Shortest distance between stations

[melikepie]

Whilst looking at the original cab ride videos of the Elizabeth Line, I thought that the shortest distance between stations would be between Farringdon and Liverpool Street. However, having been on the trains recently is making me think more it was Paddington to Bond Street or Bond Street to Tottenham Court Road. I haven't been east of Liverpool Street yet so I was wondering which is the shortest distance between any station.

Also is it on the core section and if not, what is the shortest between the core stations?

[quex]

Don't know precise distances but I'd imagine Stratford to Maryland is among the shortest.

[bigvern]

www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/elrx.shtm

The link above should take you to the Milage section of lines and has the Crossrail sections included,hyperlinks will take you to the next sections

This website has useful railway codes, and wealth of information.

[stapler]

Jul 4, 2022 18:20:03 GMT quex said:

Don't know precise distances but I'd imagine Stratford to Maryland is among the shortest.

Stratford Central Junction box (London end of present platform 10A) to Maryland Point Junction box (London end of present Maryland station)  was 0.494 miles temp WW1, if that helps.

[Chris M]

Based on data from Railmiles and Realtime Trains

Rank	Section	Distance (miles)
1	Maidenhead-Twyford	6.78
2	Twyford-Reading	4.99
3	Paddington (high level)-Acton Main Line	4.20
4	Paddington (low level)-Acton Main Line	4.14
5	Liverpool Street (High Level)-Stratford	4.04
6	Hayes & Harlington-Heathrow Central	3.71
7	Stratford-Whitechapel	3.44
8	Harold Wood-Brentwood	3.25
9	Woolwich-Custom House	2.51
10	Slough-Burnham	2.51
11	Chadwell Heath-Romford	2.39
12	Hayes & Harlington-West Drayton	2.33
13	Langley-Slough	2.23
14	Canary Wharf-Whitechapel	2.14
15	Custom House-Canary Wharf	2.06
16	Abbey Wood-Woolwich	2.03
17	Brentwood-Shenfield	2.00
18	Southall-Hayes & Harlington	1.81
19	Heathrow Central-Heathrow Terminal 4	1.80
20	Taplow-Maidenhead	1.75
21	Heathrow Central-Heathrow Terminal 5	1.74
22	Hanwell-Southall	1.73
23	West Drayton-Iver	1.54
24	Burnham-Taplow	1.53
25	Bond Street-Paddington (low level)	1.49
26	Iver-Langley	1.48
27	Gidea Park-Harold Wood	1.44
27	Acton Main Line-Ealing Broadway	1.44
29	Farringdon-Tottenham Court Road	1.41
30	Whitechapel-Liverpool Street (low level)	1.28
31	Ilford-Seven Kings	1.21
32	Romford-Gidea Park	1.14
33	Manor Park-Ilford	1.11
34	Forest Gate-Manor Park	0.99
35	Ealing Broadway-West Ealing	0.88
36	Maryland-Forest Gate	0.78
37	West Ealing-Hanwell	0.78
38	Seven Kings-Goodmayes	0.71
38	Liverpool Street (low level)-Farrindgon	0.71
40	Goodmayes-Chadwell Heath	0.70
41	Tottenham Court Road-Bond Street	0.65
42	Stratford-Maryland	0.45

[stapler]

Thanks, QM - the slight disparity with the 100 year old figure for Stratford-Maryland no doubt being the 1940s eastward lurch of the platforms 6-7-8 under New Works.

[class411]

Jul 7, 2022 7:27:49 GMT stapler said:

Thanks, QM - the slight disparity with the 100 year old figure for Stratford-Maryland no doubt being the 1940s eastward lurch of the platforms 6-7-8 under New Works.

That conjures up an image.

[brigham]

Jul 7, 2022 8:15:04 GMT class411 said:

Jul 7, 2022 7:27:49 GMT stapler said:

Thanks, QM - the slight disparity with the 100 year old figure for Stratford-Maryland no doubt being the 1940s eastward lurch of the platforms 6-7-8 under New Works.

That conjures up an image.

"Uhhhh you rang..."

[sealingmark]

South Ealing to Northfields. 0.39km

You can throw a stone...

Ah, but Covent Garden to Leicester Square is 0.26 of course.

[stapler]

Jul 7, 2022 15:08:15 GMT sealingmark said:

South Ealing to Northfields. 0.39km

You can throw a stone...

Ah, but Covent Garden to Leicester Square is 0.26 of course.

Yes, but not on the Elizabeth line!

[sealingmark]

Oops, sorry, paying attention failure!

[spsmiler]

It should have been Moorgate - Lothbury.

I do not know how far apart (in terms of distance - yards / metres, etc) they would have been but here is a clue, during the journey one end of the train would have been in Lothbury and t'other end of the train would have been in Moorgate.

This would have given a whole new meaning to the question of being at two stations at the same time ... in days long before the Elizabeth line!

[class411]

Schrodinger’s train.