Platform 0

Platform 0 is a platform number at various railway stations around the world. It is usually a result of constructing a new platform next to the existing platform 1. To avoid having to renumber and replace signage for all other platforms, as well as confusing passengers who are familiar with the existing platform layout, the new platform is simply named "Platform 0" in an example of zero-based numbering.

Platforms 0 and 1 at Edinburgh Haymarket

The following stations in the United Kingdom have a Platform 0; this is not necessarily an exhaustive list:[1]

Examples

United Kingdom

• Cardiff Central[2]
• Doncaster[3]
• Edinburgh Haymarket[2]
• Gravesend[4]
• Leeds[5][6]
• London King's Cross[2]
• Rainham[7]
• Redhill[8]
• Stockport[9]

Australia

• Lidcombe[10]

Japan

• Ayase
• Haruda
• Hashioka
• Kyōto

Switzerland

• Aarau[11]

Spain

Platform 0 in Madrid (Spanish: Andén 0) is not a railway platform, but the Madrid Metro's railway museum at the former Chamberí metro station.[12]

References

1. But it is a complete list of the stations visited by Geoff Marshall in his videos "Visiting All Platform Zeros" published in January 2020
2. Jefferson, Ed (August 3, 2016). "From Platform 0 to Platform 9¾: The strange world of British Rail mathematics". CityMetric. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
3. "New platform 0 to open at Doncaster railway station on Monday". www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
4. "National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Gravesend". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
5. "Leeds station improvements". Network Rail. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
6. Johnson, Kristian (2018-11-16). "Leeds train station to gain new platform on site of car park". leedslive. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
7. "Rochester rail bridge installation maintains momentum on £145m East Kent works". thespencergroup.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
8. Steed, Les (2018-01-02). "Redhill Platform 0 finally open - here's what passengers thought". getsurrey. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
9. Scapens, Alex (2017-01-18). "Platform zero at Stockport station reopened after its mysterious closure". men. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
10. "Lidcombe Railway Station Group". NSW Environment, Energy and Science. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
11. "In Aarau gibt es das einzige Gleis null der Schweiz". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
12. "Chamberí Ghost Station". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-02-09.

See also

• Platform 9¾