Trivia: Two adjacent/nearby stations with no direct rail link

[jopsuk]

New Cross and New Cross Gate
If you include London Underground, they can be really common in London

 

[PrestonPark]

Dorking and Dorking Deepdene?

 

[richard1976]

Harringay and harringay green lane

 

[ValleyLines142]

Would it be possible to change at Kirkham & Wesham station?

Yes, you could, but most journey planners state Preston, probably better connections and better timings (and, for those who do actually make the journey, better catering facilities).

 

[NeilWatson]

Isn't the point that if there were direct services the wouldn't be the NEED for two stations?

 

[Uzair]

Battersea Park and Queenstown Road (Battersea). 4 minute walk according to Google Maps.

Purley Oaks and Sanderstead.

 

[district]

The Canterbury stations are about a 15 minute walk, or probably about an hour or so via Dover Priory.

 

[blue sabre]

Isn't the point that if there were direct services the wouldn't be the NEED for two stations?

Edinburgh Haymarket and Waverley? Direct service between both but two stations.

 

[Eagle]

Edinburgh Haymarket and Waverley? Direct service between both but two stations.

But they're quite a way apart (well over a mile), so it's not really walking distance.

 

[CalderRail]

Bradford Interchange to Bradford Forster Square
Maidstone East to Maidstone West (or Maidstone Barracks, which is even closer)

 

[Penmorfa]

Stratford to Stratford International

 

[JamesRowden]

Stratford to Stratford International

The DLR operates a direct service between them.

 

[GlosRail]

Ebbsfleet to Northfleet. By train you have to go via Gravesend but it's quicker to walk as you can see one station from the other.

 

[DXMachina]

St.Albans (-City, -Abbey) and Watford (-Junction, -Met) both have a main line station on one route and a branch line terminus off another... in both cases the only way by rail between the stations is via central london

Here in Watford thats being corrected soon by a new stretch of line

 

[GlosRail]

Bicester Town to Bicester North.

The two Windsor stations.

 

[thenorthern]

Dorking and Dorking Deepdene, St Albans and St Albans Abbey, Livingston North and Livingston South.

 

[306024]

I'll play as well.

Southend Central / Southend Victoria
Forest Gate / Wanstead Park
Manor Park/ Woodgrange Park

And the old favourite

Bank / Mansion House

 

[tsr]

I can't see Edenbridge - Edenbridge Town here anywhere.

To travel between the two involves a walk across Edenbridge or a rail journey with a change at East Croydon.

 

[thenorthern]

Euston and Euston Square if London Underground is allowed.

 

[MikeWh]

New Cross and New Cross Gate
If you include London Underground, they can be really common in London

5-10 minutes walk, can be only 15 via Surrey Quays so I think this one might not count.

 

[Old Yard Dog]

Many interesting pairs of stations have been listed.

But which pairs are furthest apart by rail?

(a) if travelling on normal passenger services (changing trains allowed)
(b) if travelling on a railtour and reversing and the use of any line (passenger or freight) is allowed
(c) if travelling on a railtour and reversing is not allowed

Use distance on foot divided by distance by rail as the measure.

 

[CalderRail]

Many interesting pairs of stations have been listed.

But which pairs are furthest apart by rail?

(a) if travelling on normal passenger services (changing trains allowed)
(b) if travelling on a railtour and reversing and the use of any line (passenger or freight) is allowed
(c) if travelling on a railtour and reversing is not allowed

Use distance on foot divided by distance by rail as the measure.

Maidstone East <> Maidstone Barracks has to be a contender for that. 2 minutes apart by foot, two hours apart by rail.

 

[kevconnor]

Many interesting pairs of stations have been listed.

But which pairs are furthest apart by rail?

(a) if travelling on normal passenger services (changing trains allowed)
(b) if travelling on a railtour and reversing and the use of any line (passenger or freight) is allowed
(c) if travelling on a railtour and reversing is not allowed

Use distance on foot divided by distance by rail as the measure.

Technically the same station but getting from Shotton High level to low level by train would take about 2 hours going via wrexham and chester.

 

[Bedpan]

(in response to #23) The ferry crossing itself takes 30 minutes and it's a half-hour drive at the very least (22m). Not sure they are "in close proximity" even by Highland standards.

And you have to check in for the ferry at least 20 minutes before departure.

I drove back from Plockton to Fort William one night without going onto Skye as the last ferry had gone, and it was over 90 miles - so carrying on to Mallaig would have been a minimum of 130.

Back to the thread - Nobody has said Hertford East to Hertford North yet, once possible by rail but nowadays you'd have to go via London or Cambridge.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Yeovil Pen Mill to Yeovil Junction is another... There's a line, but nothing uses it in normal service (and when it does, it calls at neither!). A train journey between the two would require changes at both Castle Cary and Exeter St. Davids (or Salisbury and Westbury) as a minimum.

 

[umontu]

One I can think of is Blackpool North to Blackpool South. It takes about half an hour to get from one station to the other by tram. This consists of a ten minute walk from North Station to North Pier tram stop, a fifteen minute tram journey to Waterloo Road, then about a ten minute walk to South Station.

If you do the journey by train, it is the best part of an hour and fifteen minutes, as you have to go out to Preston and back in.

Kirkham & Wesham is where the two lines diverge so you wouldn't have to go to Preston.

 

[Donny Dave]

Barnetby and Ulceby are two villages just six miles apart in the wilds of North Lincolnshire.

And on the other side of Scunthorpe, you have the 2 stations in Thorne. To travel between them by train, you need to change at Doncaster, where you'll have a ~50 minute wait.

 

[David Barrett]

And on the other side of Scunthorpe, you have the 2 stations in Thorne. To travel between them by train, you need to change at Doncaster, where you'll have a ~50 minute wait.

Not generally, there are a few where you would be referred to Doncaster but Hatfield & Stainforth is the place where the change of trains would most often take place with overall journey times mainly of between 15 and 30 or so miniutes.

 

[alex17595]

Severn beach and pilning.

The two Gainsborough stations.

 

[34D]

And on the other side of Scunthorpe, you have the 2 stations in Thorne. To travel between them by train, you need to change at Doncaster, where you'll have a ~50 minute wait.

Note that there USED to be a ticket easement allowing people travelling Scunthorpe line to Goole line to double back to Doncaster. This has been removed so I understand. All passengers must change at Hatfield & Stainforth.