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Side platforms

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Side platform.

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Lysaghts railway station, in Australia, with two side platforms and a footbridge connecting them
Cambronne station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro. An example of an elevated station with side platforms.
View of Katase-Shirata Station (Japan), an example where the line is mainly a single track, but it is possible for trains to cross each other at the station
Ryde Esplanade railway station, with one platform in use and another out of use. Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.
Xinzhuang Fuduxin metro station on the Taoyuan Airport MRT (Taiwan). Many stations on the Taoyuan Airport MRT use side platforms rather than an island platform to better accommodate large numbers of passengers.
Dover MRT station (Singapore) with two platforms in use. The station is an infill station built along an existing line; thus, it takes a side platform structure.