What is the oldest railway station in the world?

Opened in 1830, Liverpool Road station in Manchester is the oldest surviving railway terminus building in the world. Opened in 1836, Spa Road railway station in London was the city's first terminus and also the world's first elevated station and terminus.



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Since Liverpool Road ceased operation, the oldest railway station in use is Broad Green railway station in Liverpool which opened on 15 September 1830.

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Gloucester railway station has the longest single platform - which is 600 m long. In 1977, the station was reconfigured to provide this one long platform in order to accommodate two Inter City 125 trains which were being introduced into service. Gloucester station has the long single continuous platform in England.

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The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world. The Metropolitan Railway opened in January 1863 and was an immediate success, though its construction took nearly two years and caused huge disruption in the streets.

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Small but perfectly formed is a great description of Damems – the Keighley & Worth Valley and Britain's smallest railway station.

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At just 15 metres, Beauly station is the smallest train station in the UK – that's smaller than a single carriage of any train which passes through.

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The longest UK train journey is Aberdeen to Penzance. Covering 785 miles, this train journey takes about 13 hours and 20 minutes to complete (give or take a few minutes). It has 36 stops and spends about two hours in total waiting for passengers to embark and disembark at each railway station along the way.

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St Pancras International, London, England Completed more than 150 years ago, St Pancras International continues to be one of the world's most famous train stations, providing both national and international services, with connections to mainland Europe including Paris and Brussels.

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Grand Central Terminal is spread over 49 acres, has 44 platforms and 67 tracks on two levels. It is the world's largest train station by number of platforms and area occupied.

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Hubli Railway Station in Karnataka is the world's longest railway station. Also known as Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji – Hubballi Junction, it is operated by the South Western Railways under the Hubli division. Platform 1 of the Hubbali station, with a length of 1,505 metres, is the longest railway platform in the world.

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NB Its worth noting that Campbelltown on the Mull of Kintyre is the town in the UK furthest away (by road) from a railway station, at well over a hundred miles from stations on the railway north of Glasgow.

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West Somerset Railway
  • The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a 22.75-mile (36.6 km) heritage railway line in Somerset, England. ...
  • It originally opened in 1862 between Taunton and Watchet. ...
  • It is the longest standard gauge independent heritage railway in the United Kingdom.


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Hampstead is the deepest station below the surface, at 58.5 metres (192 ft), as its surface building is near the top of a hill, and the Jubilee line platforms at Westminster are the deepest platforms below sea level at 32 metres (105 ft).

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The deepest station is Hampstead on the Northern line, which runs down to 58.5 metres.

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Its history is linked to both the oldest line on the Underground, the Metropolitan, and the youngest, the Jubilee.

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