BIGGEST STATIONS, ETC., ETC.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIV, Issue 9029, 7 November 1925, Page 7

BIGGEST STATIONS, ETC., ETC.

The following facts appeared in j the Yorkshire Post railway centenary issue, and will interest travellers ; “The largest railway station in Great Britain is Waterloo, London j (Southern Railway), with 23 platforms. Waverley, Edinburgh, has 19, Liverpool Street 18, Clapham Junction 17. Crewe 16, Birmingham (New Station) 15, Blackpool Talbot - Road) • 15, Blackpool (Central), York 14. ‘‘York has the third largest length of platforms of any station p in Great Britain (Waterloo and p Waverley have more) with 11,701 feet; the up main is the longest in. p the kingdom ,being 1,692 ft., 12ft , n longer than Waverley’s longest. The down main is 1,575 ft. “The longest railway tunnel in Great Britain is the Severn tunnel on the Great Western, 4 miles 624 yards. The next longest is Tot- re ley, near Sheffield, on the Midland, r c 3 miles 950 yards. Old and new Standedge tunnel, Yorkshire, are each 3 miles 57 yards and the dou- R ble line 3 miles 57 yards. Woodhead (between Penistone and Manchester) is 3 miles 13 yards; Bram- d hope 2 miles 234 yards; Morley 1 p mile. 1.590 yards. . , jr

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