Editing Cross-platform interchange (section)

===Europe===
====Amsterdam====
[[Amsterdam Metro|Amsterdam metro]] network includes cross-platform interchanges at [[Van der Madeweg metro station|Van der Madeweg station]] between metro lines 50 and 53 and at [[Amsterdam Zuid railway station|Amsterdam South station]] between metro lines 50 and 52. Further, cross-platform connections are offered at [[Amsterdam Amstel railway station|Amstel station]] between metro lines 51, 53, 54 and suburban and intercity services of [[Nederlandse Spoorwegen|Netherlands Railways]].

====Barcelona====

The [[Barcelona Metro]] has a cross-platform transfer between L2 and L3 at [[Paral·lel station]].

====Berlin====
The [[Berlin S-Bahn|Berlin suburban rail]] network includes cross-platform transfers at [[Berlin Ostbahnhof|Berlin East]] and at [[Baumschulenweg railway station|Baumschulenweg]] / [[Berlin Schöneweide railway station|Schöneweide]], [[Berlin Bornholmer Straße railway station|Bornholmer Straße]], [[Berlin Gesundbrunnen railway station|Gesundbrunnen]], [[Berlin Treptower Park railway station|Treptower Park]] and [[Berlin Wannsee railway station|Wannsee]] suburban railway stations.

[[Berlin U-Bahn|Berlin metro]] services offer cross-platform connections at [[Mehringdamm (Berlin U-Bahn)|Mehringdamm]] (metro lines [[U6 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U6]]/[[U7 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U7]]), [[U Nollendorfplatz|Nollendorfplatz]] (metro line [[U4 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U4]] with outbound lines [[U1 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U1]]/[[U3 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U3]]) and [[Wittenbergplatz (Berlin U-Bahn)|Wittenbergplatz]] (metro lines [[U2 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U2]]/U3, outbound also U1) metro stations.

Additionally, [[Berlin Wuhletal railway station|Wuhletal]] station offers cross-platform interchanges between lines S5 of [[Berlin S-Bahn|Berlin suburban rail]] and [[U5 (Berlin U-Bahn)|U5]] of [[Berlin U-Bahn|Berlin metro]].

[[Jungfernheide (Berlin U-Bahn)|Jungfernheide]] metro station was built for cross-platform interchanges between line U7 and an extended line U5 towards [[Tegel Airport]]; the extension plan was abandoned following the decision to replace Tegel Airport with [[Berlin Brandenburg Airport]]. A part of one of the U5 tunnels is used by Berlin [[firefighter]]s for fire and rescue training in a metro tunnel with an original train taken out-of-service. Similar provisions were also made at [[Schloßstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)|Schloßstraße]] metro station for cross-platform interchanges between line U9 and a never realised line U10.

====Bochum====
In [[Bochum]]'s light rail and tram network (operated by [[Bogestra]]), a cross-platform interchange is offered at [[Bochum Hauptbahnhof|Bochum Hauptbahnhof (Bochum Main Railway Station)]] between light rail line U35 and sub-surface tram lines 302 and 310 on the lower level of the underground light rail station complex. U35 and 302/310 services to the south and southeast, and to the north and north-east stop at the same platforms.

====Brussels====
[[Brussels South railway station]] offers an interesting example of double-level cross-platform interchange, where the goal is to make it easier for passengers to "double back". The metro and premetro lines interweave so that, for example, one can arrive on the metro 2 or 6 from the north-east, walk across the island platform, and catch a tram 3 or 4 going south-east. Passengers making this journey in the opposite direction use the level below. Similar cross-platform interchanges offers [[Beekkant metro station|Beekkant station]] between metro lines 1/5 and 2/6; in this area, lines 1/5 run on the right while lines 2/6 run on the left due to historical layout when formerly line 1B between Herrmann Debroux and Roi Baudoin stations branched off line 1B (running between Stockel and Erasme stations) and line 1A needed to change driving direction at Beekkant station. At [[Brussels-North railway station|Brussels North premetro station]] cross platform interchange is offered between tram lines 25 and 55 coming from Schaerbeek to the premetro lines 3 and 4 towards the city center.

