, 2008 Bay and
island platforms are so named because they resemble the eponymous geographic features. Bay platforms are in use in the
United Kingdom, in
Australia, and the United States. Examples of stations with bay platforms include
Carlisle railway station,
Ryde Pier Head railway station,
Nottingham railway station (pictured), which has a bay platform inset into one of its platform islands. The
San Francisco International Airport BART Station has three bay platforms, two of which are in use. Chicago's CTA
O'Hare Airport Station features a bay platform with one track on the bay and a track on each side of the platform.
Millennium Station in Chicago has several bay platforms for the
South Shore Line and
Metra. The
Hoboken Terminal and
33rd Street Station on the
PATH line have bay platforms.
Ferry Avenue on the
PATCO Speedline also has a bay platform. In the
New York City Subway, but such platforms are thought of as
side or
island platforms connected at the ends, rather than bay platforms. Trains using a bay platform have to reverse direction and depart in the direction from which they arrived. == Dock platforms ==