Building platforms for LEGO trains
The great thing about the LEGO train hobby is the huge flexibility in style, scale and techniques you can use to build the same item.
We asked LUKR members to show us how they’ve built railway station platforms from LEGO bricks. This article shows how different builders have built their railway station platforms, in the hope it might help other LEGO train builders. Real-life platforms are often different heights and widths, allowing for a lot of options for your own LEGO railway.
Ben’s Brick End Railway platforms
“I took inspiration from Block Junction’s “Side Platform” (which are available for free from their website), and led me to building my own modular platforms. I have built end ramps and straight sections, along with steps and ramps which can be added to the platforms.”
“I’ve used my platforms at a few LEGO shows now, in both single track and multi-track layouts, and adapted some station buildings I’ve used on an older layout to work with these new platforms, and found them to work really well in allowing me to adapt the size of my stations depending on the space available to me.”
How they’re built
Northern layout platforms
On the northern club layout, we use a variety of styles for the platforms, but the design below is used on Shane’s Brickley Station, Richard’s Loughborough, and the newly rebuilt Ambridge station for the LNUR branchline. The original design was by Joe (aka Breckland Bricks) and modified by Levi for his Tunbrick Wells West layout too.
Notice the curved slopes used to taper the width of the platform – this can be very useful for giving extra clearance around pointwork in your station.
How they’re built
The below shows a cross section of the platform design used on Brickley and other stations on the LNUR club layout. The light grey part is this SNOT plate, which allows for the the platform edging to be vertical, permitting finer tuning of the platform’s edge for different loading gauges.
