Trivia: shortest possible journey that can be made on each TOC?

[61653 HTAFC]

Not to be confused with the similarly named thread which as far as I can tell is actually asking a different question...

I was wondering what, for each TOC, is the shortest journey possible, by distance. So we're looking at (in most cases) consecutive stations where a service operated by a TOC calls at both, and obeying any pick-up/set-down restrictions. Some are more obvious than others though. Ones I can think of are:
Arriva Trains Wales: presumably Cardiff Bay to Cardiff Queen Street, though could be Manchester Piccadilly to Oxford Road.
Arriva Rail North: Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Oxford Road.
Arriva Cross Country: presumably Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket - assume this also applies to Scotrail and VTEC?
AGA: Brundall to Brundall Gardens.
TPE: Another one for Oxford Road to Piccadilly!
SWT: Exeter St David's to Exeter Central, I assume.
GWR: could be as above, other contenders being the two Lympstone stations or Lelant to Lelant Saltings if any services call at both (heard somewhere they didn't.

I'll leave the rest for others...

 

[Ianno87]

ATW will be between stations on the Coryton branch.

 

[northwichcat]

Arriva Rail North: Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Oxford Road.

That's 43 chains.

Oxford Rd to Deansgate is 29 chains.

TPE: Another one for Oxford Road to Piccadilly!

Another one you've got incorrect!

TPE Edinburgh services call at Haymarket. Haymarket to Edinburgh is just 19 chains.

 

[swt class 450]

ATW - Probably between Birchgrove and Ty Glas stations.

GTR - Probably between Newhaven Harbour and Newhaven Town stations.

GWR - Probably between Devonport and Dockyard stations.

 

[philthetube]

Island Line,

Don't need to say more

 

[SpacePhoenix]

SWTs is probably Lymington Town-Lymington Pier

 

[westcoaster]

Thameslink blackfriars to City thameslink

 

[61653 HTAFC]

That's 43 chains.

Oxford Rd to Deansgate is 29 chains.



Another one you've got incorrect!

TPE Edinburgh services call at Haymarket. Haymarket to Edinburgh is just 19 chains.

They were only guesses...

 

[anti-pacer]

ATW has a few contenders.

Cardiff Central-Queen Street
Cardiff Central-Cardiff Bay
Penarth-Cogan Road
Llandudno Junction-Conwy
Llandudno Junction-Deganwy
Llandanwg-Pensarn
Llandecwyn-Penrhyndeudraeth
Tygwyn-Talsarnau

But the winner has to be...

Birchgrove-Ty Glas

 

[91103eastcoast]

Virgin Trains East Coast: Haymarket to Edinburgh Waverley

 

[AndrewR232]

I think ScotRail's offering is Glasgow Central to Argyle Street.

 

[CommuterPigeon]

I'd think Chiltern's is probably Denham to Denham Golf Club?

 

[shaun]

Would've thought..

London Midland: Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction
Chiltern: Birmingham Moor St - Snow Hill

 

[stu77]

For scotrail would ardrossan town to harbour be shorter than central to Argyll st? Can't be much in it.

 

[Busaholic]

SouthEastern Sundridge Park to Bromley North ?

 

[rg177]

That's 43 chains.

Oxford Rd to Deansgate is 29 chains.



Another one you've got incorrect!

TPE Edinburgh services call at Haymarket. Haymarket to Edinburgh is just 19 chains.

Haymarket to Edinburgh is 1 mile 19 chains i'm afraid

 

[341o2]

SWTs is probably Lymington Town-Lymington Pier

you got there first

 

[Clansman]

VTEC/VTWC/XC: Edinburgh Waverley to Haymarket
Northern/TPE: Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Oxford Road
Scotrail: Glasgow Central Low Level to Argyle Street
Caledonian Sleeper: Dunblane to Stirling

 

[najaB]

For scotrail would ardrossan town to harbour be shorter than central to Argyll st? Can't be much in it.

That's beat by Culross to Invershin (34ch as opposed to 38ch).

Edit: But Central to Argyle Street is 28 chains.

 

[DasLunatic]

Greater Anglia's shortest is Braintree Freeport to Braintree, just 62 chains.

...but even shorter is Dovercourt to Harwich Town, 20 chains shorter still.

 

[CentralTrainer]

Would've thought..

London Midland: Stourbridge Town - Stourbridge Junction

Worcester Foregate Street to Worcester Shrub Hill (which is on both LM and GWR) is 50ch - Stourbridge to Stourbridge Jct is 62ch

 

[Chris M]

London Overground will very probably be Rotherhithe to Canada Water.
TfL Rail I think is Stratford to Maryland.

 

[les.]

Northern - Grimsby Town to Grimsby Docks.

 

[TrainfanBen]

Worcester Foregate Street to Worcester Shrub Hill (which is on both LM and GWR) is 50ch - Stourbridge to Stourbridge Jct is 62ch

I looked at that one on a map, but didn't know if there was actually a direct service!

 

[anti-pacer]

London Overground will very probably be Rotherhithe to Canada Water.

This^^^.

They're that close you can see the other through the tunnel.

 

[extendedpaul]

ATW has a few contenders.

Cardiff Central-Queen Street
Cardiff Central-Cardiff Bay
Penarth-Cogan Road
Llandudno Junction-Conwy
Llandudno Junction-Deganwy
Llandanwg-Pensarn
Llandecwyn-Penrhyndeudraeth
Tygwyn-Talsarnau

But the winner has to be...

Birchgrove-Ty Glas

I think you meant Penarth -Dingle Road

How does Wrexham Central to Wrexham General measure up ?

 

[xotGD]

Perhaps someone could give us a definitive list of stations less than 1 mile apart?

I once did Newcastle - Manors behind a Class 40 on 1S15.

 

[anti-pacer]

I think you meant Penarth -Dingle Road

How does Wrexham Central to Wrexham General measure up ?

Sorry yes, I did mean Dingle Road, and also forgot about Wrexham.

 

[Qwerty133]

EMT: matlock bath-cromford??

 

[Mag_seven]

Caledonian Sleeper: Dunblane to Stirling

Incorrect as you cannot join at Dunblane and alight at Stirling and vv (pick up only both stops southbound, and set down only both stops northbound)