==== Bucharest ====
[[Basarab metro station|Basarab station]] of metro lines [[Bucharest Metro Line M1|M1]] and [[Bucharest Metro Line M4|M4]] is the only cross-platform interchange in the [[Bucharest Metro|Bucharest metro]] network where lines cross each other.

==== Charleroi ====
The [[Métro Léger de Charleroi|Charleroi light rail system]] includes two stations, Beaux-Arts and Waterloo, with possible cross-platform interchanges.

==== Cologne ====
The only cross-platform interchange of the [[Cologne Stadtbahn|Cologne premetro network]] is [[Ebertplatz (KVB)|Ebertplatz station]], where passengers can change easily between high and low floor lines sharing an island platform for each direction.

==== Copenhagen ====
The [[S-train|Copenhagen suburban network]] contains cross-platform interchanges between circle line F and lines B, C, E at [[Hellerup station]].

==== Duisburg ====
[[Duisburg Stadtbahn]] includes two cross-platform interchange stations, [[Duisburg Hauptbahnhof|Duisburg Hauptbahnhof (Duisburg Main Railway Station)]] for same-direction interchange and König-Heinrich-Platz station for opposite-direction interchange.

==== Düsseldorf ====
[[Düsseldorf Stadtbahn|Düsseldorf premetro network]] contains a four-track route between [[Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof|Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof (Düsseldorf Main Railway Station)]] and [[Heinrich-Heine-Allee (VRR)|Heinrich-Heine-Allee station]] comprising two island platforms for same-direction cross-platform interchange at each station; while at both mentioned stations, the two platforms are located parallel, they are built one above the other at both intermediate stations.

==== Essen ====
[[Essen Stadtbahn]] includes two stations with cross-platform interchange on two parallel island platforms at [[Essen Hauptbahnhof|Essen Hauptbahnhof (Essen Main Railway Station)]] and Essen Rathaus station; cross-platform connections at Essen Hauptbahnhof are between standard-gauge premetro lines and metre-gauge sub-surface tram lines.

==== Frankfurt (Main) ====
At [[Frankfurt Konstablerwache station|Konstablerwache station]], Frankfurt's [[Rhine-Main S-Bahn|suburban train]] lines S1 to S6, S8 and S9 and [[Frankfurt U-Bahn|Frankfurt premetro]] lines U6 and U7 share one island platform for each direction, with the suburban railway (inner) side of the platforms being much longer than for the premetro. Also, the premetro station located at [[Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof|Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (Frankfurt Main Railway Station)]] was once designed for cross-platform transfers between different [[Frankfurt U-Bahn|Frankfurt premetro]] lines but is now only used by premetro lines U4/U5 running along the same corridor.

==== Hamburg ====
[[Hamburg U-Bahn|Hamburg metro]] offers cross-platform interchanges at [[Barmbek station|Barmbek]] (between circle and branch of metro line U3), [[Berliner Tor station|Berliner Tor]] (between metro lines U2/U4 and U3), [[Kellinghusenstraße station|Kellinghusenstraße]] (between metro lines U1 and U3) and Wandsbek-Gartenstadt (between metro lines U1 and U3) metro stations; all cross-platform interchanges are also timetable coordinated to make it as easy and convenient for the passengers as possible.

Another cross-platform interchange is used at the northwestern terminus of metro line U1 at [[Norderstedt Mitte (Hamburg U-Bahn station)|Norderstedt Mitte station]] where metros use the outer tracks and interconnect with the non-electrified suburban line A2 of AKN private railway company terminating on the center track in between the two island platforms.

[[Hamburg S-Bahn|Hamburg suburban railway]] offers cross-platform interchanges at [[Hamburg-Altona station|Altona station]] and [[Hamburg Hauptbahnhof|Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg Main Railway Station)]] ensuring short connections for four of five branches to both inner city routes.

==== Hanover ====
[[Hanover Stadtbahn|Hanover premetro]] offers two cross-platform interchanges, one at [[Hannover Hauptbahnhof|Hannover Hauptbahnhof (Hanover Main Railway Station)]] and one at Aegidientorplatz station.

