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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 14:02:07 GMT
I thought my title was pretty unambiguous but to clarify anyway: I mean a train leaving one station, traversing a length of track, which has no halts or stations, and then stopping at the second station i.e. between two stations! No bypassing of anything else.
Last week I was watching one of the numerous "driver's cab view" videos on YT. The video in question covered the run on the Met from Aldgate to Northwood.
And while watching it from the perspective of the driver something occurred to me that I'd never thought of as a passenger while travelling on that route happily reading a book or newspaper, and it is this, that the run from Baker Street to Finchley Road is very long, but even longer is the run from Finchley Road to Wembley Park.
Then I thought, there can't be a longer station to station run anywhere else, can there?
Also, what a beautiful run that is, overground, almost rural, and very wide with four roads for most of the route.
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Post by jimini on Jan 6, 2017 14:53:09 GMT
I always thought Chesham to C&L was the longest distance between stations?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 14:59:57 GMT
No idea, I've never travelled it nor seen it on video. But it could well be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 15:17:55 GMT
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Post by theblackferret on Jan 6, 2017 15:46:46 GMT
Last week I was watching one of the numerous "driver's cab view" videos on YT. The video in question covered the run on the Met from Aldgate to Northwood. And while watching it from the perspective of the driver something occurred to me that I'd never thought of as a passenger while travelling on that route happily reading a book or newspaper, and it is this, that the run from Baker Street to Finchley Road is very long, but even longer is the run from Finchley Road to Wembley Park. Then I thought, there can't be a longer station to station run anywhere else, can there? Also, what a beautiful run that is, overground, almost rural, and very wide with four roads for most of the route. It is Finchley Road <======> Wembley Park Met, 4.5 miles between stations served by the same line. Second is also Met: Chalfont <============> Chesham at 3.95 miles, although that has no intermediate stations at all, whereas there's several ex-Met, then ex-Bakerloo & now Jubilee stations such as Neasden between FR & WP. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 15:55:46 GMT
But that's not between two stations, that's from one station bypassing three stations and stopping at the fifth station. Maybe I was too ambiguous in my wording, but for me between 2 stations means station----track----station, with nothing on the track inbetween. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 15:57:19 GMT
Last week I was watching one of the numerous "driver's cab view" videos on YT. The video in question covered the run on the Met from Aldgate to Northwood. And while watching it from the perspective of the driver something occurred to me that I'd never thought of as a passenger while travelling on that route happily reading a book or newspaper, and it is this, that the run from Baker Street to Finchley Road is very long, but even longer is the run from Finchley Road to Wembley Park. Then I thought, there can't be a longer station to station run anywhere else, can there? Also, what a beautiful run that is, overground, almost rural, and very wide with four roads for most of the route. It is Finchley Road <======> Wembley Park Met, 4.5 miles between stations served by the same line. Second is also Met: Chalfont <============> Chesham at 3.95 miles, although that has no intermediate stations at all, whereas there's several ex-Met, then ex-Bakerloo & now Jubilee stations such as Neasden between FR & WP. Thanks, that's what I thought. And your reply also answers the Chalfont-Chesham query. |
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Post by vato on Jan 6, 2017 16:59:58 GMT
Harrow to Moor Park on the fast lines must be close too. But if that type of run is excluded, Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer is the longest, and definitely (IMHO) the most beautiful stretch when you look to the East, expecially early in the day, with a little mist down in the valley.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 18:45:52 GMT
Yea, there are some beautiful stretches of line up there.
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Post by superteacher on Jan 14, 2017 10:43:13 GMT
If you allow passing through stations, it used to be Finchley Road to Moor Park.
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Post by philthetube on Jan 14, 2017 11:12:54 GMT
what about Harrow to Amersham, does that count? Chiltern do it but non stop Harrow. All on lul metals
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 14:39:09 GMT
To clarify again, from one station on the line to the NEXT station on the line.
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Post by trt on Jan 16, 2017 15:15:13 GMT
I'd have said Chesham branch too. And the speed seems a bit lower than other long, somewhat straighter sections too. So it makes a lovely ride!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2017 17:25:33 GMT
To clarify again, from one station on the line to the NEXT station on the line. Chalfont & Latimer to Chesham, 6.2 km. |
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Post by pitdiver on Jan 17, 2017 7:50:07 GMT
What about in a tunnel?
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jan 17, 2017 8:05:36 GMT
Heathrow T4 to T123, almost certainly. (4.36km according to CULG)
Baker Street to Finchley Road is 3.39km, but is not continuously in tunnel as it breaks the surface to pass over the Regent's Canal 1km north of Baker Street.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 10:01:56 GMT
Albeit, not one individual long tunnel between 2 stations, this is the longest continuous tunnel according to TfL:
East Finchley to Morden (via Bank) - 27.8km.
Their definition is technically correct of course in that the stations are in underground tunnels as well.
The longest distance between 2 stations, again according to Tfl, is indeed Chesham to Chalfont & Latimer (Metropolitan line) - 6.3km.
I think TfL probably disregards the Met Finchley Road to Wembley Park, as being station-to-station because of the stations on other lines that the run passes through.
And another fact, the longest direct journey is Epping to West Ruislip (Central line) - 54.9km
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 20:38:28 GMT
When Crossrail opens, there wil be a Three Mile run between Woolwich and Abbey Wood stations, and another Four Mile run between Paddington and Acton Mainline stations, but not all in tunnel.
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Post by edwin on Jan 18, 2017 2:35:50 GMT
Heathrow T4 to T123, almost certainly. (4.36km according to CULG) Baker Street to Finchley Road is 3.39km, but is not continuously in tunnel as it breaks the surface to pass over the Regent's Canal 1km north of Baker Street. Isn't Seven Sisters - Finsbury Park longer? I can't find the exact length online, though. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jan 18, 2017 8:14:56 GMT
Heathrow T4 to T123, 4.36km. Baker Street to Finchley Road is 3.39km, Isn't Seven Sisters - Finsbury Park longer? I can't find the exact length online, though. 2.95km, according to CULG |
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Post by spsmiler on Jan 18, 2017 20:34:29 GMT
To clarify again, from one station on the line to the NEXT station on the line. Unless your definition includes 'stations at which the trains are scheduled to stop', you are ruling out the 19 minute non-stop journeys I sometimes made on the Met Line trains in the evening rush hours on the early 1990's (Finchley Road - Moor Park). Although non-stop the trains did slow down for Harrow On The Hill, where they variously used platforms Nos. 1 or 3. Simon |
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Post by superteacher on Jan 18, 2017 21:40:44 GMT
Can never remember whether it's Seven Sisters to Finsbury Park or Heathrow Terminal 4 to Heathrow Terminals 123. For many years, it was Mile End to Stratford. Do we count Baker Street to Finchley Road, ax part of that isn't in tunnel. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Jan 18, 2017 22:12:37 GMT
Mile End to Stratford is 2.73 km according to CULG, of which about 2.5km is in tunnel - the tunnel mouths are staggered. The other distances you mention are given a little further up thread. T4 - T123 is the longest.
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