Many of the stations on the
Great Central Railway in
England (now almost entirely closed) were constructed in this form. This was because the line was planned to connect to a
Channel Tunnel. If this happened, the lines would need to be compatible with continental
loading gauge, and this would mean it would be easy to change the line to a larger gauge, by moving the track away from the platform to allow the wider bodied continental rolling stock to pass freely while leaving the platform area untouched. Almost all railway stations in
India have island platforms.
Australia In
Sydney, on the
Eastern Suburbs Railway and the
Sydney Metro North West and Bankstown Line, the twin tunnels are widely spaced and the tracks can remain at a constant track centres while still leaving room for the island platforms. Newer stations with island platforms include
Edmonson Park and
Leppington. Older stations include
Milsons Point, and all stations between
Waitara and
Artamon on the
T1 North Shore Line. Most stations between
Flemington up to
St Marys feature two pairs of island platforms, while most stations on the
T6 Lidcombe and Bankstown Line contain island platforms. All stations between
Turella and
Panania on the T8 Airport and South Line are in an island platform arrangement (with
Revesby having two island platforms), while
Arncliffe,
Hurstville,
Oatley, and the entire
Cronulla Branch (except
Cronulla itself) on the
T4 Eastern Suburbs and Illawarra Line are some other examples. Examples in
Melbourne include
West Footscray,
Middle Footscray,
Albion and
Tottenham on the
Sunbury line,
Kananook on the
Frankston Line,
Aircraft,
Williams Landing and
Hoppers Crossing on the
Werribee Line,
Ardeer,
Caroline Springs on the
Ballarat Line,
Glen Iris,
Holmesglen,
Jordanville and
Syndal on the
Glen Waverley Line, and
Watsonia and
Heidelberg on the
Hurstbridge line. Most of
Perth's railway stations are in an island platform arrangement, this is very common on older legacy lines and almost all newer built lines by
Metronet. All stations on the
Ellenbrook Line and the
Airport Line have island platforms.
Canada In
Toronto, 29 subway stations use island platforms (a few in the newer stations on the
Bloor–Danforth line, a few on the
Yonge–University line and all of the
Sheppard line). In
Edmonton, all 18 LRT stations on the
Capital Line and
Metro Line used island platforms until
NAIT/Blatchford Market station opened in 2024, the only station with side platforms as of 2024. The
Valley Line Southeast uses low-floor LRT technology, but uses island platforms on only two of the 12 stops,
Mill Woods and
Davies.
Singapore Almost all of the elevated stations in
Singapore's
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system use island platforms. The exceptions are
Dover MRT station and
Canberra MRT station, which use side platforms as they are built on an existing rail line, also known as an
infill station. The same follows for underground stations, with the exception being
Braddell MRT station,
Bishan MRT station, and a few stations on the
Downtown line (
Stevens,
Downtown,
Telok Ayer,
Chinatown and
MacPherson) and the
Thomson-East Coast line (
Napier,
Maxwell,
Shenton Way and
Marina Bay)
United States In southern
New Jersey and
Philadelphia,
PATCO uses island platforms in all of its 13 stations to facilitate
one-person train operation. The
NYC Subway has many stations with island platforms, including all of the
Second Avenue Subway stations. == Unused sides of island platforms ==