DynamicSpirit
Established Member
I was idly looking at a map today and it struck me that, if you're going from London to Bristol by train, the biggest intermediate stops are Reading and Swindon, and the distances are remarkably close: As the crow flies, you have:
For the purposes of this thread, you can measure distance either as-the-crow-flies or actual distance along the tracks. Or exceptionally you could use typical journey times. But it must be the most important stops on the route: You can't just go pointing out a tiny hamlet that happens to be midway between the terminuses! Change of train is allowed as long as it is the usual route by which you would sensibly make the journey.
- 33 miles Paddington-Reading
- 36 miles Reading-Swindon
- 35 miles Swindon-Bristol Temple Meads
For the purposes of this thread, you can measure distance either as-the-crow-flies or actual distance along the tracks. Or exceptionally you could use typical journey times. But it must be the most important stops on the route: You can't just go pointing out a tiny hamlet that happens to be midway between the terminuses! Change of train is allowed as long as it is the usual route by which you would sensibly make the journey.