What trainstation has the biggest number of platforms?

[NorthStar77]

I apologize if the question has been asked before, but wich one is it?

Oslo S has 19, and I think that's alot, but there are probably countless trainstations with more platforms.

Oslo S:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/northstar77/jernbane_st.jpg

[BenL]

Edit: Information incorrect

[Justme]

A thread was already created discussing this and can be found here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=342415

This was the last list compiled: Keep in mind that these count all platforms in the station, whether long distance, metro (underground), suburban or commuter platforms, and only includes stations with more than 10 platforms in total.

Largest Stations:

30 platforms or more (10)

52: Grand Central (New York)
42: Nord (Paris)
39: Munich Hauptbahnhof
36: Waterloo (London)
33: Shinjuku (Tokyo)
33: Osaka/Umeda (Osaka)
32: Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
32: Saint Lazare (Paris)
30: Est (Paris)
30: Tokyo Station (Tokyo)

25-29 Platforms(11 Stations)

29: Penn Station (New York)
29: Leningradskiy / Yaroslavskiy and Kalanchevskaya (Moscow)
29: Porta Romana (Milan)
28: Montparnasse (Paris)
27: Austerlitz (Paris)
27: Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
26: Leipzig Hauptbahnhof
26: Ikebukuro (Tokyo)
26: Zürich Hauptbahnhof
25: Sydney Central
25: Ueno (Tokyo)

20-25 Platforms (15 Stations):


24: Stazione Centrale (Milan)
24: Euston (London)
24: Kings Cross/ St Pancras (London)
24: Tennoji (Osaka)
24: Kyoto
23: Howrah (Calcutta)
23: Victoria (London)
22: Madrid Chamartín (Spain)
22: Liverpool Street (London)
22: Omiya (Saitama)
22: Bruxelles-Midi
22: Lyon (Paris)
21: Shinagawa (Tokyo)
20: Porta Garibaldi (Milan)
20: Paddington (London)

15-19 Platforms (21 Stations)

19: London Bridge (London)
19: Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof
19: Oslo Central
18: Basel SBB & Basel SNCF
18: St Charles (Marseille)
17: Yokohama
17: Shin-Osaka (Osaka)
17: Kazanskiy (Moscow)
17: Leeds City (UK)
16: Charing Cross/Embankment
16: Atlantic Terminal (New York)
16: Glasgow Central
16: Bern Central
16: Sendai
16: Sealdah (Calcutta)
16: Flandres (Lille)
16: Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
16: Dresden Hauptbahnhof
15: Kurskiy (Moscow)
15: Southern Cross Station (Melbourne)
15: Rotterdam Centraal

10-14 Platforms (38 Stations)

14: Barcelona França (Spain)
14: Madrid Puerta de Atocha (Spain)
14: Utrecht Centraal
14: Piccadilly station (Manchester)
14: Shibuya (Tokyo)
14: Shimbashi (Tokyo)
14: Kita-senju (Tokyo)
14: Chiba
14: Odawara
14: Saint Charles (Marseilles)
14: Luzern (terminal)
14: Berlin Lehrter Hauptbahnhof
14: Barcelona Sants (Spain)
14 : 30th Street Station (Philadelphia, PA)
13: Greco-Bicocca (Milan)
13: Flinders Street Station (Melbourne)
13: Amsterdam Centraal
12: Kievskiy (Moscow)
12: Den Haag Centraal
12: New Street (Birmingham UK)
12: Newcastle (UK)
12: Kanayama (Nagoya)
12: Ofuna (Yokohama)
12: Flandres (Lille)
12: Altona (Hamburg)
12: Sants (Barcelona)
12: Bruxelles-Nord
11: Porta Genova (Milan)
11: Paveletskiy (Moscow)
11: Belarusskiy (Moscow)
11: Berlin Ostbahnhof (East-Station)
11: Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof
10: Cadorna F.N.M. (Milan)
10: Berlin Nordkreuz/Gesundbrunnen
10: Olten (Switerland)
10: Iidabashi (Tokyo)
10: Moorgate (London)
10: Roma St (Brisbane)
10: Köln Hauptbahnhof


City Totals for Main Terminii

194: London (UK)
190: Tokyo (Japan)
181: Paris (France)
97: New York (USA)
97: Milan (Italy)
95: Moscow (Russia)
74: Osaka (Japan)
43: Berlin (Germany)
43: Nagoya (Japan)
39: Calcutta (Kolkutta) (India)
39: Munich (Germany)
36: Madrid (Spain)
32: Frankfurt (Germany)
29: Yokohama (Japan)
28: Barcelona (Spain)
28: Hamburg (Germany)
28: Melbourne (Australia)
26: Brussels (Belgium)
27: Karlsruhe (Germany)
26: Leipzig (Germany)
26: Zürich (Switzerland)
25: Sydney (Australia)
19: Stuttgart (Germany)
19: Oslo (Norway)
18: Basel (Switzerland)
18: Marseille (France)
17: Leeds (UK)
16: Glasgow (UK)
16: Bern (Switzerland)
16: Lille (France)
16: Dresden (Germany)
15: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
14: Manchester (UK)
14: Luzern (Switzerland)
14: Utrecht (Netherlands)
14: Marseille (France)
14: Chiba (Japan)
14: Odawara (Japan)
13: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
12: Newcastle (UK)
12: Birmingham (UK)
12: Den Haag (The Hague) (Netherlands)
12: Lille (France)
12: Nagoya (Japan)
12: Yokohama (Japan)
11: Nürnberg (Nurenberg)
10: Brisbane (Australia)
10: Olten (Switzerland)
10: Köln (Cologne) (Germany)

