York Railway Station - Platforms

Platforms

The platforms at York have been renumbered several times, the current use is:

  • Platform 1: South-facing bay platform mostly used for services to Hull and for stabling empty stock.
  • Platform 2: North-facing bay platform connected only to the Scarborough branch, used mostly for stabling a spare TPX unit (along with the accompanying station siding).
  • Platform 3: Main southbound platform (but is signalled bi-directionally), accessible directly from the station concourse. Most southbound East Coast or CrossCountry services and some Westbound First Trans-Pennine Express services use this.
  • Platform 4: Northward continuation of platform 3 connected only to the Scarborough branch, used by most First Trans-Pennine Express services from Scarborough.
  • Platform 5: Main northbound platform (but is signalled bi-directionally), accessible by footbridge or tunnel. Most northbound East Coast or CrossCountry services, some North/Eastbound First Trans-Pennine Express services use this and Summer Saturday only East Midlands Trains services to Scarborough.
  • Platform 6: South-facing bay platform used mostly by Northern Rail commuter services, East Coast services to King's Cross station and on non summer Saturdays by East Midlands Trains services to London St. Pancras.
  • Platform 7: South-facing bay platform used mostly by Northern Rail commuter services.
  • Platform 8: North-facing bay platform used almost exclusively by Northern Rail trains on the Harrogate Line.
  • Platforms 9, 10, 11: Bidirectional platforms used by East Coast, Cross-Country and First TransPennine Express services.

Platforms 10 and 11 exist outside the main body of the station. Another siding (the former fruit dock) exists opposite Platform 11.

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