==== London ====
[[File:Finchley Road tube station - geograph.org.uk - 671881.jpg|thumb|Cross-platform transfer at [[Finchley Road tube station|Finchley Road]]]]
[[File:Cross-platform Oxford Circus.png|thumb|left|Simplified diagram of a Cross-platform interchange at [[Oxford Circus tube station]], between the [[Bakerloo line]] and the [[Victoria line]]]]

In [[London]]'s [[London Underground|deep-level tube network]], these usually occur in pairs for both directions of two lines. This allows for extremely quick and convenient interchange. The effect is that the two lines, despite having completely separate operation, can be treated by passengers as branches of a single network.

Examples include:
* Several slow and fast services have multiple cross-platform interchanges. [[Finchley Road tube station|Finchley Road]] offers cross platform transfers between the fast [[Metropolitan line]] and slow [[Jubilee line]] at surface level before diverging from [[Wembley Park tube station|Wembley Park]]. [[Acton Town tube station|Acton Town]], [[Barons Court tube station|Barons Court]], [[Turnham Green tube station|Turnham Green]] and [[Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly and District lines)|Hammersmith]] all have cross platform transfers between the fast [[Piccadilly line]] and the slow [[District line]].
* [[Mile End tube station|Mile End]] has cross platform transfers between the [[District line|District]]/[[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] and [[Central line (London Underground)|Central]] lines at sub-surface level.
* [[Barking station|Barking]] has cross platform transfers between [[District line|District]]/[[Hammersmith & City line|Hammersmith & City]] lines and [[c2c]] services from platform 3, 4, 5 and 6.
* [[Stratford station|Stratford]] has cross platform between the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] and [[Elizabeth line]] services.<ref name=stratford />
* For the deep-level interchanges the term "same level interchange" is sometimes preferred as there is invariably an intermediate circulating area between the platforms.  Convenient same level interchanges feature at various [[Victoria line]] stations, including [[Stockwell tube station|Stockwell]] with the [[Northern line]] and [[Euston tube station|Euston]] with the Bank branch of the [[Northern line]]; [[Oxford Circus tube station|Oxford Circus]] with the [[Bakerloo line]]; [[Finsbury Park station|Finsbury Park]] with the [[Piccadilly line]]; and [[Highbury and Islington]] with the [[Northern City Line]]. There is also a cross platform interchange at [[Baker Street tube station|Baker Street]] between the Bakerloo and Jubilee lines, and a cross platform interchange at [[Kennington tube station|Kennington]] between the Charing Cross and Bank branches of the Northern line, which during normal service times operates as two separate branches south of [[Camden Town tube station|Camden Town]].

==== Lisbon ====
The [[Lisbon Metro]] has two stations with an island platform and two side platforms (with the island platform being used for same-direction cross-platform interchanges between lines entering downtown Lisbon): [[Baixa-Chiado (Lisbon Metro)]] (which has an inbound cross-platform transfer between the Green Line and the Blue Line) and [[Campo Grande (Lisbon Metro)|Campo Grande]] (which has an inbound cross-platform transfer between the Green Line and the Yellow Line). Transfers between trains leaving downtown Lisbon require passengers to change platforms.

[[CP Urban Services|Lisbon regional rail]] has cross-platform interchanges on the belt line within [[Lisbon]] as well as on the [[Sintra]] line, where Sintra line trains connect with [[Azambuja]] line trains.

==== Liverpool ====
[[Kirkby railway station]] (until 1977) and [[Ormskirk railway station]] (until 1970) were [[double-track railway]], when they were converted into [[single-track railway]] with cross-platform interchange.
[[File:Kirkby Station - geograph.org.uk - 747868.jpg|thumb|[[Kirkby railway station]] single-track railway [[Interchange station|interchange]] (former double-track railway)]]

==== Madrid ====
[[Madrid Metro]] uses cross-platform interchanges mainly for easy transfer between urban and suburban sections operated separately on metro lines 7 (Estadio Olimpico), 9 (Puerta de Arganda) and 10 (Tres Olivos). At Casa de Campo station, metro lines 5 and 10 are interconnected cross-platform with line 5 terminating on center track in between the island platforms shared with line 10. At Principe Pio station, metro lines 6 and 10 share an island platform for each direction. Further applications of cross-platform interchanges connect only one direction of each line, for example at Pinar de Chamartín station between metro lines 1 and 4.

