Europe's shortest branch line - the Stourbridge Shuttle train

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The branch line between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town is thought to be the shortest in Europe at a distance of 0.8 miles or 1.3km. Nowadays it has a very frequent service operated by a Class 139 Parry People Mover, which takes only three minutes to travel between the two stations.
Watch my driver's eye video for this line here:
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23 фев 2019

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Комментарии : 13

@dymitrhryciuk5636 2 месяца назад

This is the best and most comprehensive story of that line, thanks!!!

@davidbull7210 3 года назад

It would make perfect sense for this to become an extension of the West Midlands Metro line to Dudley.

@grahamwalls9379 Год назад

Live just a few miles away from Stourbridge . And have used this a few times . It's a very useful service .

@calumbaxter9946 2 года назад

I never knew this existed. Thank you for sharing it, and a well though out articulate presentation.

@railfano172 3 года назад

Pointing something out as someone from Stourbridge 4:43 the metal work represents The Stourbridge lion aka the pride of my town’s factories

@scottyg7284 2 года назад

Never knew about this, maybe turn the music down a few notches though.

@user-hj6uf6nr9b Год назад

Very informative, thank you.

@neilburns8869 3 года назад

Someone must have sold their Fiat Multipla to the local rail operator.

@neilburns8869 3 года назад

Looks like a minibus on the rails!

@Admre 4 года назад

That’s that fiat car!

@robertcammack902 Год назад

I used to travel on this as a boy in the '40s. It was steam at that time and , if I remember rightly, there was a loco at the front and a driving cab at the rear. There was no turntable so the train had to run backwards on one of its trips. The driver could drive the train from the cab at the rear (which became the front) by some system of levers linking the loco and the cab. Some time ago I read that the new train was driven by a 'super flywheel' which was energized at the end of each trip. Is this true?