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• On one train only
• May be incorrect
• Obviously incomplete
diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.08.16 - 1:00 a.m. | #
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Longest Journey underground should be Hethrow Terminals 2&3 to Terminal 5
Daveb | 07.08.16 - 3:04 a.m. | #
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@Daveb.. why?
Alfie | 07.08.16 - 4:31 a.m. | #
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"...between adjacent stations on foot: Canada Water ←→ Canary Wharf (144 mins)"
Not sure that would take over two hours - via the Rotherhithe Tunnel would be much shorter than via Tower Bridge or the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, although the Rotherhithe Tunnel is far from pleasant to walk through.
I assume ferries don't count
Stephen | 07.08.16 - 6:27 a.m. | #
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..........as per https://www.londonbanter.co.uk/london-transport/5661-rotherhithe-tunnel-2.html
Stephen | 07.08.16 - 6:34 a.m. | #
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........oh and of course http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.co.uk/2008/06/rotherhithe-tunnel.html - probably why you've ignored it for the calculation!
Stephen | 07.08.16 - 6:36 a.m. | #
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Is the distance between Edgware Road and Paddington 13½ miles?
Rotherhithe | 07.08.16 - 7:07 a.m. | #
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Surely the longest Tube journey on one train is Cockfosters to Cockfosters via the Heathrow loop. The train just goes round the loop and goes back; you don't have to get off and it doesn't even change the direction it's facing.
Mike Scott | 07.08.16 - 7:08 a.m. | #
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@Mike Scott amazingly DG has had the foresight to include that right at the bottom.. just above (and to the left of) the button labelled "comments".
| 07.08.16 - 7:28 a.m. | #
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Longest distance between Met-Line stations?
Presumably depends on definitions & is one or even both of the two listed higher up ... (?)
| 07.08.16 - 7:40 a.m. | #
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@ Rotherhithe - I assume it is if you go the long way round the Circle Line.
PC | 07.08.16 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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Dave b
T23 to T5 is only about 1.5 miles (CULG gives it as 2,25km). A lot less than T4 to T23
I assume Finchley Road to HotH is included because some trains skip Wembley Park?
@PC/Rotherhithe
Edgware Road - Paddington - Victoria - Aldgate - Paddington is 13 miles without changing trains.
timbo | 07.08.16 - 8:26 a.m. | #
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If you allow the Heathrow loop, why not just stay on the same train all day ? Just because it has stopped and then reversed at the terminus doesn't mean you have to get off. What train stays in service for the logest time/distance without having to get off ?
Jimbo | 07.08.16 - 10:03 a.m. | #
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"...between adjacent stations on foot: Canada Water ←→ Canary Wharf (144 mins)"
I used the times on TfL's Walking times between tube stations map. I may not agree with them, but they are official.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 07.08.16 - 10:27 a.m. | #
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Longest journey air-conditioned tube?
dg writes: I think the same as the longest journey with a non-folding bicycle.
E | 07.08.16 - 11:48 a.m. | #
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I'm with Stephen (& dg?) reckon it'd 'only' take about an hour to walk from Canada Water to Canary Wharf. Nit picking, I know. All very interesting stuff though.
£1.50 from Bethnal Green to Epping sounds like a real bargain, Isn't that about the same as a one stop bus journey?
Lorenzo | 07.08.16 - 12:31 p.m. | #
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Yes but what's the longest journey between stations on the Waterloo & City line?
dg writes: Appears higher in the list.
Adam S | Homepage | 07.08.16 - 1:58 p.m. | #
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The one-word journeys could be measured in miles rather than counting stations, which would presumably break the 3-way tie.
The historic ones are also subject to quibble regarding what counts as "tube" (a concept which did not exist 150 years ago). The ones you give would have to be classified as "operated by companies which later became part of London Transport". I doubt if anyone at any time ever referred to Verney Junction as a "tube station".
Malcolm | 07.08.16 - 2:23 p.m. | #
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@Lorenzo £1.50 from Bethnal Green to Epping sounds like a real bargain,
Indeed and of course it's less than a bus fare.
I noticed that (Overground) from Richmond to Hampstead Heath was £1.50...
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dg writes: For another day, Mike...
Mike D (in Surrey) | 07.08.16 - 2:44 p.m. | #
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Trains were run from District Railway stations to Southend 100 years ago. However, I think they were branded LT&SR, so my definition above would exclude them.
dg writes: Also, only 47 miles. I checked :)
Malcolm | 07.08.16 - 2:44 p.m. | #
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Well done DG. Mind you I make Shoeburyness to Wimbledon 49.97 miles, but I only have Wikipedia's word for it that the trains did this, and my calculations may be wrong anyway.
Malcolm | 07.08.16 - 4:25 p.m. | #
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Oh it ran, they even had special engines for it.
The District Line to Southend / Shoeburyness was from Ealing Broadway.
Picture here of it in 1927...
http://districtdavesforum.co.uk/thread/19149/district-line
ap | 07.08.16 - 5:23 p.m. | #
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May I be delighted that you have called it Heathrow Terminals 2&3 in one place, but disappointed that you called it T123 in another? ;)
Kirk | 07.08.16 - 5:24 p.m. | #
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The walking times map shows it would only take 107 minutes if you walked via Shadwell, Westferry and WIQ
MikeR | 07.08.16 - 6:20 p.m. | #
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I've run all the lines from end to end, including the DLR. Took 20 runs in all. West Ruislip to Epping measured nearer 50 miles following the road (got lost a bit due to being knackered and old). Did all the Overground too until they added on a few bits last year, but I lost enthusiasm and they're on my todo list. Looking forward to the QE Line run when opened.
Running Correspondent | 07.08.16 - 6:25 p.m. | #
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I don't travel by tube (anymore)...
I did most/nearly all of my tube journeys back in the 80s.
Now I go by bus if travel in London.
It slower I know.
I'm thinking you done something similar with buses? Longest single decker route, longest double-decker route, longest night-bus route etc etc
OnTheBus | 07.08.16 - 7:05 p.m. | #
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That's what I meant about my Wikipedia doubts. Shoeburyness to Ealing Broadway / Wimbledon / Richmond would have been 49.58 / 49.97 / 50.68 miles, according to my sums. But I suspect, in spite of what the Wikipedia article on Shoeburyness station hints, that these trains only went to Ealing Broadway.
Malcolm | 07.08.16 - 7:07 p.m. | #
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If the LT&SR Ealing Broadway to Shoeburyness trains are to be included, then the GWR ran suburban trains through to variously Farrington, Moorgate, Liverpool Street and Aldgate, depending on the year. These ran on the line to Reading and the branches, and Paddington to Reading is (only) 36 miles, so I doubt the few miles to Aldgate make this longer than 47 miles.
However, I wonder why (as evidenced by the above and the Shoeburyness railway station Wikipedia entry) the LT&SR service over District metal comes up frequently as an Underground service, but the GWR services are rarely mentioned.
Edgepedia | 07.08.16 - 8:12 p.m. | #
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And if it wasn't clear, these services ran over the Metropolitan Railway lines.
Edgepedia | 07.08.16 - 8:13 p.m. | #
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Because the Ealing Broadway service started on the Underground and the others didn't.
ap | 07.08.16 - 9:44 p.m. | #
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ap: None of the services discussed "started on the Underground", because there was no underground at the time. Each of the services had at least one end of their journey on the Metropolitan or Metropolitan District railway.
I think DG is probably right about Verney Junction. He usually is about most things.
Malcolm | 07.08.16 - 11:02 p.m. | #
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Where will the longest route between stations on foot be if the Brunel Bridge opens, and cuts Canada Water - Canary Wharf down to 45 mins?
Ollyver | 08.08.16 - 7:58 a.m. | #
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The through District trains to Southend or Shoeburyness only ever ran to & from Ealing Broadwa, presumably because running to Richmond or Wimbledon would have involved changes to the agreements for running over LSWR (later SR) tracks to these destinations.
3078260061 | 08.08.16 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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Wouldn't Brill have been further away than Verney Junction?
dg writes: Yes, but with no direct trains to London.
John B | 09.08.16 - 4:15 p.m. | #
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Are there any trains which go from Ealing or Ruislip, right round the Hainault Loop, and back to west London?
Timbo | 09.08.16 - 10:39 p.m. | #
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