==== Milan ====
[[Cadorna (Milan Metro)|Cadorna FN]] station on [[Milan Metro]] serves as interchange between [[Milan Metro Line 1|M1]] and [[Milan Metro Line 2|M2]] lines (the other one is [[Loreto (Milan Metro)|Loreto]]). Each line is served by a couple of [[side platform]]s located on the same level. This provides a direct link between M1 northbound platform (towards [[Sesto 1º Maggio (Milan Metro)|Sesto 1° Maggio]]) and M2 southbound platform (towards [[Abbiategrasso (Milan Metro)|Abbiategrasso]] or [[Assago Milanofiori Forum (Milan Metro)|Assago Milanofiori Forum]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milanocittastato.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/mm1_cadorna_spaccato_3.jpg|title=Station cutaway highlighting M1 (red) and M2 (green) lines}}</ref> All the other connections have to be done through the upper level mezzanine.

==== Moscow ====
[[File:Китай-Город (станция метро), зал южного направления, указатели.JPG|thumbnail|Kitay-gorod station, interchange signs]]

Some stations in the [[Moscow Metro]] utilize cross-platform interchanges. They include [[Kitay-gorod (Moscow Metro)|Kitay-gorod]], [[Tretyakovskaya (Moscow Metro)|Tretyakovskaya]] and [[Kashirskaya]].

==== Mülheim (Ruhr) ====
Mülheim located roughly in the centre of the [[Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr|Rhein-Ruhr premetro]] network offers selected cross-platform interchanges at [[Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof|Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof (Mülheim Main Railway Station)]].

==== Munich ====
[[Munich U-Bahn|Munich metro]] offers coordinated cross-platform connections at both ''[[Scheidplatz (Munich U-Bahn)|Scheidplatz]]'' (metro lines U2/U3) and ''[[Innsbrucker Ring (Munich U-Bahn)|Innsbrucker Ring]]'' (metro lines U2/U5) metro stations; all same-direction connections are optimised, so that usually U2 and U3 respectively U5 trains of the same direction arrive, stop and depart at the same time.

''[[München Neuperlach Süd station|Neuperlach Süd]]'' is a combined station for [[Munich U-Bahn|Munich metro]] and [[Munich S-Bahn|Munich suburban rail]]. Original plans intended cross-platform interchanges in both directions at parallel [[island platform]]s. However, Munich suburban rail is still single-track there, and offers therefore only cross-platform interchange in the outbound direction and from outbound (terminating) Munich metro U5 services to inbound Munich suburban rail S7 services. Although possible, the arrival and departure times of both lines are not matched together.

Within the [[Munich S-Bahn|Munich S-Bahn (suburban rail)]] network, ''[[München-Westkreuz railway station|Westkreuz]]'', ''[[München-Giesing railway station|Giesing]]'', ''[[München Berg am Laim railway station|Berg am Laim]]'' and ''[[München Flughafen Besucherpark railway station|Besucherpark]]'' junction stations offer cross-platform interchanges for transfers between both branches. Under discussion are cross-platform interchanges in the same running direction for connecting the central bypass to the existing trunk route at least at ''[[München-Laim station|Laim]]'' and ''[[München-Leuchtenbergring station|Leuchtenbergring]]'' stations.

At ''[[München Donnersbergerbrücke station|Donnersbergerbrücke]]'' suburban station, cross-platform interchanges can be made in the same running direction between the S-Bahn lines along the trunk route and lines S7, S27, [[Bayerische Oberlandbahn|BOB]]; although not interconnected by timetables. However, the S-Bahn lines along the trunk route run frequently during most of the day: every 2 to 6&nbsp;minutes on lines except S7, and every 2 to 4&nbsp;minutes including the S7.

At ''[[München Ost station|Ostbahnhof]]'', cross-platform interchanges have been possible since 2004 between regional trains from [[Rosenheim]] and [[Mühldorf]] to S-Bahn lines towards [[Ebersberg]], [[Erding]] and [[Munich Airport]] (only in these directions).

Further cross-platform interchanges between [[Munich S-Bahn]] and regional trains can be made at ''[[Freising]]'', ''[[Petershausen]]'', ''[[Geltendorf]]'', ''[[Grafing]] Bahnhof'' and ''[[Markt Schwaben]]'' stations, as Munich S-Bahn partly runs on mainline tracks anyway.

==== Nuremberg ====
[[Nuremberg U-Bahn|Nuremberg metro]] includes one cross-platform interchange between metro lines U1/U11 and U2/U21/U3 at underground [[Plärrer (Nuremberg U-Bahn)|Plärrer metro station]] where the outbound metro platform is located above the inbound.

==== Nizhny Novgorod ====
[[Nizhny Novgorod Metro|Nizhny Novgorod metro's]] Moskovskaya station is prepared to offer cross-platform interchanges at a later point of time between both metro lines; before 2012, both lines terminate there and are connected to through running operation eliminating any needs to change trains. After an extension was completed for Line 1 beyond Moskovskaya station, cross-platform interchange was put in use to transfer between both lines.

==== Paris ====
[[Paris Métro]] has cross-platform interchange at [[La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle]] stations between [[Paris Métro line 8]] and [[Paris Métro line 10|line 10]], as well as [[Louis Blanc (Paris Metro)]] between [[Paris Metro Line 7]] and [[Paris Metro Line 7bis]].

[[Paris RER]] suburban network includes cross-platform interchanges between trains of different lines at several major hubs:
* [[Châtelet - Les Halles (Paris RER)|Châtelet - Les Halles]] between lines [[RER A]] and [[RER B]]
* [[Gare du Nord|Paris North station]] between lines [[RER B]] and [[RER D]]
It also includes cross-platform interchanges between express and local trains at several stations of the RER suburban network:
* [[RER B]] at [[Massy - Palaiseau (Paris RER)|Massy - Palaiseau]]
* [[RER E]] at [[Val de Fontenay (Paris RER)|Val de Fontenay]]. Its final station [[Chelles - Gournay (Paris RER)|Chelles - Gournay]] also offers cross-platform interchange between local RER E trains and express [[Transilien Paris - Est|Transilien P]] trains.

==== Rhine-Ruhr area ====
The [[S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr|suburban services]] in the German Rhine-Ruhr area include cross-platform interchanges at Dortmund-Dorstfeld station between lines S2 and S4 (including coordinated timetables), at [[Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof]] and at [[Essen Hauptbahnhof]].

For information about the [[Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn]] (premetro) network, see among the related cities (Bochum, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Mülheim).

==== St. Petersburg ====
[[Tekhnologichesky Institut]] offers cross-platform interchange between lines 1 and 2.

[[Sportivnaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)|Sportivnaya]] will have a cross-platform interchange between lines 5 and 8, but [[:ru:Кольцевая линия (Санкт-Петербург)|line 8]] is not built yet.

==== Stockholm ====
[[Stockholm Metro]] includes cross-platform interchanges at [[T-Centralen metro station|T-Centralen (Main Railway Station)]], [[Gamla stan metro station|Gamla stan]] and [[Slussen metro station|Slussen]] metro stations between red and green metro lines, where [[T-Centralen metro station|T-Centralen (Main Railway Station)]] offers opposite-direction connections while the latter two make cross-platform connections possible in the same direction. Additionally, passengers between [[Nockebybanan]] and green metro lines can change cross-platform at [[Alvik metro station|Alvik station]]. [[Södertälje Hamn railway station]] on the [[Stockholm commuter rail]] network provides optimised transfer between the J40, J41 and J48 lines.

==== Vienna ====
[[Vienna U-Bahn|Vienna metro]] optimised cross-platform connections at Längenfeldgasse station between lines U4 and U6 by demanding trains to wait as soon as the connecting train is approaching in case of delays or during different train intervals operated; this additional functionality is carried out by a special white light signal demanding the driver to wait. Before line U2 was extended from Schottenring further east, U2 trains terminated at (upper) U4 platform level on a center track sharing platforms with U4 trains on both sides; originally, this station level had been used for merging U2 and U4 lines and consisted of 4 tracks with 2 island platforms, but both platforms were merged to a single island platform after U2 extension opened.

==== Weesp ====
The [[Weesp railway station]] railway lines towards [[Amsterdam Centraal station]] and [[Schiphol railway station]] to the west and [[Hilversum railway station|Hilversum]] and [[Flevolijn|Flevoland]] to the east come together, and offer a cross-platform transfer in the same cardinal directions, with train arrival times coördinated. Because local trains are overtaken by intercity trains (who do not stop here), local trains stand at the station a long time (sometimes 11 minutes scheduled, on trains with a 15mn headway).