station ( id, Stasiun Gambir, station code: GMR) is a major railway station in Gambir, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The station is located on the eastern side of Merdeka Square. It was built during the Dutch Ea ...
is an island-platformed railway station in Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
.
See also
*
Platform height
Railway platform height is the built height – ''above top of rail (ATR)'' – of passenger platforms at stations. A connected term is ''train floor height'', which refers to the ATR height of the floor of rail vehicles. Worldwide, there are ...
*
Railway platform
A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms.
The world's longest station platform is at Hubbali ...
*
Side platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
*
Split platform
A split platform is a station that has a platform for each track, split onto two or more levels. This configuration allows a narrower station plan (or footprint) horizontally, at the expense of a deeper (or higher) vertical elevation, because ...
*
Spanish solution
In railway and rapid transit parlance, the Spanish solution is a station layout with two railway platforms, one on each side of the track, which allows for separate platforms for boarding and alighting.
Description
This platform arrangement allo ...
References
External links
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{{Railway track layouts
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