Journeys between train stations which can be made quicker on foot!

[12CSVT]

A few suggestions:

Smethwick Rolfe Street to The Hawthorns

Depends on connections at Smethwick Galton Bridge.

 

[dvboy]

Note the word "can" in the thread title

 

[RyanB]

I dunno but I have a sneaking suspicion that a journey from Glasgow Queen Street to Glasgow Central is quicker on foot than by getting trains (from Low Level platforms).

 

[Buttsy]

Penge East to Penge West looks fairly quick on foot but a pain on the train:

Penge East - Beckenham Junction - Crystal Palace - Norwood Junction.

 

[Singing Rails]

I hope it hasn't already been mentioned, but pretty much any central london underground journey of 3 stops or less usually

 

[eps200]

Thanks to the one-directional operation of the Wirral line loop, Liverpool Central-Liverpool Lime Street would be another- train requires a change at Moorfields or James Street- the distance walked to change at Moorfields is probably not much shorter than just walking the whole way!

any anti clockwise moves on that loop also Birkenhead central and Conway park. Probably lots of diverging routes like that.


Hawden bridge to shotton low level is faster than staying aboard going to high level than walking back down i walked past hawden bridge as the train pulled in walked over the bridge the train only past me as i got to the other side.
Probably down to that line being generally terrible though.

 

[Michael.Y]

Penge East to Penge West looks fairly quick on foot but a pain on the train:

Penge East - Beckenham Junction - Crystal Palace - Norwood Junction.

Clockhouse > Kent House

 

[kieron]

Thanks to the one-directional operation of the Wirral line loop, Liverpool Central-Liverpool Lime Street would be another- train requires a change at Moorfields or James Street

Especially as James Street platform 3 is closed for refurbishment, leaving a choice between taking the lifts at Moorfields and changing at Birkenhead Hamilton Square.

Hawden bridge to shotton low level is faster than staying aboard going to high level than walking back down i walked past hawden bridge as the train pulled in walked over the bridge the train only past me as i got to the other side.
Probably down to that line being generally terrible though.

The section from Dee Marsh to Shotton is slow, but it's not normally that slow. I haven't seen a train actually stop at Hawarden Bridge, but the trains which run through go comfortably faster than I can cycle on the flat.

 

[kylemore]

The winner, though, is surely Mallaig-Kyle of Lochalsh. A 27-mile walk that's still quicker than the quickest train-only trip.

Some walk though. You'd be quicker swimming - if you judged the tides right

 

[Mutant Lemming]

How about Harrow on the Hill to Harrow and Wealdstone.

Its about 15 mins brisk walk.

Going via NR it would, I think, be five trains

1. To Marylebone

2 To Banbury

3 To Coventry

4 To Watford Junction

5 To Harrow and Wealdstone.

I doubt if it could be done in less than 5 hours.

ETA that you could combine 4 and 5 via a LM slow but that would likely increase the time taken

Isn't the Underground included making a simple change at Baker Street (albeit still longer than walking) the obvious route ?

As for another example Walton (nee Walton Junction) and Rice Lane (nee Preston Road)

 

[185143]

Manchester Victoria to Manchester Piccadilly?

Unless metrolink trams count, there is no direct service, you have to go through salford crescent

 

[stevefreestone]

Lincoln to Scunthorpe is actually quicker by bus!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Would Rannoch to Pitlochry be a possibility for an athletic type (which rules me out ) ?

 

[scotsman]

Dalgety Bay to Rosyth (direct)

 

[317666]

Heath High Level to Heath Low Level (not sure if that really counts!).

 

[jamieintercity]

south gyle to edinburgh park?

Or what about the 2 falkirk and livingston stations?

 

[Deerfold]

Tanshelf and Monkhill are easy as they're consecutive stops on the Wakefield - Knottingley service. To get to Baghill, you'd have to go Wakefield Kirkgate, Westgate and then down to Moorthorpe to catch one of teh two trains a day that run to Baghill.

Yes that's how I did it.

Er, that's how you'd do it, yes (well the other way round actually to not risk missing one of those twice-daily trains!).

 

[Garmoran]

The winner, though, is surely Mallaig-Kyle of Lochalsh. A 27-mile walk that's still quicker than the quickest train-only trip.

I've walked part of the route between these two stations and that took me two days: you'd definitely get there sooner by rail! Rather more than 27 miles, too.

 

[A0]

I haven't noticed it (so apologies if I've overlooked) but I reckon Ipswich - Derby Road is probably quicker to walk than the train which has to run via Westerfield.

 

[306024]

I haven't noticed it (so apologies if I've overlooked) but I reckon Ipswich - Derby Road is probably quicker to walk than the train which has to run via Westerfield.

Doubt it, it is a fair hike across town, especially if The Dove is open on the way.

 

[MattRobinson]

Wakefield Westgate to Wakefield Kirkgate might be a contender if you walk briskly.

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[A0]

Doubt it, it is a fair hike across town, especially if The Dove is open on the way.

From memory - and it's a few years since I lived out there - you don't need to go through town - head for the college then up Felixstowe Road.

Probably quicker to do Derby Road to Ipswich mind as that's down hill!

 

[12CSVT]

I think an Olympic sprint rather than a brisk walk is necessary for Wakefield Westgate to Kirkgate (6 mins by train).
As for Ipswich to Derby Road (11 mins by train) a greyhound might be able to do it but I don't think a human could.

 

[oversteer]

St Albans to St Albans Abbey ?

 

[t0ffeeman]

Plenty around the NLL ....

South Hampstead to Swiss Cottage
Kilburn High Road to Kilburn Park
Acton Main Line to North Acton
Brondesbury Park to Queens Park
Brondesbury to Kilburn
Finchley Road & Frognal to Finchley Road
Kentish Town West to Chalk Farm / Kentish Town
Cale Road and Barnsbury to Cale Road
Canonbury to Essex Road
Hackney Central to Hackney Downs (now getting a link!)
West Acton to North Ealing
West Ruislip to Ickenham

and many more....

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I think an Olympic sprint rather than a brisk walk is necessary for Wakefield Westgate to Kirkgate (6 mins by train).
As for Ipswich to Derby Road (11 mins by train) a greyhound might be able to do it but I don't think a human could.

In that direction you've no chance, but KG-WG is often held for a good while on the curve waiting for access into Westgate. I imagine this will still be a problem even after Westgate is rebuilt with a dedicated bay for Huddersfield and Knottingley trains.

 

[MattRobinson]

Does anyone remember a programme called 'Map Man' presented by Nicholas Crane (later of 'Coast' fame)? There was an episode about the London Underground and he timed trains between two pairs of adjacent stations (one in central London, one in the suburbs) versus walking between them.

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[Statto]

Does anyone remember a programme called 'Map Man' presented by Nicholas Crane (later of 'Coast' fame)? There was an episode about the London Underground and he timed trains between two pairs of adjacent stations (one in central London, one in the suburbs) versus walking between them.

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I've got the episode on SKY+. It's the way the tube map was made with stations given as even distances, which gives a wrong impression that some are closer than they are & some further than that are.

 

[Buttsy]

One of the great ones before closures took place would have been Banff to Banff Bridge as you would have had to have gone via Keith and Inverurie rather than walk less than a mile uphill...

 

[duncanp]

There are several in the Glasgow area as well

Pollokshields West to Pollokshields East
Pollokshaws West to Pollokshaws East
Maxwell Park to Crossmyloof
Jordanhill to Anniesland