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href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_139" title="British Rail Class 139">Class 139</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef;">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Line length</th><td class="infobox-data">0.8 miles (1.3 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number of tracks</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Single-track_railway" title="Single-track railway">Single track</a> throughout</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Track_gauge" title="Track gauge">Track gauge</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">1,435 mm</span> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png/280px-Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png/420px-Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png/560px-Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png 2x" data-file-width="1188" data-file-height="797" /></a></span><br />(<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stourbridge_Town_branch_line.png" class="extiw" title="commons:File:Stourbridge Town branch line.png">Click to expand</a>)</td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Stourbridge Town branch line</b> is a 0.8-mile (1.3 km) <a href="/wiki/Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway">railway</a> <a href="/wiki/Branch_line" title="Branch line">branch line</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. It is the shortest railway line in Britain. It is widely believed to be the shortest line in Europe to host a daily service,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although this is incorrect; it is notably beaten by <a href="/wiki/Friedrichshafen_Stadt%E2%80%93Friedrichshafen_Hafen_railway" title="Friedrichshafen Stadt–Friedrichshafen Hafen railway">the branch line to Friedrichshafen Hafen</a>, in Germany. </p><p>The line, which was originally constructed to provide transshipment with the Stourbridge Town Arm of the <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Canal" title="Stourbridge Canal">Stourbridge Canal</a>, is now solely used for passenger services. </p><p>The route is operated by Pre Metro Operations on behalf of <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a>. It is currently branded as part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Railway</a> sub-brand. Under the previous franchise, which ended on 10 December 2017, the service was branded as the <b>London Midland Stourbridge Shuttle</b>. 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style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_(Snow_Hill)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham (Snow Hill) railway station">Birmingham</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="cRP2q"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BSicon_cRP2q.svg/5px-BSicon_cRP2q.svg.png" decoding="async" width="5" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BSicon_cRP2q.svg/7px-BSicon_cRP2q.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/BSicon_cRP2q.svg/10px-BSicon_cRP2q.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="125" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vSKRZ-G2o"><img alt="" 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class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Brook Road</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vÜSTr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/BSicon_v%C3%9CSTr.svg/20px-BSicon_v%C3%9CSTr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/BSicon_v%C3%9CSTr.svg/30px-BSicon_v%C3%9CSTr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/BSicon_v%C3%9CSTr.svg/40px-BSicon_v%C3%9CSTr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1264714646" /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">connection only for</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">empty stock workings</td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RMd"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vKBHFe-BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/BSicon_vKBHFe-BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_vKBHFe-BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/BSicon_vKBHFe-BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_vKBHFe-BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/BSicon_vKBHFe-BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_vKBHFe-BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" 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cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Kidderminster_line" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Kidderminster line">B'ham to Worcester via Kidderminster line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England#Rail" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> via <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station" title="Kidderminster railway station">Kidderminster</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_(31137545384).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_%2831137545384%29.jpg/220px-139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_%2831137545384%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_%2831137545384%29.jpg/330px-139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_%2831137545384%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_%2831137545384%29.jpg/440px-139002-150014-StourbridgeJcn-P1150105_%2831137545384%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>At <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a>, trains arrive and depart from platform 1, which is dedicated to the branch. After departure, the branch peels away from the main line, as seen in the left of this photo.</figcaption></figure> <p>Constructed by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a>, the short and steeply inclined branch originally carried both passenger traffic from nearby <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a> to the terminus at <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Town railway station">Stourbridge Town</a> and freight to the Amblecote Goods Depot at <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Basin" title="Stourbridge Basin">Stourbridge Basin</a>. The branch opened for passenger traffic on 1 October 1879<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for goods traffic on 1 January 1880. It briefly closed between April 1915 and February 1919 due to the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but has otherwise remained open since. </p><p>Although the branch line was originally double-tracked, after 1935 the two tracks were worked as two parallel single lines, with the non-passenger track used for freight workings beyond the station over a bridge across Foster Street (a bridge rebuilt in 1957 then subsequently demolished in 1967 after the goods branch closed) towards the Stourbridge Basin. (Until the redevelopment of the bus station in 2012, the bridge abutment remained visible in Foster Street.) The station and branch were listed for closure under the <a href="/wiki/Beeching_Axe" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeching Axe">Beeching Axe</a>, but were later delisted in 1965. </p><p>The goods branch closed in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1879 Stourbridge Town station survived mostly intact until February 1979 when it was demolished and the branch cut back by 70 yards (65 metres), leaving room for a <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Interchange" title="Stourbridge Interchange">bus station</a>. </p><p>The line was controlled by traditional <a href="/wiki/Railway_semaphore_signal" title="Railway semaphore signal">semaphore signals</a> until at least 1990, later than the adjacent main line. However, the line is currently worked by the "One Train Working" system with a <a href="/wiki/Token_(railway_signalling)" title="Token (railway signalling)">train staff</a> as authority to occupy the line, and there are no working signals. </p><p>In 2021 the whole of the branch received new rail, sleepers and ballast, the first upgrade of the track since 1902.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rail_traffic_on_the_line">Rail traffic on the line</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stourbridge_Town_branch_line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rail traffic on the line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg/200px-Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg/300px-Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg/400px-Parry_People_Mover_-_2006-03-12.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Parry People Mover approaching Stourbridge Town on 12 March 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>The line has been used several times as the test route for new types of small rail transport. