Trivia: Train Services that run wholly within the same Council area

[WizCastro197]

Depends at what level. Both are in ceremonial Hampshire but I think Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Councils are their own local authorities

Alright I'll try the Tonbridge to Strood train. Again mystified with Unitary Authorities not being listed on OP's post.

 

[SWTCommuter]

Slightly mystified by the rules and the strange ceremonial counties discussion but does the Portsmouth-Southampton shuttle service work?

I don't think so as Southampton and Portsmouth are separate unitary authorities and the train passes through Hampshire County Council area between them. It also passes through Fareham and Eastleigh district council areas.

 

[zwk500]

Alright I'll try the Tonbridge to Strood train. Again mystified with Unitary Authorities not being listed on OP's post.

I think part of the problem is the OP has listed several different 'layers' of Authorities without explaining if they are drawing particular distinctions or comparisons.

I'm looking for train services that run wholly within the same Council area

This includes services wholly within the same City/District/Borough/County Council area, but not "Combined Authority" areas

A county council may cover several district councils, for instance.

 

[eastwestdivide]

Alright I'll try the Tonbridge to Strood train. Again mystified with Unitary Authorities not being listed on OP's post.

Strood comes under Medway Council, Tonbridge and Maidstone are Kent County Council. Despite Medway being in the historic county of Kent.
Sittingbourne-Sheerness shuttle anyone?

 

[WizCastro197]

Strood comes under Medway Council, Tonbridge and Maidstone are Kent County Council. Despite Medway being in the historic county of Kent.

Alright Thank You

I am trying to pick one in Surrey but I am not sure any services exist. Then you have to select which level as it extremely rare for one train to only stay inside Reigate & Banstead Borough Council for example but it may stay inside Surrey County Council.

 

[507020]

Preston Ormskirk

This is probably the least accurate we’ve had. The service passes through 4 council areas! Preston is obviously it’s own, it then passes through South Ribble council without stopping, Croston is in the Chorley council area and Ormskirk is in West Lancashire.

 

[507020]

Lancaster - Morecambe runs entirely within the City of Lancaster council

 

[adc82140]

I think Berkshire is only a ceremonial county now.

That's right. There is no such thing any more as Berkshire County Council. It's split into West Berkshire, Reading Borough, Bracknell, Slough, Wokingham District, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

 

[xotGD]

Bradford FS to Ilkley is an interesting one. Starts in Bradford and ends in Bradford, but goes in and out of Leeds council area.

Services on the KWVR are entirely within Bradford.

 

[Peterthegreat]

There are a small number of trains that only run between Doncaster and Adwick, wholly within the Doncaster council area.

 

[Woolos 22]

Radyr to Coryton .

 

[LickeyIncliner]

Exeter to Barnstaple, Axminster, Exmouth, Paignton, Plymouth, and Okehampton, plus all the combinations of these that work through Exeter

 

[WizCastro197]

Exeter to Barnstaple, Axminster, Exmouth, Paignton, Plymouth, and Okehampton, plus all the combinations of these that work through Exeter

How? Exeter city council to Plymouth City Council? It isn’t staying in one council?


Sorry the rules are a little tricky to plan around.

 

[The exile]

Any Bristol Temple Meads - Avonmouth or vv?

 

[Dave W]

This is probably the least accurate we’ve had. The service passes through 4 council areas! Preston is obviously it’s own, it then passes through South Ribble council without stopping, Croston is in the Chorley council area and Ormskirk is in West Lancashire.

But all inside the boundary of Lancashire County Council... So not inaccurate at all.

 

[nr758123]

Carlisle to Barrow in Furness

Only until April 2023, at which point Cumbria gets split into Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness. Any Carlisle to Whitehaven workings will still be wholly within one county.

 

[YorksLad12]

You could have had Wakefield-Knottngley, if you ignore the extensions to Goole (which I don't know if they're still running). But they now start back from Leeds. Forget I mentioned it...

