Trivia: Stations linked by track with short distances between them.

[Mark J]

What about Isleworth to Syon Lane, or indeed Syon Lane to Brentford on the Hounslow Loop Line.

 

[TC452]

Urmston to Chassen Road.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Urmston to Chassen Road.

Over half a mile, apparently. (= 42 chains).

 

[Peter0124]

Theoretically, a 125mph pendolino could pass both Ty Glas and Birchgrove in about 6.6 seconds.

 

[Western Sunset]

Back in the day, there were numerous examples of stations directly adjacent to each other (owned by different companies), that were connected by track, albeit via sidings and/or reversals.

 

[Barnsley]

Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Oxford Road is extremely close

Elsecar & Wombwell stations feel pretty close, train barely gets going before stopping again.

Shepley to Stocksmoor aswell

 

[DelW]

Theoretically, a 125mph pendolino could pass both Ty Glas and Birchgrove in about 6.6 seconds.

If Eurostar ever serve the route (probability zero ) I reckon a class 374 could stop with one cab in Ty Glas and the other in Birchgrove. I'm not sure whether there would be a passenger door on both platforms though.

 

[charlie_sweetm]

Here is a table of stations which are located on tracks with an allocated Engineer's Line Reference (ELR), and the distance between the extremities of the platforms are within half a mile (880 yards), measured along the notional route centreline.

