Comments on: What Is The Correct Height For A Station Platform? https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/what-is-the-correct-height-for-a-station-platform.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-the-correct-height-for-a-station-platform Model railroads and model trains Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Max https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/what-is-the-correct-height-for-a-station-platform.html#comment-35373 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:23:18 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5412#comment-35373 Thanks Arjen that was very helpful I can read a little German but the diagrams more or less speak for themselves

]]> By: Max https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/what-is-the-correct-height-for-a-station-platform.html#comment-35372 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 00:16:23 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5412#comment-35372 In reply to Sheldon Clark.

Thanks for that at least I have some idea when I start building them

]]> By: Arjen Van Der Heyden https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/what-is-the-correct-height-for-a-station-platform.html#comment-35313 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 11:52:57 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5412#comment-35313 Hi Max,
Please refer to attached document for platform heights. https://www.s1gf.de/index.php?page=Attachment&attachmentID=54817&h=f2cdc5dad016227dfa6bfdd20e47a7fdee467747
Heights of platforms vary according to amount of traffic through the station. Hopefully you can read some German, if not you should still get the gist of it.

]]> By: Sheldon Clark https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/01/what-is-the-correct-height-for-a-station-platform.html#comment-35170 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:51:36 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5412#comment-35170 Platforms at minor stations in Germany (in the 1960s & 1970s at least) were no higher than the kerb of British Road, even on major routes, and could be single-sided, i.e. were situated between each track and the next (rather than having both tracks between them) and had kerb stones on one side only. At more important stations, such as junctions & towns, they were higher, but significantly lower than at UK stations. At such stations, there was a reasonable step up from the platform to the lowest step at the door of the carriage/coach/car with no need for the portable steps traditionally seen at US stations/depots. The height of the lowest steps on your coaches can guide you.

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