What do you mean by circuitous?Let's exclude the London terminii.Wigan Wallgate to Wigan North Western via normal timetabled services? Any others that immediately jump out?
James
The two Wigan stations are visible from each other and are only a few tens of metres apart. There's no direct service so how would I get from station to station just using the train.What do you mean by circuitous?
I was going to say Streatham stations but I am not sure what your criteria are.
With your given example, it would be an hour and a quarter changing at Daisy Hill.The two Wigan stations are visible from each other and are only a few tens of metres apart. There's no direct service so how would I get from station to station just using the train.
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Change at Ince?The two Wigan stations are visible from each other and are only a few tens of metres apart. There's no direct service so how would I get from station to station just using the train.
Well Streatham and Streatham Common are direct, and Streatham Hill is only 1/2 changes (1 for changing at Balham for Streatham Common, and possibly 1 if the parliamentary service comes back for Streatham)I was going to say Streatham stations
Change at Ince?
Believe the 0833, 1433 (SX) and 1956 weekday departures from Ince all terminate at Wigan North Western. Is that no longer the case?The trains to Wigan North Western run nonstop from Daisy Hill (skipping the interchange station of Hindley & Ince)
About half a mile to walk, about 27-28 by train.New Mills Central to New Mills Newtown.
BRFares offers a single fare of £16.80, changing at Manchester Piccadilly and taking around 1 hour 30 minutes. You can walk between the two stations in ten!
Surely though by this logic, air has got to win each time, unless both Kings Lynn and Skegness have international airports which I don't recall.Never really understood the point of these questions. It's more interesting surely to compare routes where the rail journey between locations is extraordinarily longer than by other methods of transport. Example, Skegness to King's Lynn. 55 by road, 132 by rail, even shorter by air.
Except London termini were excluded by the OP…Waterloo to Waterloo East must surely be a contender here
You could change at Cambuslang. Admittedly the connections can be terrible.Uddingston to Newton. Only way between the two is to go all the way round via Hamilton. Newton is where you would change for trains to Cathcart Circle stations and King’s Park for Hampden Park.
New Mills Central to New Mills Newtown.
BRFares offers a single fare of £16.80, changing at Manchester Piccadilly and taking around 1 hour 30 minutes. You can walk between the two stations in ten!
Can this not (in theory) be done by changing at both Chinley and Hazel Grove? Something like 18 miles then.About half a mile to walk, about 27-28 by train.
Was that actually Kilburn?Camden Town to Camden High Road