What are the two closest stations on the same line?

[Bittern]

Ride Pier Head to Ride Esplanade. Has to be a contender at least.

 

[CCF23]

Ride Pier Head to Ride Esplanade. Has to be a contender at least.

I would agree it is short although Ryde Pier is the second longest pier in the country (after Southend's).

 

[Mojo]

There are two stations on one of the Valley lines that are quite close - can't remember where though!

Edit: think it may be Birchgrove to Ty-Glas, 0.19 miles according to Google Earth.

 

[90019]

Waverley and Haymarket are about a mile apart, I think.

 

[thelem]

Manchester Exchange to Manchester Victoria,same platform

Did the same service stop at both stations? If not, then it doesn't count.

 

[Mojo]

Posts about Metric & Impreial measurements have been split to http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24455

 

[Bittern]

Waverley and Haymarket are about a mile apart, I think.

...Seriously? That much?

 

[90019]

...Seriously? That much?

About that, yeah.

 

[merlodlliw]

Did the same service stop at both stations? If not, then it doesn't count.

Man ex Man Vic, The thread leader says on the same line, both were on the
same line, nothing about services, but I take your point as well.

Exchange station used to stand at the south end of Victoria station and even used to share one platform. This was the longest railway platform in the world.

in the 60s, Exchange was closed on Sundays all services for North Wales left from Victoria
station, using the very same platform.

 

[Waverley125]

got to be Leicester Square to Covent garden-takes 16 seconds to do one to the other.

 

[Oracle]

LT used to quote both LS to CG and vice versa and Northfields to South Ealing and vice versa, though I can imagine that Westbound from SE to Northfields might in practice take slightly longer.

 

[jrhilton]

Outside of cities on the national rail network, Sunbury and Kempton Park are about 425m appart, and I make that about 21.1 chains. Cost is £1.60, or £1.05 if you have a young persons railcard for a 1 minute jounrey, or a walk of under ten minutes.

The next shortest I can think of that I have been through are Kingston to Hampton Wick, which is about 450 meters (22.4 chains) I think.

 

[Aictos]

On my line where I work, there's Bowes Park and Palmer's Green which are quite close enough that you can easily see all trains between the two at either station.

Or how about Palmer's Green to Winchmore Hill, might surprise some but the two journey's above are booked to take 2 minutes ie Bowes Park to Palmer's Green as a two minute journey and Palmer's Green to Winchmore Hill as the second two minute journey!

Can't say there's anything closer then that on my line!

Or how about Welwyn Garden City and Welwyn North which are 3 mins apart!

 

[andy13]

Wallasey village and Wallasey grove road (Merseyside)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
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Wallasey village and Wallasey grove road (Merseyside)
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

a scheduled 1 minute journey!

 

[Waverley125]

got it, West India Quay & Canary Wharf on the DLR. only 130m platform to platform. Then I'd think Canary Wharf to Heron Quays, which as the photo shows, isn't far at all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heron_Quays_DLR_southbound_platform.jpg

 

[dave12435]

Denham Golf Club - Denham on the Chiltern line must be pretty chort as u can see one from the end of the other platforms
only looks bout a few hundred metres

 

[Bittern]

Argyle Street and Glasgow Central Low Level are similar.

 

[16CSVT2700]

Ty Glas to Birchgrove on the Coryton branch in South Wales. 17 chains

 

[CCF23]

got it, West India Quay & Canary Wharf on the DLR. only 130m platform to platform. Then I'd think Canary Wharf to Heron Quays, which as the photo shows, isn't far at all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heron_Quays_DLR_southbound_platform.jpg

I've already said that one on the previous page.

 

[andy13]

got it, West India Quay & Canary Wharf on the DLR. only 130m platform to platform. Then I'd think Canary Wharf to Heron Quays, which as the photo shows, isn't far at all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heron_Quays_DLR_southbound_platform.jpg

but would you class these as mainline/standard rail or tram/monorail???

 

[fgwrich]

Originally Posted by Waverley125
got it, West India Quay & Canary Wharf on the DLR. only 130m platform to platform. Then I'd think Canary Wharf to Heron Quays, which as the photo shows, isn't far at all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He...d_platform.jpg

but would you class these as mainline/standard rail or tram/monorail??? :

I've already said that one on the previous page.

good point...but arnt we forgetting one section of line that closed in 2007 and will be re emerging next year...

From East London Line to London Overground...So From Metro To Mainline...

How about Rotherhithe to Canada Water? you certainly could see the platforms of Canada Water from Rotherhithe...

 

[anthony263]

Another one for the coryton branch would be coryton to whitchurch which are so close that you can photograph a train from either of them from the otehr station.

 

[Tullideph]

Golf Street to Carnoustie?

Barry Links to Golf Street isn't much further either.

 

[robertclark125]

St. James to Monument on the Tyne and Wear Metro.

 

[yorksrob]

Looking at a map of Newhaven ( link ) the two stations seem very close together. Which leads me to ask, what are the two closest stations on the same line in the UK? Where I define 'same line' to mean you can get on a scheduled service at one station and get off it at the next.

I'd have thought Newhaven Harbour and Newhaven Marine are even closer - Although I couldn't say when the last scheduled train to Marine was !

 

[james73]

Alexandra Parade - Duke Street (Springburn branch) 27 chains.



James H

 

[jonnorail]

Alexandra Parade - Duke Street (Springburn branch) 27 chains.



James H

Just about to sa the exact same thing James. Alexandra Parade - Barnhill is the shortest distance between two stations in Scotland.

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[jwos]

They're probably not record-holders, but Garforth - East Garforth and Penge West - Anerley are both pretty close neighbours.

Also, High St and Market St were very close together indeed on the Metrolink before High St was replaced by an extra platform at Market St. Both were on the same line, but one-way only in opposite directions.

Hmmmm... Not sure if that'd count or not...

 

[andyc225]

Invershin and Culrain?

 

[25322]

You need to turn back the clock a few years to have the names, but the platform edge is still in one piece and so

The closest stations are Manchester Victoria and Manchester Exchange. They are so close that One platform edge ran between both ststions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Exchange_railway_station

Sorted the cloeset railway stations in the UK