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A railway platform is an area in a
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alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms.
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in Midtown
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hosts 44 platforms, more than any other
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in the world. The world's longest station platform is at Hubballi Junction in India at .Gorakhpur gets world's largest railway platform
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The Appalachian Trail station or
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in the United States, at the other extreme, has a platform which is only long enough for a single bench. Among some American
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s, the word "platform" has entered usage as a verb meaning "to berth at a station", as in the announcement: "The last two cars of this train will not platform at East Rockaway".


Height relative to trains

The most basic form of platform consists of an area at the same level as the track, usually resulting in a fairly large height difference between the platform and the
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floor. This would often not be considered a true platform. The more traditional platform is elevated relative to the track but often lower than the train floor, although ideally they should be at the same level. Occasionally the platform is higher than the train floor, where a train with a low floor serves a station built for trains with a high floor, for example at the
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stations of the DB Regionalbahn Westfalen (see ). On the
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some stations are served by both
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and
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trains, and the Piccadilly trains have lower floors. A
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stop is often in the middle of the street; usually it has as a platform a refuge area of a similar height to that of the sidewalk, e.g. , and sometimes has no platform. The latter requires extra care by passengers and other traffic to avoid accidents. Both types of tram stops can be seen in the tram networks of
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and
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. Sometimes a tram stop is served by ordinary trams with rather low floors and
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-like
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vehicles with higher floors, and the tram stop has a dual-height platform. A railway station may be served by heavy-rail and light-rail vehicles with lower floors and have a dual- height platform, as on the
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in the Netherlands. In all cases the platform must accommodate the
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and conform to the
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of the system.


Types of platform

Platform types include the
bay platform In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines. It is normal for bay platforms to be shorter than their associated through platforms. They must have a buffer stop ...
,
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 platforms, ...
(also called through platform),
split platform A split platform, stacked platform, or separate platform is a railway station, station that has a railway platform, platform for each track, split onto two or more levels. This configuration allows a narrower station plan (or footprint) horizon ...
and
island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
. A bay platform is one at which the track terminates, i.e. a dead-end or
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. Trains serving a bay platform must reverse in or out. A side platform is the more usual type, alongside tracks where the train arrives from one end and leaves towards the other. An island platform has through platforms on both sides; it may be indented on one or both ends, with bay platforms. To reach an island platform there may be a bridge, a
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, or a
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. A variant on the side platform is the
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which has platforms on both sides of a single through track. Modern station platforms can be constructed from a variety of materials such as
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or expanded polystrene, depending on the underlying substructure.


Identification

Most stations have their platforms numbered consecutively from 1; a few stations, including , , King's Cross, , and (in the UK); and Lidcombe, Sydney (Australia), start from 0, generally because a new platform has been added next to Platform 1. At platforms 3 through to 12 are split along their length, with odd numbered platforms facing north and east and even numbers facing south and west, with a small signal halfway along the platform. Some, such as , use letters instead of numbers (this is to distinguish the platforms from numbered ones in the adjoining Waterloo main-line station; some, such as
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, use letters for one group of platforms but numbers for the other. The actual meaning of the word platform depends on country and language. In some countries such as the United States, the word platform refers to the physical structure, while the place where a train can arrive is referred to as a "track" (e.g. "The train is arriving on Track 5"). In other countries, such as the UK, Ireland and most Commonwealth countries, platform refers specifically to the place where the train stops, which means that in such a case
island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...
s are allocated two separate numbers, one for each side. Some countries are in the process of switching from platform to track numbers, i.e. the Czech Republic and Poland. In locations where track numbers are used, an island platform would be described as one platform with two tracks. Many stations also have numbered tracks which are used only for through traffic and do not have physical platform access.


Facilities

Some of the station facilities are often located on the platforms. Where the platforms are not adjacent to a station building, often some form of shelter or
waiting room A waiting room or waiting hall is a building, or more commonly a part of a building or a room, where people sit or stand until the event or appointment for which they are waiting begins. There are two types of physical waiting room. One has in ...
is provided, and employee cabins may also be present. The weather protection offered varies greatly, from little more than a roof with open sides, to a closed room with heating or air-conditioning. There may be benches,
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, ticket counters,
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s, shops, trash boxes, and static
timetable A schedule (, ) or a timetable, as a basic time-management tool, consists of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or of a sequence of events in the chronological order in which such things ...
s or dynamic displays with information about the next train. There are often
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s as part of a
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(PA) system. The PA system is often used where dynamic timetables or electronic displays are not present. A variety of information is presented, including destinations and times (for all trains, or only the more important long-distance trains), delays, cancellations, platform changes, changes in routes and destinations, the number of carriages in the train and the location of first class or luggage compartments, and supplementary fee or reservation requirements.


