I kinda get why 1 & 3 would be separate as there is a track ...

2024-09-01T20:07:57Z

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I kinda get why 1 & 3 would be separate as there is a track switch in between them, but I have no clue what they were cooking with platforms 1 and 1a

It's really fun to learn about various train station quirks ...

2024-09-01T19:23:28Z

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It's really fun to learn about various train station quirks around the world!

Here's another one: Kapellen station in Belgium has 3 platforms, but only 2 tracks. How is that possible you ask? Well, platforms 1 & 3 are just opposite of one another with double tracks in the middle, while platform 2 runs along the same track as platform 3, but is on the other side of a level rail crossing, which cuts through the station. In the past, only current platforms 1 & 3 existed, but as trains from the south stopped at platform 3, just in front of the level crossing, it had to be closed for the entire time the train spent at the station. Therefore later on they built the current platform 2 to avoid that issue and platform 3 is just a backup now.

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I kinda get why 1 & 3 would be separate as there is a track ...

It's really fun to learn about various train station quirks ...