Mitcham Eastfields Station
With the summer now giving us lighter evenings, after Wednesday’s visit to Greenhithe station, I decided to have a look at another of Network Rail’s modular stations.; Mitcham Eastfields. The station has an unusual layout as this Google Map image shows.
Mitcham Eastfields Station
Note that the two platforms are one each side of a level crossing and that the down platform where trains from London arrive has no facilities except a bridge to connect it to the other platform. It is an interesting attempt to find a solution to the level crossing problem. Wikipedia says this about the design.
The platforms are 170 m long, with a building on the up (northbound) platform. The platforms are arranged so that each is situated beyond the level crossing in the direction of travel, allowing the crossing to be reopened while trains are stopped at the station, minimising the disruption to road traffic.
I took these pictures as I walked from the down to the up platform over the footbridge.
The design might need some fine tuning in the addition of a light-controlled crossing for foot passengers crossing from the down to the up platform, but it is an innovative approach to putting a station by a busy level crossing on a line with frequent trains.
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