Platform 0 Explained

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.

Examples

United Kingdom

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

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

Australia

• Lidcombe^[10]

Japan

• Ayase
• Haruda
• Hashioka
• Kyōto^[11]

Switzerland

• Aarau^[12]

Indonesia

• Tanah Abang (from 2024)

Denmark

• Esbjerg^[13]

See also

• Platform 9¾

Notes and References

1. But it is a complete list of the stations visited by Geoff Marshall and Matt Parker in their videos "Visiting All Platform Zeros (Part 1)", "Visiting All Platform Zeros (Part 2)", and "Visiting every Platform Zero in the UK in one day!" published in January 2020
2. Web site: New platform 0 to open at Doncaster railway station on Monday. 14 December 2016. www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk. en. 2020-02-09.
3. Web site: National Rail Enquiries - Station facilities for Gravesend. www.nationalrail.co.uk. 2020-02-09.
4. Web site: Leeds station improvements. Network Rail. en-GB. 2020-02-10.
5. Web site: Leeds train station to gain new platform on site of car park. Johnson. Kristian. 2018-11-16. leedslive. 2020-02-10.
6. Web site: From Platform 0 to Platform 9¾: The strange world of British Rail mathematics. Jefferson. Ed. August 3, 2016. CityMetric. 2020-02-09.
7. Web site: Rochester rail bridge installation maintains momentum on £145m East Kent works. 19 December 2014. thespencergroup.co.uk. 2020-02-09.
8. Web site: Redhill Platform 0 finally open - here's what passengers thought. Steed. Les. 2018-01-02. getsurrey. 2020-02-09.
9. Web site: Platform zero at Stockport station reopened after its mysterious closure. Scapens. Alex. 2017-01-18. men. 2020-02-09.
10. Web site: Lidcombe Railway Station Group. NSW Environment, Energy and Science. 2020-02-09.
11. Web site: 22 January 2020. JR West - Kyoto Station map. 20 April 2021. JR West.
12. Web site: In Aarau gibt es das einzige Gleis null der Schweiz. Aargauer Zeitung. de-ch. 2020-02-10. 2009-07-01.
13. Web site: Esbjerg station departures. MitTog. en. 2023-10-27.