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway" title="Great Western Railway">Great Western Railway</a> used both <a href="/wiki/GWR_Autocoach" class="mw-redirect" title="GWR Autocoach">autotrains</a> and one of the early <a href="/wiki/GWR_railcars" title="GWR railcars">railcars</a> on this route, and in December 2005 the route began being used to test the <a href="/wiki/Parry_People_Mover" class="mw-redirect" title="Parry People Mover">Parry People Mover</a>, a highly energy-efficient railcar, to provide the Sunday service. The experiment has been sufficiently successful to the extent that the Sunday service in June 2006 was included in both the <a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a> printed timetables and Internet site, and now runs on a permanent basis. </p><p>The line has been operated by two <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_139" title="British Rail Class 139">Class 139</a> <a href="/wiki/Parry_People_Movers" title="Parry People Movers">Parry People Movers</a> since June 2009. It was previously operated by a single <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_153" title="British Rail Class 153">Class 153</a> car, and prior to that a <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_121" title="British Rail Class 121">Class 121</a>, locally known as <i>Daisy the DMU</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the line has been threatened with closure several times in the past, People Mover had suggested that should their railcar prove a success, their service could be further extended into Stourbridge town centre as a <a href="/wiki/Light_rail" title="Light rail">light rail</a> system<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (August 2022)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup>. Press reports in August 2010 marked the milestone of half a million passengers having been passed, and indicated substantial growth rates and reliability levels comparable to the <a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway" title="Docklands Light Railway">Docklands Light Railway</a>; a new depot could consolidate this early success.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023 the shuttle celebrated seven million passenger journeys since services began 14 years before.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The train operates six times per hour over the line, with a journey time of three minutes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passenger_volume">Passenger volume</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stourbridge_Town_branch_line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Passenger volume"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These are the passenger figures on the line from the year beginning April 2002 to the year beginning April 2022. Comparing 2002–2003 to 2019–2020, Stourbridge Town numbers increased by 138% and Stourbridge Junction by 378%.<sup id="cite_ref-ORR_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ORR-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="margin: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="21">Station usage </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">Station name </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2002–03 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2004–05 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2005–06 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2006–07 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2007–08 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2008–09 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2009–10 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2010–11 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2011–12 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2012–13 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2013–14 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2014–15 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2015–16 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2016–17 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2017–18 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2018–19 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2019–20 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2020–21 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2021–22 </th> <th scope="col" style="text-left;vertical-align:top;">2022–23 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Town railway station">Stourbridge Town</a> </td> <td>235,402 </td> <td>200,007 </td> <td>233,499 </td> <td>258,700 </td> <td>278,813 </td> <td>540,898 </td> <td>557,502 </td> <td>592,838 </td> <td>471,222 </td> <td>479,516 </td> <td>483,434 </td> <td>497,736 </td> <td>545,700 </td> <td>575,406 </td> <td>634,494 </td> <td>591,502 </td> <td>559,422 </td> <td>158,964 </td> <td>263,548 </td> <td>295,084 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a> </td> <td>340,961 </td> <td>370,509 </td> <td>394,422 </td> <td>444,189 </td> <td>499,584 </td> <td>1,138,070 </td> <td>1,159,270 </td> <td>1,206,996 </td> <td>1,149,406 </td> <td>1,216,418 </td> <td>1,276,010 </td> <td>1,323,824 </td> <td>1,434,312 </td> <td>1,466,966 </td> <td>1,585,200 </td> <td>1,667,752 </td> <td>1,631,452 </td> <td>313,080 </td> <td>900,346 </td> <td>1,092,624 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="21"><span style="font-size:85%;">The annual passenger usage is based on sales of tickets in stated financial years from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage">Office of Rail and Road estimates of station usage</a>. The statistics are for passengers arriving and departing from each station and cover twelve-month periods that start in April. Methodology may vary year on year. Usage from the periods 2019-20 and especially 2020-21 onwards have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents">Accidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stourbridge_Town_branch_line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Accidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The branch has become notorious for the steep downhill gradient leading from Junction station, and over the years there have been several incidents:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>15 June 1897 – a train of empty cattle trucks and horse boxes was being reversed down the incline when the locomotive's vacuum brake failed. The locomotive and wagons ploughed into a line of stationary wagons, the office of a local <a href="/wiki/Coal_merchant" title="Coal merchant">coal merchant</a>, and stables. One man was injured.</li> <li>24 April 1905 – the driver lost control of a locomotive descending the branch, head-first, at the head of 32 wagons. The train demolished the stop block and smashed into and through the goods office at the end of the branch. Luckily the crew managed to jump clear before impact.</li> <li>10 February 1948 – a heavily laden freight train slipped away despite brakes being applied, with the result that wagons telescoped into each other.</li> <li>2 April 1977 – BR <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_122" title="British Rail Class 122">Class 122</a> single-car diesel unit W55012 suffered a brake failure while descending the branch from Stourbridge Junction and crashed through the <a href="/wiki/Buffer_stop" title="Buffer stop">buffers</a> and the wall beyond, leaving the front part of the train overhanging the road below. This unit is preserved at the <a href="/wiki/Weardale_Railway" title="Weardale Railway">Weardale Railway</a>.</li> <li>21 January 1989 – apparently caused by trespassers on the line distracting the driver, who consequently misjudged his braking, class 121 unit W55033 ran through the buffer stops at the end of the line and crashed through the wall beyond. The train was sent out of operation and required an overhaul.</li> <li>1 March 1990 – in a very similar incident to the 1977 crash, brake failure caused class 121 unit W55034 to crash through the rebuilt wall at the end of the line. The buffer stop destroyed in the 1989 crash had not been replaced.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stourbridge_Town_branch_line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princeton_Branch" title="Princeton Branch">Princeton Branch</a> - shortest commuter rail line in America</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vatican_Railway" title="Vatican Railway">Vatican Railway</a> - shortest international railway in the world</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stourbridge_Town_branch_line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1848193/europes-shortest-railway-line/amp">"The UK railway line that's Europe's shortest less than a mile and takes just three minutes | UK | News | Express.co.uk"</a>. <i>www.express.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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