MML and ECML proximity

[tom73]

At what point north of Elstree & Borehamwood (MML) and north of Hadley Wood (ECML) i.e. outside London do the two lines come in closest proximity to each other. Putting it another way, which MML station provides the shortest connection by mileage to an ECML station

 

[ainsworth74]

which MML station provides the shortest connection by mileage to an ECML station

By rail mileage or as the crow flies?

 

[bengley]

St Albans and Hatfield by the looks of it

 

[bramling]

At what point north of Elstree & Borehamwood (MML) and north of Hadley Wood (ECML) i.e. outside London do the two lines come in closest proximity to each other. Putting it another way, which MML station provides the shortest connection by mileage to an ECML station

From a convenience point of view, it will undoubtedly be Hatfield/St Albans and Hitchin/Luton or Luton Airport Parkway. Perhaps Sandy/Bedford at a push too.

 

[talltim]

I’ve walked St A to Hatfield before. It was when I was a school in St A commuting from Harpenden, I had a dentist appointment in Hatfield but I’d spent the money my mum gave me for the bus!

 

[noddingdonkey]

Are Leeds and Wakefield Westgate too obvious/not quite in the spirit of the question?

 

[Journeyman]

Are Leeds and Wakefield Westgate too obvious/not quite in the spirit of the question?

Isn't Leeds served by both anyway?

 

[higthomas]

Isn't Leeds served by both anyway?

I think that was the point...

 

[yorkie]

Are Leeds and Wakefield Westgate too obvious/not quite in the spirit of the question?

Not in the spirit of the question arguably. The ECML proper doesn't go via Leeds and the Midland route to Leeds didn't go via Westgate.

 

[Journeyman]

I think that was the point...

I thought it might have been, I just wasn't sure! Is Leeds considered ECML and/or MML proper, or a branch off them?

 

[edwin_m]

Leeds is definitely a branch off the ECML, the main line being to Edinburgh.

However the MML "proper", which ran to Carlisle via Swinton Town, Cudworth, Normanton, Woodlesford and Shipley, passed close to Leeds but the station itself was on a short branch so any train calling there had to reverse. As the route has been closed between Swinton and Normanton and the remaining MML London trains don't use any of the original MML route north of Swinton, it can't really be regarded as part of today's MML.

 

[Stevec101]

Not in the spirit of the question arguably. The ECML proper doesn't go via Leeds and the Midland route to Leeds didn't go via Westgate.

Exactly people are confused by it becease EMT run trains to Leeds in the morning and evening. But that's mainly for maintenance and logistics