Platforms Collection

Catching the 5: 15 at Liverpool Street by Grace Golden
Scene inside Liverpool Street Station in the City of London showing commuters and travelling swarming around the station concourse and platforms as they rush to catch trains to NE London suburbs

Railway station at Malvern, Worcestershire (on the Worcester and Hereford Railway route). Now known as Great Malvern railway station, it opened in 1860. Date: circa 1860s

Kensington Underground Station, West London
View inside Kensington (now High Street Kensington) Station on the London Underground. Date: 1868

The River Westbourne running through Sloane Square tube stat
A conduit containing the overflow from the Serpentine running above the platforms at Sloane Square underground station. Date: 1909

Railway crossing at Newcastle-on-Tyne
View of the railway crossing at Newcastle-on-Tyne -- claimed to be the largest crossing in the world. Date: circa early 20th century

The Forth Bridge: Queensferry Pier, looking south, Lifting platforms about 190 feet above high-water level

Rush hour at a London tube station, by A. W. Wilson
A busy London underground station contasting two platforms, one side has happy holiday makers and the other sober looking business men

Kings Cross Station / 1895
A view of the platforms at the terminus for the Great Northern Railway, designed by the architect Lewis Cubitt, built in 1851-52

Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalator
Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station

Paddington Station, platform 5 and 6 - London. Date: early 1930s

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland - Fishing Stages. A fishing stage is a wooden vernacular building, associated with cod fishing in Newfoundland, Canada

Rhayader Railway Station, Powys, Wales - Mid Wales Railway Date: circa 1908

New Street Station, Birmingham Date: 1906

Platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England
Down platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1894

Narberth Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a deserted Narberth Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Departure platform in Victoria Station, London
Southern Railway continental and mainline departure Platform 2 in Victoria Station, London, with a W H Smith news stand. Date: circa 1910

Waverley Steam Train
A steam locomotive on one of the platforms of Waverley Railway Station, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: 1930s

Firefighters working at scene of restaurant fire, Biggin Hill, SE London

Railway station at Kenilworth, Warwickshire 1844
Railway station at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, on the Leamington and Warwick Railway route. Date: 1844

Euston Station, London 1837
Euston Station, London, in 1837, at the start of railway development and expansion. Showing a first-class carriage in the foreground

Waterloo Underground Station - cross-section 1926
Cross section of Waterloo Overground and Underground Stations - showing the big triple escalator descending to the lower platforms. 1926

Wolverhampton Low Level station - 1
Wolverhamton Low Level Railway Station before the site was redeveloped. Two men change the points on the track Date: 1992

Great Central Railway - Marylebone Station. The newspaper headlines on the left give a perfect date for this photograph of May 1906 as they detail the British victory in the Bambatha (Bambaata)

Richmond Bridge, London
A painting which shows a gathering of people on boats and platforms of the River Thames, by the base of the 18th century stone arch structure of Richmond Bridge, dating from 1776

RACIAL/MANDAN CEMETERY
Mandan cemetery: the ring of skulls is where the ceremonies take place; beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: circa 1830

MANDAN CEMETERY 1830S
A cemetery of the Mandan people. The ring of skulls is where ceremonies take place, beyond are the platforms on which the bodies of the dead are laid Date: 1830s

Baker Street underground station, London
A train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881

Gower Street Station, Metropolitan underground, London
Platform scene at Gower Street Station, one of the first stations on the Metropolitan underground, London. It was later renamed Euston Square Station. Date: circa 1860s

London Underground railway, High Street Kensington
London Underground railway, aerial view of platforms, passengers and train at High Street Kensington. Date: 1894

London Underground railway, platform scene. Date: 1888

Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station, Nottinghamshire
Platform scene with passengers and footbridge at Sutton-in-Ashfield Town railway station, on the Leen Valley Extension Railway (GNR), Nottinghamshire, in the year that it opened. Date: 1898

Platforms at York railway station, Yorkshire, England
Platforms 5 and 6 at York railway station, Yorkshire, England 1888

Underground station, Stockwell, South London, showing the street view, the lift, and the platform and carriages, with passengers. 1892

Underground railway, scenes from three stations, London -- Mansion House (District Line), Sloane Square (District Line), and the ticket office at Shepherds Bush (Central Line). Date: 1903

Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening London
Underground railway, Waterloo and City Line opening, London. Starting from Waterloo, a driver working the motor, the entrance to one of the iron tunnels. Date: 1898

Underground railway, Aldgate Station interior, London. Date: 1876

Spalding railway station, Spalding, Lincolnshire. It opened in 1848 and was renamed Spalding Town railway station later the same year. Date: 1848

Wendon (Audley End) railway station, Wendon, Essex
Wendon railway station, Wendon (Wenden, or Wendens Ambo), Essex. It was opened in 1845 and three years later was renamed Audley End. Date: 1845

Railway station at Furness Abbey, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Date: 1886

Overhead Electric Railway Station, Liverpool Docks 1893
A station (probably Canada Dock) on the Overhead Electric Railway Line running through Liverpool Docks, in the year of the services opening. The line was seven miles long. Date: 1893

Railway station at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, showing the opening celebrations. Date: 1850

Railway station at Leamington (Spa), Warwickshire 1844
Railway station at Leamington (Spa), Warwickshire, with a large number of people in attendance, probably around the time of the stations opening. Date: 1844

Railway station at Kettering, Northamptonshire, on the Leicester and Hitchin Railway route, with people waiting with their luggage on opposite platforms. Date: 1857

Fenchurch Street Railway Station - London
Fenchurch Street, Great Eastern Railway Station facing East, London Date: circa 1910s

Crystal Palace Railway Station, London 1862
Crowds at Crystal Palace Railway Station, London. Date: 1862

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1900
Waterloo Railway Station during the Ascot week, London. Date: 1900

Kings Cross railway station, London
Arrival of steam engine in Kings Cross, railway station, London. Date: 19th century

Terminus of the Great Northern Railway, Kings Cross 1852
View of the terminus of the Great Northern Railway, Kings Cross, London. Date: 1852

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