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Post by pitdiver on Jan 2, 2012 5:28:53 GMT
I know that the longest distance between two stations on the network is Chalfont-Chesham but can anyone give me a definitive answer to the question. What is the longest between stations in tunnel. Thank you.  |
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Post by neilwatson on Jan 2, 2012 7:15:58 GMT
I have always understood it to be Mile End to Stratford.
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Post by t697 on Jan 2, 2012 9:55:56 GMT
I have always understood it to be Mile End to Stratford. That's a long run, but Stratford station is actually in the open. Wikipedia says it's Seven Sisters/Finsbury Park on the Vic line. |
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Post by charleyfarley on Jan 2, 2012 14:00:10 GMT
I'd say Finsbury Park-Seven Sisters - seems to take forever - but Kings's Cross-Highbury & Islington can't be far behind. Makes me wonder if the Victoria Line was built on the cheap, very few stations
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Post by pitdiver on Jan 2, 2012 14:30:22 GMT
Sice my original post I have discovered that it appears the longest distance between stations is Heathrow 123-Heathrow 4
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2012 14:32:45 GMT
Kings Cross to Caledonian Road is a bit of a haul as well, although that might not count as it has a ghost station half-way.
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Post by Dom K on Jan 2, 2012 15:36:33 GMT
Isnt chesham to chalfont the longest?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2012 15:37:59 GMT
Isnt chesham to chalfont the longest? Someone forgot to read the first post. ;D |
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Post by Dom K on Jan 2, 2012 15:40:50 GMT
Yes, you are right I didn't! That's what happens when you read last 70 posts! I'd go for seven sisters to finsbury Park too,
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Post by slugabed on Jan 2, 2012 17:11:06 GMT
I'd say Finsbury Park-Seven Sisters - seems to take forever - but Kings's Cross-Highbury & Islington can't be far behind. Makes me wonder if the Victoria Line was built on the cheap, very few stations "Built to a budget" perhaps? Also speed may have been a factor...The Victoria has always seemed one of the faster lines in tunnel (Jardine01 may confirm this?) Bear in mind that both these stretches were planned to have intermediate stations...Manor House and Barnsbury respectively...these may have been dropped for either reason,I don't know. |
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Post by alfie on Jan 2, 2012 17:42:11 GMT
Okay, and no arguing here, this is the definitive answer, Heathrow T4 and 123 at 4.31km. Sisters and Finsbury Park is 3.15.
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Post by superteacher on Jan 2, 2012 17:52:19 GMT
I'd say Finsbury Park-Seven Sisters - seems to take forever - but Kings's Cross-Highbury & Islington can't be far behind. Makes me wonder if the Victoria Line was built on the cheap, very few stations "Built to a budget" perhaps? Also speed may have been a factor...The Victoria has always seemed one of the faster lines in tunnel (Jardine01 may confirm this?) Bear in mind that both these stretches were planned to have intermediate stations...Manor House and Barnsbury respectively...these may have been dropped for either reason,I don't know. I think those "planned" intermediate stations were dropped even before the final route was chosen. The Vic is one of the fastest lines in tunnel, as it was built for ATO from the beginning, and has very few curves which require speed limits. Compare this with the Central line, which despite having ATO, is hindered by trains having to slow down for curves, particularly around Bank. |
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Post by Chris M on Jan 2, 2012 19:26:22 GMT
The T4-T123 tunnel was meant to have an intermediate station - Terminal 5. I think the loop is a bit longer than it would otherwise need to be to take in the planned site of T5, but 20 or so years after the T4 loop was designed they built terminal 5 in a different place, which is why the PiccEx spur was needed.
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Post by Dstock7080 on Jan 3, 2012 17:53:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2012 20:46:35 GMT
Stratford isn't in tunnel, so I don't think that Mile End to Stratford counts.
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Post by pitdiver on Jan 4, 2012 11:03:36 GMT
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Post by pitdiver on Jan 4, 2012 11:14:46 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2012 14:21:54 GMT
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Post by Alight on Jan 4, 2012 16:12:47 GMT
Pedantic note: 'kms' and 'mins' should be expressed as 'km' and 'min' (non-plural)  |
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