Trivia: Longest time to travel between stations less than 2 miles apart

[SWTrainspottin]

Ty Glas to Birchgrove is just 1 minute.

 

[Mag_seven]

Deleted.

 

[ilkestonian]

Beeston to Nottingham took quite a while yesterday...

 

[Clansman]

Croy and Greenfaulds.

I remember when some websites had St. Pancras split up into 'Domestic' and 'International', which would conjure up some ammusing rail journey times between the two.

 

[iknowyeah]

New St to Moor St
Euston to Kings Cross
Euston to St Pancras
Euston to Marylebone
Euston to Paddington
Runcorn to Runcorn East

 

[Abpj17]

warrington bank quay and warrington central

I found an 1h6 journey on a Monday morning via Manchester Oxford Road.

 

[Parallel]

Heath High Level and Heath Low Level
Southend Victoria to Southend Central
Dorchester South to Dorchester West

 

[Cherry_Picker]

New St to Moor St

If you hit the right connection at Smethwick Galton Bridge you could do that one in 20-25 minutes. There's a ten minute frequency on Moor Street - Smethwick services and (roughly) a 15 minute frequency on New Street - Smethwick services so it's definitely one of the the easier "faster to walk" trips.

You can pinch a couple of minutes from the train trip and add a couple of minutes to the walk if you made that New Street to Snow Hill, the trains would be identical but the end to end time would be a tad closer to how long it takes to walk.

 

[Springs Branch]

St Albans Abbey to St Albans City
1.1 miles & 23 mins on foot (according to Google)

By train, if you avoid going through any National Rail gatelines (so excluding West Hampstead NLL - West Hampstead Thameslink) or using the Tube:
Around 2½ to 3 hours by rail via Watford Jn / Clapham Jn / Denmark Hill.
Around 2¾ to 3½ hours via the scenic route, Watford/Bletchley/Bedford.

 

[USBT]

It's good that we're having this trivia now. Some of these London journeys are going be easier come May (Thameslink upgrade) and even easier come December (CrossRail/Elizabeth line).

 

[Malcolmffc]

Windsor & Eton Central to Windsor Riverside.

 

[Malcolmffc]

Waterloo to Fenchurch Street would require going via Clapham J, Willesden J, Stratford and Barking!

 

[duffield]

Newark North Gate to Newark Castle

There's actually one direct train each way per day between these stations. Takes about 10mins including reversal.