Large Stations
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This is a list of largest railway stations in the world in terms of number of tracks (where 20 is taken as a minimum definition of "large"). Note that the number of platforms is usually smaller, as many of these stations have island platforms, with a track on each side.
The way tracks are counted is not uniform; e.g., a long track may be counted as two if two trains can be parked there.
| Tracks | Station | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Grand Central Terminal | Manhattan, New York City | Tracks are on two underground levels: 41 on upper level and 26 on lower level. Not all tracks are used for passenger service. There are also five subway routs that are located underground, accounting for nine tracks over three different lines (5 separate platforms). |
| 48 | München Hauptbahnhof | Munich, Germany | 32 railroad tracks overground, 2 S-Bahn and 6 U-Bahn tracks underground, 8 tram tracks on street level |
| 44 | Gare du Nord | Paris | There are 40 tracks on the main level, including 2 service tracks that are not open to the public, and 4 tracks in the basement. |
| 37 | Köln Hauptbahnhof | Cologne | 11 tracks with triple signalling overground, 4 U-Bahn tracks underground |
| 35 | Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof | Frankfurt, Germany | 25 railroad tracks overground, 4 S-Bahn and 4 U-Bahn tracks underground, 2 tram tracks on street level |
| 33 | Shinjuku Station | Tokyo | |
| 30 | Napoli Centrale station | Napoli, Italy | 26 Platforms + 4 in the basement (Napoli Piazza Garibaldi). |
| 30 | Tokyo Station | Tokyo | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania Station | Manhattan, New York City | 21 numbered tracks are used by Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and the Long Island Rail Road. The station complex also has two separate New York City Subway stations with 4 tracks each. |
| 28 | Termini Station | Rome | |
| 27 | London Waterloo | London, United Kingdom | Not including the platforms of Waterloo International and Waterloo East. |
| 27 | Gare Montparnasse | Paris | |
| 27 | Gare Saint-Lazare | Paris | |
| 26 | London Euston | London, United Kingdom | 18 mainline platforms plus two intermediate roads, 6 underground |
| 26 | Zürich Hauptbahnhof | Zürich | 16 mainline and 4 S-Bahn platforms above ground; 6 S-Bahn platforms underground, the number platforms is identical with the number of tracks |
| 25 | Atocha Station | Madrid, Spain | |
| 25 | Central Station | Sydney | 27 with 2 unused platforms used for MetroPitt scheme, announced 2005 |
| 25 | Ueno Station | Tokyo | 12 on upper level, 5 on lower level above ground; 4 subway platforms underground; 4 Shinkansen platforms lie even deeper; 4 platforms of Keisei Ueno Station not included |
| 24 | Cape Town station | Cape Town | |
| 24 | Leipzig Hauptbahnhof | Leipzig, Germany | |
| 24 | Milan Central Station | Milan | |
| 24 | Beijing South | Beijing | |
| 24 | Hoboken Terminal | Hoboken, New Jersey | 18 numbered New Jersey Transit tracks and 3 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail tracks along the river, plus 3 PATH tracks underground. |
| 24 | Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof | Düsseldorf, Germany | 16 railroad tracks overground, 4 U-Bahn tracks underground, 4 tram tracks on street level |
| 23 | Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof | Stuttgart | 17 railroad tracks overground, 2 S-Bahn and 4 U-Bahn tracks underground |
| 23 | London Victoria | London | 19 main line, 4 for London Underground |
| 23 | Kyoto Station | Kyoto, Japan | 14 on ground level, 4 for Shinkansen, 3 for Kintetsu and 2 for subway |
| 23 | Howrah Station | Kolkata, India | Howrah station is the largest station in India having 23 platforms, it has 2 complexes old and new, the old complex has pf no. 1 -16 and new complex has pf no. 17-23. It is slated to get an additional 15 platform tracks north of the current station in the next decade to bring it up to a total of 37 platform tracks. |
| 22 | London Liverpool Street | London | 18 main line, 4 for London Underground |
| 22 | Omiya Station | Saitama, Japan | 1 for New Shuttle included |
| 22 | Nagoya Station | Nagoya, Japan | JR lines (including Shinkansen), subway lines and Aonami Line only |
| 22 | Southern Cross | Melbourne | Consists of Platforms 1, 2A-8A, 2B-8B, 8 South, and 9-14; with platforms 15-16 under construction. |
| 21 | Chamartín Station | Madrid, Spain | Tracks 5-9: Short-Distance Service. Tracks 1-4 and 10-16: Medium-Distance and Long-Distance Services. Tracks 17-21: High Speed Services. |
| 21 | Brussels South | Brussels | |
| 21 | Shinagawa Station | Tokyo | Additional 2 under construction |
| 20 | Union Station | Chicago | Two sets of tracks, 10 each facing north and south. Serves both Amtrak and Metra trains. |
| 20 | London Paddington | London | |
| 19 | Chennai Central | India | 15 platforms in use, with 4 under construction |
| 19 | Stockholm Central Station | Stockholm | Including 2 T-Centralen |
| 19 | Helsinki Central railway station | Helsinki | It is slated to get an additional more platform tracks |
| 19 | Sofia central station | Sofia, Bulgaria | 11 through tracks with platforms, 5 dead-end tracks and 3 tracks without platforms. Some additional service tracks are not included. |
| 18 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus | India | Platform number 1-7 are used for suburban service of the Mumbai suburban railway. Platforms from 8-18 used as a terminus or long distance express trains. |
| 18 | Edinburgh Waverley | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | |
| 18 | Barcelona Sants | Barcelona, Spain | 6 high speed platforms (standard gauge, high-level), 8 classic platforms (Iberian gauge, low-level), 4 metro platforms |
| 18 | Porto Campanhã | Porto, Portugal | 9 mainline platforms, 2 metro platforms. |
| 17 | Leeds City Station | Leeds, United Kingdom | |
| 17 | Glasgow Central | Glasgow, United Kingdom | Including 2 on lower level |
| 17 | Union Station | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 14 surface tracks with 23 platforms for railways (many tracks served by platforms on both sides, allowing separate platforms for alighting and boarding), 2 tracks in adjacent subway station and 1 streetcar/tram loop underground connected via subway station. Construction underway to add one additional track + high-level platform for future Airport train service (completion 2015). Plans also exist to relocate streetcar platform from loop to new 4 track terminal located directly under trainshed. |
| 16 | Manchester Piccadilly | Manchester, United Kingdom | 14 Mainline Platforms, with platforms 13 and 14 (an island platform) having an "A" and "B" designation, plus 2 Metrolink Platforms, located underneath the mainline station. |
| 16 | 30th Street Station | Philadelphia | Upper level with 6 tracks served by SEPTA Regional Rail Services. Lower level with 10 tracks served by Amtrak and NJ Transit. Not including an adjacent 4 track subway and trolley station, formerly connected via an underground passageway. The pedestrian tunnel was closed due to crime concerns. Transferring passengers must exit one station and cross over at street level to enter the other station. |
| 16 | Clapham Junction | London, United Kingdom | |
| 15 | Birmingham New Street | Birmingham, United Kingdom | All platforms signalled halfway along plus sidings. Larger Virgin Trains use a "double" platform in essence, as such length requires both the "a" and "b" section of the platform. There are 12 through platforms, with three bay platforms although only one is used for passenger trains. |
| 15 | Kharagpur | India | |
| 15 | West Kowloon Terminus | Kowloon, Hong Kong | Expected to open in 2014 at the earliest. |
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