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Railway station architecture is not just the architecture of the station building. It includes the design of separate platforms and canopies, or the train shed (i.e. an overall canopy for the platforms and tracks), if any. Also, shelters can impart the characteristic face of the station and be more than a utilitarian form of construction.
The station is proposed to be built on Main Street at North River Street in Thompsonville, near the downtown area. Plans released in 2013 called for the station to have two 180-foot high-level platforms, each with a 100-foot shelter, connected by an elevated pedestrian bridge.
A railway platform is an area in a train station alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Almost all stations have some form of platform, with larger stations having multiple platforms. Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan hosts 44 platforms, more than any other rail station in the world. [1]
The platforms and tracks ran north to south, partially beneath the train concourse. [51] The platforms were 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, unusual in train station design, and 1,580 feet (480 m) long, and able to be extended to 2,400 feet. They had concrete bases, covered with canopies. The support columns were 80 feet apart, also noted as unusual.
The train platforms appear in the 1982 film Best Friends. The train arrival scene was shot in 1981, two years after Amtrak service ended, but before the connection to the terminal building was severed. [38] A photo of the abandoned train platforms was used for the cover art of Canadian artist Robbie Robertson 's 1987 debut solo album.
Newcastle Station consisted of four platforms, two of which were allocated for Central Coast & Newcastle Line services and two for Hunter Line services, although in practice all services could use any platform. [20] [21] All four lines were electrified in 1984. A loop was maintained between platforms 1 and 2 until removed in 2012.
The classic noir film “Union Station” (1950) showed the 1939 train depot in its heyday as the last of America’s great railway stations, even if L.A. subbed for Chicago in typical Hollywood ...
[5] [6] Since then, the old train station has fallen into disrepair. [3] Partially ruined, it has been owned since 2007 by a private developer who plans to renovate the station buildings and develop the complex into a multifunctional center. [7] The reconstruction has been subject to repeated delays, much to the annoyance of the Katowice ...