ELR	Station from	Station to	Gap (yards)
VON	Aberdare (Arrival)	Aberdare	124
ELL1	Rotherhithe	Canada Water	255
CRY	Ty Glas	Birchgrove	324
STS	Newhaven Town	Newhaven Harbour	385
NEK	Park Lane	University	406
SGN	Springburn	Barnhill	407
FTL	Farringdon	City Thameslink	408
BEN	Wallasey Village	Wallasey Grove Road	411
BNG	Sundridge Park	Bromley North	413
SGN	Alexandra Parade	Duke Street	432
ARG2	Argyle Street	Glasgow Central Low Level	446
CRY	Rhiwbina	Whitchurch	449
COL	Oxford Road	Deansgate	459
LBW	Penge West	Anerley	468
NEM7	Dumbarton Central	Dalreoch	469
ELL1	Wapping	Rotherhithe	475
ELL1	Canada Water	Surrey Quays	477
LEN3	Sunderland	St Peter's	478
LTN1	Stratford	Maryland	478
CTC	Pollokshaws East	Shawlands	483
SJO2	Walton	Orrell Park	487
PTH	Dingle Road	Penarth	490
RDG1	St Margarets	Twickenham	494
NMS1	Kingston	Hampton Wick	499
HDT	Rectory Road	Stoke Newington	503
NMS2	Kempton Park	Sunbury	513
BOK2	Finchley Road & Frognal	West Hampstead	520
MRL1	Possilpark & Parkhouse	Ashfield	523
ATL	Clapham High Street	Wandsworth Road	542
MRL1	Maryhill	Summerston	544
HXS3	Bootle Oriel Road	Bootle New Strand	548
NKL	Deptford	Greenwich	549
ARH	Ardrossan Town	Ardrossan Harbour	552
CTC	Queens Park	Crosshill	568
CTC	Pollokshields East	Queens Park	569
MRL1	Summerston	Gilshochill	574
MLN2	Devonport	Dockyard	586
MIR2	Birkenhead Central	Green Lane	591
PWS2	Maidstone Barracks	Maidstone West	603
BLI1	Hove	Aldrington	611
ARG2	Glasgow Central Low Level	Anderston	612
BLP	Lymington Town	Lymington Pier	620
ELL1	Dalston Junction	Haggerston	639
CWK3	Manor Road	Hoylake	644
WDB1	Wrexham Central	Wrexham General	648
ECM7	Newcastle	Manors	650
MEB1	Highbury & Islington	Drayton Park	655
SMS2	Morden South	St Helier	658
AYR6	Prestwick Airport	Prestwick Town	662
TTA2	Ryder Brow	Belle Vue	663
BAE2	St James Park	Exeter Central	666
CJC	St James Street	Walthamstow Central	670
DSN3	Longbeck	Marske	672
WCK	Culrain	Invershin	674
CRY	Whitchurch	Coryton	677
CTC	Maxwell Park	Pollokshields West	679
RAD	Waun-gron Park	Fairwater	679
EMT	Exton	Lympstone Commando	682
MAH	Dovercourt	Harwich Town	682
BAL	Maesteg (Ewenny Road)	Maesteg	683
YKR	Scotstounhill	Garscadden	683
CNX	Shirehampton	Portway Park & Ride	684
CWK1	Hamilton Square	Conway Park	687
SIV	Lelant Saltings	Lelant	687
CDM1	Trafford Bar TS	Old Trafford TS	695
BOK1	Highbury & Islington	Caledonian Road & Barnsbury	696
DSE	Roby	Huyton	697
MIR1	Liverpool Central	Liverpool James Street	706
NKL	Woolwich Arsenal	Plumstead	707
MEB1	Moorgate	Old Street	708
BGK	London Fields	Hackney Downs	709
CNX	Montpelier	Redland	713
ELL1	Shadwell	Wapping	714
PAT	Whyteleafe	Whyteleafe South	715
WEL1	West Ealing	Drayton Green	716
NEK	University	Millfield	719
BOK2	Brondesbury	Brondesbury Park	729
DCL	Birmingham Moor Street	Birmingham Snow Hill	729
LCH	Lower Sydenham	New Beckenham	730
CTC	Crosshill	Mount Florida	734
RAD	Fairwater	Danescourt	737
WEL1	Drayton Green	Castle Bar Park	737
BTH1	East Dulwich	North Dulwich	742
BOK2	West Hampstead	Brondesbury	745
MIR2	Hamilton Square	Birkenhead Central	751
HDR	Swanscombe	Northfleet	754
MEB1	Essex Road	Highbury & Islington	762
NKL	Westcombe Park	Charlton	762
LJT1	Llanrwst North	Llanrwst	763
SSV	Prittlewell	Southend Victoria	771
NEM3	High Street	Glasgow Queen St Low Level	778
CTC	Langside	Pollokshaws East	785
MIR1	Liverpool Lime Street	Liverpool Central	785
ARG2	Dalmarnock	Bridgeton	786
ELL1	Haggerston	Hoxton	786
MGE	Bearsden	Hillfoot	790
NKL	Maze Hill	Westcombe Park	793
COL	Manchester Piccadilly	Oxford Road	794
LEN3	St Peter's	Stadium of Light	801
MLA	Kelvindale	Anniesland	803
VTB1	Wandsworth Common	Balham	808
HUL4	East Garforth	Garforth	810
MAJ	Chassen Road	Urmston	812
CWK3	Leasowe	Moreton	813
ALC1	Erdington	Chester Road	820
CRY	Birchgrove	Rhiwbina	822
HDR	Hither Green	Lee	822
ARG2	Anderston	Exhibition Centre	824
BEJ	Davenport	Woodsmoor	824
BOK1	Canonbury	Highbury & Islington	824
ELL5	Canonbury	Highbury & Islington	826
RRN1	Bloxwich	Bloxwich North	826
CRR2	Spital	Port Sunlight	831
CDM1	Dane Road TS	Sale TS	832
MAJ	Sankey	Warrington West	839
XRC	Bond Street	Tottenham Court Road	842
SDP1	Woolston	Sholing	846
AYR1	Hillington East	Hillington West	847
XTD	Folkestone West	Folkestone Central	850
HDT	Stamford Hill	Seven Sisters	855
CNL	Corkerhill	Mosspark	856
SMS2	Wimbledon Chase	South Merton	856
CAR	Caerphilly	Aber	860
CWJ	North Wembley	South Kenton	861
CDM1	Navigation Road	Altrincham	864
MLN2	Dockyard	Keyham	864
BTL	Brighton	London Road	865
CMD2	Wedgwood	Barlaston	870

 

[lowe1409]

Would require a reversal but technically connected, surely Wigan North Western to wallgate is worth a mention. Around 600m by track though obviously much closer walking.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Shotton to Hawarden Bridge is about 0.5 miles by rail but 2.2 miles by road. However the railway bridge across the River Dee is part of a National Cycle Route so you can walk between the two stations.

 

[WideRanger]

Seven Sisters and South Tottenham

 

[Krystal]

Seven Sisters and South Tottenham

Spotter's badge, Clive, you've just made me think of rare track!
Does anyone know how far New Beckenham and Beckenham Junction is? I think those are close.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Does anyone know how far New Beckenham and Beckenham Junction is? I think those are close.

Around 51 chains between them according to the RailMiles site.