Closest request stop to London?

[Metro95]

What is the closest request stop to London?

 

[Snow1964]

Dillon Marsh is about 100 miles west of London

 

[py_megapixel]

Dillon Marsh is about 90 miles west of London

Wootton Wawen is about the same distance (may be a couple of miles closer actually).

I think Dilton Marsh is faster to get to though.

 

[DarloRich]

I suspect it will have been one of the marston vale ones before they were all converted back to full time stations

Suspect Dilton Marsh is the answer

 

[JustPassingBy]

Shippea Hill?
List at:

Category:Railway request stops in Great Britain - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Perhaps/probably not entirely up to date.

 

[fat_boy_pete]

Brampton, Suffolk is also about 100 miles

Actually 104.75 rail miles from Liverpool Street

 

[sjoh]

Shippea Hill?
List at:

Category:Railway request stops in Great Britain - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Perhaps/probably not entirely up to date.

Was just about to suggest this - it's 77 miles, although I'm not entirely sure if Shippea Hill is still a request stop. Seems to be a few miles closer (although I suppose it might depend which way round you go to get to Dilton Marsh - not sure of the mileage from Westbury, but it's definitely further than Shippea Hill if you go via Salisbury).

 

[fat_boy_pete]

Was just about to suggest this - it's 77 miles, although I'm not entirely sure if Shippea Hill is still a request stop. Seems to be a few miles closer (although I suppose it might depend which way round you go to get to Dilton Marsh - not sure of the mileage from Westbury, but it's definitely further than Shippea Hill if you go via Salisbury).

Dilton Marsh is 111.25 miles via Swindon, 97 via Newbury & Westbury

All mileages from National Rail Timetable

https://sacuksprodnrdigital0001.blob.core.windows.net/electronic-national-rail-timetable/Supporting%20index%20documents/NRT%20Dec%202022%20Mileages.pdf

 

[dk1]

Shippea Hill & Brampton used to be request stops but have not been so since 2020. Greater Anglia no longer has any request stop stations.

 

[fat_boy_pete]

Shippea Hill & Brampton used to be request stops but have not been so since 2020. Greater Anglia no longer has any request stop stations.

Ah, so Dilton Marsh is back in pole position.

Unless someone knows better......

 

[richard1976]

Haste Hill, on the Ruislip Lido Railway

 

[leytongabriel]

Blake Hall on the Epping - Ongar Railway.
Trains only stop on request for the people who live in the station.

 

[Class15]

Haste Hill, on the Ruislip Lido Railway

 

[busestrains]

I believe Bearley and Claverdon are request stops on all London Midland services (on Chiltern Railways they are mandatary stops) so these may be the closest ones to London i think. They are slightly closer than Wootton Wawen and possibly closer than Dilton Marsh too.

 

[William3000]

Dillon Marsh is about 100 miles west of London

Surely Shippea Hill is a bit closer - I reckon 130km (80 miles).

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Was just about to suggest this - it's 77 miles, although I'm not entirely sure if Shippea Hill is still a request stop. Seems to be a few miles closer (although I suppose it might depend which way round you go to get to Dilton Marsh - not sure of the mileage from Westbury, but it's definitely further than Shippea Hill if you go via Salisbury).

On the current London & South East map (2022) it shows Shippea Hill as a request stop.

 

[dk1]

Surely Shippea Hill is a bit closer - I reckon 130km (80 miles).

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On the current London & South East map (2022) it shows Shippea Hill as a request stop.

No request stops in East Anglia now.

 

[birchesgreen]

Bearley is 95 miles to London while Dilton Marsh is 102 (going by walking distances on Google Maps). Wootton Wawen is 98 miles if you want a pure request stop.

 

[William3000]

No request stops in East Anglia now.

Ah I didn’t know that. Do you know why they stopped them in East Anglia? Better acceleration on the 755s allowing more time to do so? Why do those in the Westcountry still exist?

 

[barbette165]

For "as the crow flies" distance from Charing Cross:

Claverdon 85.47 miles
Bearley 85.97 miles
Wotton Wawen 88.06 miles
Dilton Marsh 91.56 miles

 

[birchesgreen]

Interesting Google Maps gave me Claverdon as being slightly further away than Bearley though i think its going on roads and footpaths.

 

[barbette165]

I used calcmaps which just draws a straight line between two points.

 

[dk1]

Ah I didn’t know that. Do you know why they stopped them in East Anglia? Better acceleration on the 755s allowing more time to do so? Why do those in the Westcountry still exist?

It all started in April 2020 during the pandemic. Guards where not going through the trains initially so couldn’t access who wanted to alight so it was decided that all trains would call at all R stops. As you say the better acceleration of 755s helped but allowance was there in the schedules anyway.

 

[Sean Emmett]

With Freshford and Avoncliff now compulsory stops, Dilton Marsh is now the only request stop on the Cardiff - Portsmouth route.

Further afield on the Westbury - Weymouth line are the request stops at Thornford, Yetminster & Chetnole.