[NorthStar77]

Thanks, that was an extensive list, and thanks for the link to the other thread, I'll read through it, it looks interesting!:)

Abit offtopic; I suppose we don't have a real terminus station here though. We used to have two, but then in the 80'ies, a tunnel under the city was built, and now most trains continue through to the other side of the city. Atleast local-trains, intercity-trains, and airport-express-trains.

Edit: should perhaps the metro-station Jernbanetorget be included for Oslo Central, as it is connected to the railwaystation? If so, the total amount of platforms would be 21.

[Justme]

Thanks, that was an extensive list, and thanks for the link to the other thread, I'll read through it, it looks interesting!:)

Abit offtopic; I suppose we don't have a real terminus station here though. We used to have two, but then in the 80'ies, a tunnel under the city was built, and now most trains continue through to the other side of the city. Atleast local-trains, intercity-trains, and airport-express-trains.
[QUOTE=NorthStar77]

Yes, many city's have through stations operating as their main station. A "termination" can still be a train from another city which stops there. i.e. if you were in the North of Norway, and caught a train to Oslo on an express train, what station would it stop in?

[QUOTE=NorthStar77]
Edit: should perhaps the metro-station Jernbanetorget be included for Oslo Central, as it is connected to the railwaystation? If so, the total amount of platforms would be 21.

If the station is directly connected to Central with no point where passengers leave to the street then it can be considered an extension of that station. Often, some cities have a different name for the metro station associated with the central station.

But if passengers actually leave the station to cross or walk down a street, or through another completely seperate construction (like a shopping mall) then it is not connected.

Oh, one last thing, can you add this to the other thread, so we don't have two identical threads running?

:cheers:

[Kngkyle]

Chicago's Union Station has 30 platforms:
http://a1668.g.akamaitech.net/7/1668/33/427982c1ff314a/images.citysearch.com/feature/15400/concourse_level.gif

Chicago's Northwestern Station has 16 Platforms:
http://a348.g.akamaitech.net/7/348/33/fb3bf4c1a5e454/images.citysearch.com/feature/15194/secondfloor.gif

+ 3 other stations that i don't know the amount of platforms.

[Justme]

^^^ Brilliant Kngkyle, but please use the other thread here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=342415

[coth]

@Justme
again, can you update your figures
Moscow
total: 106
Largest: Leningradskiy, Yaroslavskiy, Kazanskiy and Kalanchevskaya located on one square makes in total 46 platforms.

[GASpedal]

Wow... I've been to Munich, Leipzig and Karlsruhe and didn't know they're that big compared to others in the world. Especially Karlsruhe with some 150.000 citizens...

[eomer]

Are we talking about platforms or about tracks

[Scruffy88]

^ thats the confusion because for those stations listed, its mixed up. Some are counting tracks as platforms when in reality, its usually two tracks to a one platform. double sided. While some people have actually just been counting the platforms

[herr_lehmann]

frankfurt hauptbahnhof has 33...someone forgot the (regularily used) platform 1a. :)

[derUlukai]

frankfurt hauptbahnhof has 33...someone forgot the (regularily used) platform 1a. :)

is the tram included in this?

[TRZ]

Shinjuku (Tokyo Station's west-end twin ;) )

JR portion:
Tracks: 18 (16 serviced by platforms, 2 are passing tracks (for JR Freight use?))
Platforms: 8 (1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16) - one is currently under construction, I beleive
Keio portion:
Tracks: 3 (mainline, see subway for Keio New Line),
Platforms: 3 (1-2, 2-3, 3)
Odakyuu portion:
Tracks: 5 (on 2 floors, upper floor has 3 tracks, lower floor has 2, upper tracks are above lower platforms and lower tracks and below upper platforms)
Platforms: 6 (1-2, 2-3, 3, 4, 4-5, 5)
Northern Subway portion (Marunouchi Line):
Tracks: 2
Platforms: 1
Southern Subway portion (Toei Shinjuku, Toei Oedo Lines):
Tracks: 4
Platforms: 2

TOTAL:
Tracks: 32 (34 including passing tracks at JR portion)
Platforms: 20

[Centurymax]

??????? Why nobody noticed about one of greatest city in Europe.....ROME???? Unbelievable...
Roma Termini 29 plattf - Roma Tiburtina 25 - Roma Ostiense 19 - Roma Trastervere 8 - Roma Tuscolana 8.... plus many other station reaching for sure the total amount of 100 plattforms... wich will be in the 5th or 6th position in the world's chart...

