TomJ93
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Canley to Tile Hill is eight chains?
Canley to Tile Hill is eight chains?
Glasgow Central to Argyle st for Scotland?
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Have just been corrected on that! They really need to make the Rail Atlas a little less complicated when they join junctions up to other lines
According to the same publication, Fitzalan Square to Castle Square on the Sheffield Supertram is only 5 chains.
So how do chains relate to lenght?
Approx the length of a Mark 2 carriage, 10 foot shorter than a Mark 3 (for an easy reference!)There are 80 chains in a mile. The chain is the distance between the wickets on a cricket pitch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_(unit)
So how do chains relate to lenght?
If the distance the train travels between the two stops is the criteria then Ty Glas to Birchgrove would be the most likely contendor. Blackfriars platforms will be about 100 yards further south from their origional position when the station reopens.
There seems to be barely ANY distance at all between the stops on the Newcastle Metro. When you start at Newcastle Airport, the next station, Callerton Parkway, is on the next road! And its the same for the station after it, Bank Foot.
How about stations which are on two types of network, such as Ormskirk? Do they count as one whole station or two due to the fact that are run by different TOCs?
10ch, according to Quail (47m72ch - 47m62ch). That's almost certainly measured from the former buffer stops in the case of the NR station, not sure about the NNR side. If it qualifies for this thread despite the 'tramway' status of the connecting line and lack of a regular service, then it must be one of the shortest!Probably off-topic for this thread, but what's the distance from Sheringham (Network Rail station) to Sheringham (North Norfolk station) ?
Not quite, that is 60+ chains but it is a good call.
Now, someone tell me if I read my copy of Rail Atlas wrong but apparently Finsbury Park to Drayton Park is 15 chains.
Finsbury Park - 2m 41 ch
Drayton Park - 2m 56 ch
That runs close
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Have just been corrected on that! They really need to make the Rail Atlas a little less complicated when they join junctions up to other lines
In Scotland how about Ashfield to Possil Park on the Glasgow QS Anneisland service. 560m dont know what that is in old school measurements.
It takes about 30 secs to travel between them.
That's an even better one than mine!Try on Londons- Docklands Light Railway. West India Quay and Canary Wharf which are about a DLR train length apart. Anyone know the distance?
I know that the RTM&C guide will be a lot more accurate than my visual and mental reckonings, but surely there's no possible way that India and Canary can be as much as 220 yards apart? The "gap" between those stations is so amazingly short, I reckon that if a standard single-decker bus was craned onto the line, it'd be possible for the vehicle to be touching platforms at Canary and India at the same time! hock:The answers to the above posts can be found in 'Rapid Transit Miles & Chains' by S.Clarke
On the Docklands Light Railway, West India Quay to Canary Wharf is 10 chains, then another 10 chains to Heron Quays. These are the shortest distances between stations on the DLR.
London Underground Embankment to Charing Cross is 14 chains on the Northern Line and 18 chains on the Bakerloo Line. However the shortest distance between stops on the underground is Leicester Square to Covent Garden (13 chains) on the Piccadilly Line.
I know that the RTM&C guide will be a lot more accurate than my visual and mental reckonings, but surely there's no possible way that India and Canary can be as much as 220 yards apart? The "gap" between those stations is so amazingly short, I reckon that if a standard single-decker bus was craned onto the line, it'd be possible for the vehicle to be touching platforms at Canary and India at the same time! hock: