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Fenchurch Street to Barking? or thereabouts?
dg writes: Barking is the third stop.
Nigel | 24.07.25 - 7:23 a.m. | #
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I think there's a non-stop Waterloo to Surbiton train hourly for most of the day with the other 3ish 'fasts' an hour from Waterloo to Surbiton stopping to pick up passengers at Clapham Junction.
dg writes ah yes, found one, thanks. So that goes into 3rd place.
MS | 24.07.25 - 7:32 a.m. | #
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Do peak hour Mon-Fri services count? In which case the Hastings services in the peak run London Bridge to Orpington.
dg writes: already in list.
Robert Butlin | 24.07.25 - 8:05 a.m. | #
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There are non-stop trains between Chelsfield and London Bridge in peak hours.
Pedantic of Purley | 24.07.25 - 8:33 a.m. | #
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Many C2C trains skip Barking between West Ham and Upminster (around 13 minutes, 11.2 miles, YMMV)
Fred | 24.07.25 - 8:36 a.m. | #
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I've updated the post to include a separate table for peak-only services, including the last two, thanks.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.07.25 - 9:11 a.m. | #
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I once caught the long defunct Greater Anglia Basingstoke to Chelmsford service which ran non-stop from Feltham to West Hampstead.
Roger P | 24.07.25 - 10:07 a.m. | #
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Is Shepherd's Bush to Harrow & Wealdstone the longest duration between stops (23 minutes)?
(the last two trains of the evening skip Wembley Central, which itself is already a long duration)
Graham | 24.07.25 - 10:14 a.m. | #
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"The longest regular journey you can ride with Oyster is London Bridge to Orpington at 11.7 miles." is only the case if 'regular' is doing a double shift to describe both the normalness of the Oyster journey, and the frequency of the train journey.
Oyster is a valid way of paying for the regular train HEx, but it is a flat fare that doesn't count to any cap is irregular for Oyster.
There are also the irregular peak trains that provide longer non-stop journeys that Oyster works regularly for.
And, of course, these are limiting it to within Greater London, which Oyster is not limited to.
» Victoria - Gatwick Airport (23.4 miles) is a regular non-stop train where you can use Oyster irregularly (Gatwick Express works the same as HEx).
» Amersham-Marylebone (21.7 miles) is an irregular non-stop train (1 per day in each direction) that you can use Oyster regularly on.
» East Croydon - Gatwick Airport (15.4 miles) is a regular non-stop journey that you can use Oyster regularly on.
Si | 24.07.25 - 10:23 a.m. | #
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London Bridge to Norwood Junction is 12 minutes on a Southern train, but the Thameslink non-stoppers are scheduled to take 10 minutes. The fastest journey I recorded took just 9.
Luca | 24.07.25 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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There are a few Chiltern peak services (around 4 or 5 a day each way) that run non stop between South Ruislip & Marylebone, plus even a morning peak non stop run from West Ruislip to Marylebone at around 8:30am.
Jessica | 24.07.25 - 12:07 p.m. | #
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A number of peak hour services on the Elizabeth line run non-stop between Ealing Broadway and West Drayton, a distance of 7.8 miles.
RH | 24.07.25 - 12:54 p.m. | #
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The longest distance between stops on the National Rail network may well be Watford Junction to Carlisle on the Caledonian Sleeper.
Suffolker | Homepage | 24.07.25 - 1:23 p.m. | #
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I used to get a Great Eastern service non stop between Romford and Liverpool Street as a yoof in the mid 90s.
That would be near the top of the current list, are there any other discontinued services that also rival the top spots?
Jimmy | 24.07.25 - 1:30 p.m. | #
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Post and lists updated, thanks.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.07.25 - 1:52 p.m. | #
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There's also the late evening Clapham Jct to Surbiton non-stop via East Putney which must beat the mainline in terms of distance.
ap | 24.07.25 - 2:47 p.m. | #
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Back in the slam door days there were Fenchurch Street trains that skipped Barking, maybe they ran non-stop Fenchurch Street - Upminster; also in DEMU days did anything run non-stop Charing Cross - Orpington, I remember trains not stopping at London Bridge but these may have been ecs.
Still Anon | 24.07.25 - 2:52 p.m. | #
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There's a long non stop train journey in the rarer category which you've omitted. This is New Eltham to London Bridge and vice versa, which Google maps says is 11 miles. A few peak hour services on Southeastern's Sidcup line run fast between these stations, eg 18.01 London Bridge which runs non stop to New Eltham arriving at 18.18. There are also one or two peak services from New Eltham in the morning which run fast to London Bridge.
New Eltham is in London (Greenwich borough, SE9 postcode), so these journeys are within the criteria.
Cheers
David | 24.07.25 - 3:42 p.m. | #
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still anon - there were definetly trains from Cannon Street and Charing Cross that skipoed London Bridge, but none tgat skipoed Waterloo East
Timbo | 24.07.25 - 6:54 p.m. | #
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Some years ago (it might have been in December 2021), I boarded a c2c train at Upminster that went to Fenchurch Street in the weekday evening peak non-stop (presumably, it ran non-stop in the quieter direction to get back to serving the busier direction asap?). Since I was taking a bicycle, I was very glad that I did not need to move it out of the way. Does that non-stop service still run?
dg writes: no
anon | 24.07.25 - 7:57 p.m. | #
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I wonder where the peak-hour fast Metropolitan line services that run non-stop between Finchley Road and Harrow on the Hill would rank.
dg writes: 7.1 miles
Alex | 24.07.25 - 10:35 p.m. | #
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London Bridge to Chelsfield is timetabled at 18 minutes not 21 minutes.
Messiah | 26.07.25 - 6:27 p.m. | #
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The 0024 from London Bridge to Orpington travels via Ladywell, Beckenham and Bromley South so will add some distance to the usual journey. I’m not sure if it would beat London Bridge to Chelsfield however.
Messiah | 26.07.25 - 6:30 p.m. | #
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Sorry, it's Chelsfield to London Bridge that's timetabled at 21 minutes.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 26.07.25 - 7:04 p.m. | #
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In the early morning (around 0000 to 0500) Thameslink services to East Croydon don't stop at London Bridge. I would assume London Blackfriars to East Croydon is ever so slightly longer than London Bridge to East Croydon.
dg writes: added thanks
Alan | 26.07.25 - 8:32 p.m. | #
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The current Top 10
13.2: London Bridge - Chelsfield (Peak Only)
12.2: Paddington - Heathrow Central
12.2: West Ruislip - Marylebone (0836)
11.7: London Bridge - Orpington
11.0: Waterloo - Surbiton
10.8: West Ham - Upminster (Peak Only)
10.4: South Ruislip - Marylebone (AM Peak)
9.6: Euston - Harrow & Wealdstone
9.6: Victoria - Bromley South
9.2: Blackfriars - East Croydon (Overnight)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 26.07.25 - 8:48 p.m. | #
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The 0024 London Bridge to Orpington via beckenham doesn’t make the cut?
Messiah | 27.07.25 - 10:16 a.m. | #
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As the post says, it’s about distance as the crow flies.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 27.07.25 - 10:21 a.m. | #
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Fair point. Well made.
Messiah | 27.07.25 - 1:49 p.m. | #
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