[Coccodrillo]

Milan Porta Romana station is used only by a suburban train every 30 minutes, hand has no more than 3 or 4 tracks (plus 2 for the metro line 3).

Milan Centrale has 24 stub end tracks, plus 4 for M2 and M3.

[Songoten2554]

but for shinjuku JR Freights do pass by but thats container freights not fuel freight the fuel freights and nuclear freights are carried on another railway route that has less sprawl and that its more isolated

also there are deep underground Platforms that were reserved from the Joetsu Shinkansen that was going to pass to Shinjuku but they decided it will better go towards Ueno and Tokyo Station so its left there

in the future however it might be used for the Chuo Shinkansen which will be the only Maglev Shinkansen in the system

[Pavlov's Dog]

Two stations that I don't see on the list:

Buenos Aires Retiro. I havn't found anything definitive on the net but it looks to have about 30 platforms.

Washington Union Station. Wide station with a bit of train service. Looks like it has about 15-20 tracks.

[Songoten2554]

and also Chicago has four major Rail Terminals the major one is the Union Station one which is the only major Through Station in Chicago

Los Angeles Union Station is big too but doesn't have alot of platforms

and Bostons North and South Stations have alot of platforms and tracks

[iampuking]

^ thats the confusion because for those stations listed, its mixed up. Some are counting tracks as platforms when in reality, its usually two tracks to a one platform. double sided. While some people have actually just been counting the platforms

I've never heard of an island platform being called a single platform, despite it's name. So that is really unlikely.

[Rohne]

is the tram included in this?

no!

[elfabyanos]

^ thats the confusion because for those stations listed, its mixed up. Some are counting tracks as platforms when in reality, its usually two tracks to a one platform. double sided. While some people have actually just been counting the platforms

A platform edge with a railway track unique to it. Thats what is meant by a platform. Rugby station has more than 5 or 6 platforms, but technically they are all on one island platform. No one would count it as one platform, that would be stupid and not in any way a reflection of it's services.

[GENIUS LOCI]

^ thats the confusion because for those stations listed, its mixed up. Some are counting tracks as platforms when in reality, its usually two tracks to a one platform. double sided. While some people have actually just been counting the platforms

In Milan Centrale any track got one platform on the left and another one on the right (one side is for passengers and the other one for workers only); just tracks 1 and 2, and tracks 23 and 24 are 'together'
That means there are 24 tracks and 23 platforms in total
To be more accurate under passengers tracks, at ground level (trains level in Milano Centrale is elevated) there are other 24 tracks once used for freight traffic and now dismissed

http://www.miol.it/stagniweb/ill5/mi_c6.gif

http://www.miol.it/stagniweb/ill5/mi_c4.gif

http://web.tiscali.it/stcentrale/piano_mezzaninog.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/IMG_3034_Binari_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg/800px-IMG_3034_Binari_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg


'underground' tracks

http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Binario%2021/images/binario21_01.jpg http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Binario%2021/images/binario21_02.jpg http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Binario%2021/images/binario21_05.jpg

http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Tunnel/images/tunnel_01.jpg

http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Tunnel/images/tunnel_03.jpg

[De Snor]

some Belgians stations who are not in the list:

- Antwerpen Centraal Station :since last saturday it has now 14 platforms in service.
- Gent Sint Pieters : 12 platforms
- Oostende : 11 platforms
- Brugge : 10 platforms

[Euklidisk]

Here's some data from Sweden!

Stockholm Central Station:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2114546023_3697d4ae59.jpg
- 17 tracks at platform, 18 if including a length separated platform
- 6 (3 lines) under ground metro tracks at platform not included

Gothenburg Central Station:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2103/2114546013_c0177259a6.jpg
- 16 tracks at platform

Malmö Central Station
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/2114546019_9f8315cda3.jpg
- 12 tracks at platform
- The station is going through a rebuilding, after 2012 it's 10 tracks at platform

[coth]

In Milan Centrale any track got one platform on the left and another one on the right (one side is for passengers and the other one for workers only); just tracks 1 and 2, and tracks 23 and 24 are 'together'
That means there are 24 tracks and 23 platforms in total
To be more accurate under passengers tracks, at ground level (trains level in Milano Centrale is elevated) there are other 24 tracks once used for freight traffic and now dismissed

http://www.miol.it/stagniweb/ill5/mi_c6.gif

http://www.miol.it/stagniweb/ill5/mi_c4.gif

http://web.tiscali.it/stcentrale/piano_mezzaninog.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/IMG_3034_Binari_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg/800px-IMG_3034_Binari_Stazione_centrale_di_Milano_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto_1-1-2007.jpg


'underground' tracks

http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Binario%2021/images/binario21_01.jpg http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Binario%2021/images/binario21_02.jpg http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Binario%2021/images/binario21_05.jpg
http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Tunnel/images/tunnel_01.jpg

http://www.federicomolina.it/wp-content/galleries/Tunnel/images/tunnel_03.jpg

huge abandoned underground facilities is always very interesting. any more shots?