 

[dastocks]

Pre-1997 the Brighton to Hove, Seaford, Eastbourne and Hastings local services were all within the county of East Sussex. These days only the Brighton-Hove shuttle would qualify.

 

[leytongabriel]

Stourbridge Jnction to Stourbridge Town?
Romford to Upminster - Havering
West Ealing to Greenford - Ealing

 

[zwk500]

Pre-1997 the Brighton to Hove, Seaford, Eastbourne and Hastings local services were all within the county of East Sussex. These days only the Brighton-Hove shuttle would qualify.

The Hove shuttle is mentioned in post #3

Stourbridge Jnction to Stourbridge Town?

mentioned in Post #1...

Romford to Upminster - Havering
West Ealing to Greenford - Ealing

Also mentioned in #16 and #15 respectively.

 

[Glenn1969]

The Barton Line?

 

[507020]

But all inside the boundary of Lancashire County Council... So not inaccurate at all.

Oh County council

 

[JWK]

Manningtree-Harwich Town services run entirely within the Tendring District Council area.

Also in Tendring, there’s a handful of Kirby Cross- Walton shuttles at start and end of service (and all day Sunday). There’s a similar set-up on the Witham-Braintree branch, entirely within Braintree District Council.

And rounding off Essex, Colchester - Colchester Town shuttles are obviously entirely within Colchester Borough Council.

More obscurely, the 06:50 Fishguard Harbour - Clarbeston Road (and 07:20 return) runs entirely within Pembrokeshire.

Scraping the barrel a bit, but in addition to the Cornish branches, there’s an 05:20 Penzance-Truro service entirely in Cornwall (presumably a unit for the Falmouth service).

 

[AlbertBeale]

Given that tubes have been mentioned, albeit some lines are entirely within Greater London anyway, then thinking of ones within just one borough...

Back in my childhood there was the fine old one-carriage Acton Town - South Acton shuttle on the District Line. All (just) in Acton Borough; now part of Ealing Borough.

Holborn-Aldwych, though, spanned a borough boundary, both pre- and post-GLC boundary mergers.

 

[busestrains]

All of these following local Eastbourne to Hastings/Ore and Ore/Hastings to Eastbourne trains would count:

EASTBOUND - MONDAY TO FRIDAY:
• 05:10 Eastbourne to Hastings 05:37
• 06:29 Eastbourne to Ore 06:57

EASTBOUND - SATURDAY:
• 05:30 Eastbourne to Ore 05:58
• 05:46 Eastbourne to Ore 06:21
• 06:43 Eastbourne to Ore 07:15

EASTBOUND - SUNDAY:
• 07:26 Eastbourne to Ore 08:01

WESTBOUND - MONDAY TO FRIDAY:
• NONE

WESTBOUND - SATURDAY:
• 22:15 Ore to Eastbourne 22:52

WESTBOUND - SUNDAY:
• 22:35 Ore to Eastbourne 23:05
• 23:25 Hastings to Eastbourne 23:57

They all run entirely within the East Sussex County Council area.

Also i need to check the timetable but i remember there was some Redhill to Reigate and Reigate to Redhill shuttles in the past. If these still run today then these would count too. They run entirely within the Surrey County Council area and also entirely within the Reigate & Banstead Borough Council area too.

 

[Adoarable]

On the DLR, Canning Town—Beckton services run entirely within Newham.

 

[Bill Badger]

Guildford to Farnham - starts and ends in Surrey, but goes via Hampshire!

 

[A0]

Both Ipswich - Felixstowe and Ipswich - Lowestoft run entirely in Suffolk.

 

[Dave W]

Holborn-Aldwych, though, spanned a borough boundary, both pre- and post-GLC boundary mergers.

Yes I should think there'd be equal novelty in establishing shortest services in two council areas (or more!)

 

[Trainbike46]

Fully in Essex county council:
-Mark's Tey to Sudbury
-Wickford to Southminster