Safety

Some metro stations have
platform screen doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail ...
between the platforms and the tracks. They provide more safety, and they allow the heating or air conditioning in the station to be separated from the ventilation in the tunnel, thus being more efficient and effective. They have been installed in most stations of the
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MRT and the Hong Kong
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, and stations on the
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in London. Platforms should be sloped upwards slightly towards the platform edge to prevent wheeled objects such as trolleys, prams and wheelchairs from rolling away and into the path of the train. Many platforms have a cavity underneath an overhanging edge so that people who may fall off the platform can seek shelter from incoming trains. For security against theft or to secure stowaways, some countries have special security officers stationed at stations, just like the police, but specifically for railways, For example, in
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and
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, there are special railway security officers.


High-speed rail

In
high-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...
, passing trains are a significant safety problem as the safe distance from the platform edge increases with the speed of the passing train. A study done by the
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in 1999 found that trains passing station platforms at speeds of can pose safety concerns to passengers on the platforms who are away from the edge due to the aerodynamic effects created by pressure and induced airflow with speeds of to depending on the train body aerodynamic designs. Additionally, the airflow can cause debris to be blown out to the waiting passengers. If the passengers stand closer at , the risk increases with airflow that can reach speeds of to . In United Kingdom, a guideline for platform safety specifies that for the platforms with train passing speeds between and , there should be a yellow-line buffer zone of and other warning signs. If trains can pass at speeds higher than , the platforms should be inaccessible to passengers unless there are waiting rooms or screened areas to provide protection. The
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has a regulation for platforms that are close to tracks with train passing speeds of or more should not be accessible to passengers unless there is a lower speed limit for trains that intend to stop at the station or there are barriers to limit access.


Markings

Platforms usually have some form of warnings or measures to keep passengers away from the tracks. The simplest measure is markings near the edge of the platform to demarcate the distance back that passengers should remain. Often a special tiled surface is used as well as a painted line, to help blind people using a walking aid, and help in preventing wheelchairs from rolling too near the platform edge. In the US,
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regulations require a detectable warning strip wide, consisting of truncated dome bumps in a visually-contrasting color, for the full length of the platform.


Curvature

Ideally platforms should be straight or slightly
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, so that the guard (if any) can see the whole train when preparing to close the doors. Platforms that have great curvature have blind spots that create a safety hazard. Mirrors or
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s may be used in these cases to view the whole platform. Also passenger carriages are straight, so doors will not always open directly onto a curved platform – often a
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is present. Usually such platforms will have warning signs, possibly auditory, such as
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's famous phrase "
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". There may be moveable
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sections within the platform, extending once the train has stopped and retracting after the doors have closed. The
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employs these at 14th Street–Union Square on the
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and at
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on the
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, and formerly at the South Ferry outer loop station on the
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.


Notable examples


Longest railway platforms

# Hubballi Junction,
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Greatest number of platforms

#
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, New York City, US: 44 #Ōsaka Station, Ōsaka / Umeda Station, Japan: 36 #Gare du Nord, Paris, France: 35 (31 above ground level + 4 underground) #Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan: 35 #Munich Central Station, Germany: 34 (32 above ground level + 2 underground) #London Waterloo station, United Kingdom: 32 (24 National Rail, mainline and 8 at Waterloo tube station) #Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, Germany: 31 (24 above ground level + 7 underground) #Chicago Union Station, US: 30 #, China: 30 #Tokyo Station, Japan: 30 #, India : 27 (23 for the railway station and 4 for Howrah metro station) #Nagoya Station, Japan: 27 #Central railway station, Sydney, Central railway station, Sydney, Australia: 26 (22 above ground level + 4 underground) #Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Switzerland: 26 (16 above ground level + 10 underground) #Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal (Bang Sue Grand Central), Bangkok, Thailand: 26 (24 for the railway station and 2 for Blue Line (Bangkok), MRT Blue Line, 12 platforms are currently out of use) #Ueno Station, Tokyo, Japan: 25 #Kyoto Station, Japan: 25 West Japan Railway Company, JR West: 15 , Central Japan Railway Company, JR Central: 4 , Kintetsu Group Holdings, Kintetsu 4 , Kyoto Municipal Subway: 2 #, India: 25 (21 for the railway station and 4 for Sealdah metro station) #Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, Germany: 24


See also

* * Gauntlet track * * * * Loading dock * * * * * * * * * *


References


External links

* Schematic maps of all tracks, junctionsswitches and platforms in the Netherlands (point at an area and open detail map in a new window) * (UK-centric information) {{Authority control Railway platforms, Railway stations, Platform