CLosest Railway Stations

[Smudger105e]

Smitham and Coulsdon North - no, wait, they closed Coulsdon North a while ago

 

[12CSVT]

Some stations on international borders must come close. Last week I caught a train from Kreuzlingen in Switzerland to Konstanz in Germany which must have taken all of 90 seconds. A check on the map shows they are very close as the crow flies. I also went to Bayerisch Eisenstein on the Germany-Czech border where the German station and Zelezna Ruda Alzbetin station are part of the same building but have separate platforms a few metres apart. You can get a train across the border but they only stop at one.

Probably no different from Manchester Victoria and Manchester Exchange

 

[Wiggler]

How far is Folkestone central to Folkestone West ?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

How far is Folkestone central to Folkestone West ?

51 chains

 

[Morgsie]

Poole, Parkstone and Branksome

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Poole, Parkstone and Branksome

Just under two miles for the former, and just over one mile for the latter.

 

[150222]

Sorry if i'm an idiot but what are chains?

 

[gnolife]

a distance equal to one-eightieth of a mile

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Sorry if i'm an idiot but what are chains?

22 yards (or the distance between the two ends of a cricket pitch).

 

[bnm]

Sorry if i'm an idiot but what are chains?

1 Chain = 1/80th of a mile or 22 yards or 66 feet or 792 inches.

If you'd like to know a distance in chains as a decimal of a mile then just divide it by 80. Thus 30 chains would be 30/80 = 0.385 miles.

 

[Any Permitted]

Leicester Square to Covent Garden must be the shortest distance covered by a conventional train in the NR booking system at 13ch.

Tell a lie, Canary Wharf to West India Quay DLR is 10ch.

I know these aren't heavy rail stops but it's still quite interesting.

 

[Cherry_Picker]

Tell a lie, Canary Wharf to West India Quay DLR is 10ch.

There are plenty of stations in the country with platforms longer than the gap between those two stations.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

1 Chain = 1/80th of a mile or 22 yards or 66 feet or 792 inches.

I think that the recognised length for a frst-class cricket pitch is 22 yards. A chain was still a common use of measurement when cricket was in its infancy.

I remember our primary school in the early 1950's having excersise books with tables of measurement such as chains, plus the ubiquitous rod, pole and perch earning a mention.

 

[bAzTNM]

Bridgeton to Dalmarnock in Glasgow can't be too long a trip.

 

[12CSVT]

There are plenty of stations in the country with platforms longer than the gap between those two stations.

Not only that, the platforms at stations such as Colchester, York and Gloucester are longer that the gap between most of the stations on the Coryton branch

 

[bb21]

Leicester Square to Covent Garden must be the shortest distance covered by a conventional train in the NR booking system at 13ch.

Tell a lie, Canary Wharf to West India Quay DLR is 10ch.

I know these aren't heavy rail stops but it's still quite interesting.

Castle Square to Fitzalan Square on Supertram is 5 chains if we include light rail.
Cathedral to Fitzalan Square is 16 chains for three stations.

Not only that, the platforms at stations such as Colchester, York and Gloucester are longer that the gap between most of the stations on the Coryton branch

Also includes Bournemouth and Cambridge, both of which have two continuous platforms. P3 and 4 at the former and P1 and 4 at the latter.

thats the one i was searching for!

I wonder, therefore if the three stations i mentioned at the start of the thread are the closet 3 stations, rather than the closest pair of stations! Any advance?

Exton to Lympstone Village is 1mi 41ch.
Farringdon to London Blackfriars is 46 chains.

 

[mmac]

Bridgeton to Dalmarnock in Glasgow can't be too long a trip.

It's 40ch

 

[RailwayDan]

Not that it counts in this specification, but how about Piccadilly Gardens and Mosley Street (soon to be closed, was Southbound only) on the Metrolink?

 

[Cherry_Picker]

For three stations on the same bit of line, Birmingham Moor Street, Snow Hill & Jewellery Quarter are pretty close. About a mile in total.

Somewhat related are Snow Hill metro and St Pauls metro. St Pauls metro is still within Snow Hill railway station, it is level with the carriage sidings. If you miss the tram it is probably quicker to walk than wait for the next one.

 

[blackettstreet]

On the T&W Metro (don't know if that counts) Ilford Road and South Gosforth stations are very close

 

[12CSVT]

Somewhat related are Snow Hill metro and St Pauls metro. St Pauls metro is still within Snow Hill railway station, it is level with the carriage sidings. If you miss the tram it is probably quicker to walk than wait for the next one.

A similar situation used to exist at Paddington when the parcels platform stretched out as far as Royal Oak underground station

 

[142094]

On the T&W Metro (don't know if that counts) Ilford Road and South Gosforth stations are very close

Closest two are St. James and Monument.

 

[kennethw]

Lymington Town to Lymington Pier - less than 2 minutes with low line speed.
Farnborough (main) and Farnborough North - advised to walk betweeen the two.
Liskeard - Coombe Junction - it was reckoned that if you missed the train, you could run downhill and catch it at Coombe.
Exeter Central & Exeter St Davids - most time taken in negotiation of the steep grade between the two

Closed lines/stations West Country.

Tavistock had 2 stations - North (LSWR) South (GWR)
Similarly Launceston had LSWR and GWR stations next door to each other, similar to St Budeaux already mentioned
Plymouth (North Rd) now just Plymouth and Mutley
Barnstaple Junction and Barnstaple Victoria Rd, also Barnstaple Town - yes, this town once had three stations. Victoria rd was the terminus of the GWR line from Taunton, Town station was across the river and terminus to the Lynton & Barnstaple on the LSWR line to Ilfracombe

On the erstwhile Sand Hutton Light railway - don't have the details - stops were apparently as close as bus stops

Can anyone detail the distances mentioned?

 

[blackettstreet]

I think Newcastle Central and Manors are very close. This seems to be the same for many cities - stations very close together, divided by bridges or viaducts

 

[142094]

I think Newcastle Central and Manors are very close. This seems to be the same for many cities - stations very close together, divided by bridges or viaducts

Probably the best thing about the Metro is that the stations are quite close together to maximise the target market served, but the acceleration on teh trains is very good.

 

[blackettstreet]

Probably the best thing about the Metro is that the stations are quite close together to maximise the target market served, but the acceleration on teh trains is very good.

...which can lead to some bumpy rides! :roll:

 

[kennethw]

Bodmin also had 3 stations - not including Bodmin Road (parkway), general (now the preserved railway centre) ex GWR, North and Boscarne platform both LSWR, part of the legacy of these two companies' rivalry.

Plymouth also had seperate lines for GWR, and LSWR finally joining together near Norh Rd. The site of Devonport Kings Rd is now the university, presumably not too far from the surviving WR station Devonport. And the docks once had their own internal passenger train

On London underground the distance between Leicster Sq and Covent Garden must be very short

 

[12CSVT]

Wrexham General to Wrexham Central - by the time you've walked up the approach road for Wrexham General, I'd reckon you're already about a third of the way to Wrexham Central