RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) Birchgrove is still open - it's my local station! However it lost one platform as did Rhiwbina and Whitchurch when the line was singled. Dave Oops! Makes Ty Glas-Coryton even more impressive for the number of stations you can see, and it is a very short hop to Birchgrove from Ty Glas. Edited August 13, 2017 by The Johnster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) I'd like to offer up Newhaven Harbour to Newhaven Town, no idea of the distance (yet) but both stations are visible to each other Of course, Newhaven Marine to Newhaven Harbour was even shorter. I am not sure whether Marine has now been formally closed, although all the buildings have now been demolished and the platform divided in half by a security fence along its length. This 2014 shot was taken from the Harbour station footbridge. The large white canopy is on the Marine station. 70013 went up there to take on water from the ESFRS bowser, which can be seen on the left. Edited August 13, 2017 by phil_sutters 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Alexandra Parade to Duke Street in Glasgow. I think it's something like 27 chains? Mark On the same route Springburn and Barnhill are very close, and visible from each other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 When we moved down to Kent in 1991, Westenhanger Racecourse was still open on Race Days; the Down end of its platforms was only a few chains from the Up platform of Westenhanger itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Manchester Victoria to Manchester Exchange? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drduncan Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Ryde pier head to ryde esplanade? Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JohnR Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 Am I right in saying that the rear of the train has not yet cleared Old Street when the front arrives in Moorgate? I'm sure its one pair of stations on the NOrthern City line... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Tamworth high level to Tamworth low level...... You don't need a train, just stairs!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I don't think anyone's mentioned the Stourbridge shuttle, Junction to Town. Read Post no's 5 & 6 !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Read Post no's 5 & 6 !!! Sorry, missed that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) City Thameslink to Blackfriars, allegedly 14 chains Andi That one always amuses me. I'm not even sure why City Thameslink exists given Farringdon is a very short walk North and Blackfriars platforms virtually butt onto City Thameslink. The station spacing on that section of Thameslink seems a bit silly. Farringdon serves a much bigger purpose than just being a stop for Farringdon thanks to the interchange with the Circle/Metropolitan/H&C line and soon Crossrail but it's hard to see why you really need City Thameslink. Edited August 13, 2017 by jjb1970 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Was it a replacement for Holborn Viaduct? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip-griffiths Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 It is not National Rail metals, but the distance between Clipperstown and Carrickfergus is 30 chains approximately I think. It costs £1.60 and takes a minute. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted August 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2017 Manchester Deansgate to Manchester Oxford Road isn't far. Neither is going from Oxford Road to Piccadilly. Oxford Road to Deansgate is 28 chains, about half of Oxford Road to Piccadilly. Station chainages were usually measured at the centre of the station. If we go to distance between the station ends then Deansgate to Oxford Road is about 18 chains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Allens West to Eaglescliffe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie MB Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I had been going to offer King's Park to Croftfoot in Glasgow, but it's positively epic at 56 ch! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Was it a replacement for Holborn Viaduct? City Thameslink was hyped as a sort of "having a station in the basement" for the offices to be built on the land released by the project Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Am I right in saying that the rear of the train has not yet cleared Old Street when the front arrives in Moorgate? I'm sure its one pair of stations on the NOrthern City line... As the distance from Old St to Moorgate is just under half a mile then the answer is "No". Highbuy & Islington to Drayton Park is the shortest but that is still over 700 yards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Not strictly on national rail, but aren't the first two stops on the Docklands light railway about five meters apart? The trains end one platform, cross a canal and then the next platform starts and its quite possible for people standing on two different train stations to have a conversation without shouting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Mornington Crescent!!!! Sorry, wrong thread.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Rule 455 subsection 3 (as updated) states that there can be no direct substitution for National Rail by Transport for London. So sorry, but your challenge is disallowed. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenman Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 That one always amuses me. I'm not even sure why City Thameslink exists given Farringdon is a very short walk North and Blackfriars platforms virtually butt onto City Thameslink. The station spacing on that section of Thameslink seems a bit silly. Farringdon serves a much bigger purpose than just being a stop for Farringdon thanks to the interchange with the Circle/Metropolitan/H&C line and soon Crossrail but it's hard to see why you really need City Thameslink. Isn't it more about spreading the loads of boarding / alighting commuters? If you took away one of the stations, double the number of people would be trying to get on / off the same train at one station. That would make for a much less comfortable experience on what are already pretty crowded platforms / escalators. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJ Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Not national rail and not perhaps the shortest but I believe that the most common single fare (as opposed to oyster/travelcard/contactless etc) on London Underground, at £4.90, is Covent Garden to Leicester Square. Presumably brought by tourists who don't realise it's only a couple of hundred yards and far quicker (and probably shorter) to walk than get the tube Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2017 (edited) Not strictly on national rail, but aren't the first two stops on the Docklands light railway about five meters apart? The trains end one platform, cross a canal and then the next platform starts and its quite possible for people standing on two different train stations to have a conversation without shouting It's at the centre of the system, between Canary Wharf and West India Quay. This photo taken from the platform at WIQ shows that it's hardly more than a train's length. The distance to Heron Quays on the other side of Canary Wharf could be even shorter. Edited August 14, 2017 by phil_sutters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2017 Not national rail and not perhaps the shortest but I believe that the most common single fare (as opposed to oyster/travelcard/contactless etc) on London Underground, at £4.90, is Covent Garden to Leicester Square. Presumably brought by tourists who don't realise it's only a couple of hundred yards and far quicker (and probably shorter) to walk than get the tube People often seem to discount the amount of walking you need to do between the tube train entrance and the platforms. In some places you seem to be walking miles and as Network rail's retail parks - oh sorry stations get bigger and bigger, with longer platforms, rail travel requires an increasing level of fitness and that's even without considering the railway companies' expectation that passengers should regard standing on trains as an acceptable mode of travel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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