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In message , at 22:54:11 on Thu, 14
May 2015, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:

But the between stops distances on the X26 (and other limited stop
services) are likely to win.

Kingston to New Malden ?

X26 Length 23.75 miles (38.22 km) so the average stage is 1.8 miles


I think that should only be counted if there are no other bus stops on
the route. The OP was asking for the distance between bus stops (the
street furniture) not the longest distance between buses stopping (the
timetable).

Otherwise we get involved in things like the Oxford Tube running
non-stop from Hillingdon to Shepherds Bush.
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On 15/05/2015 09:12, Roland Perry wrote:

I think that should only be counted if there are no other bus stops on
the route. The OP was asking for the distance between bus stops (the
street furniture) not the longest distance between buses stopping (the
timetable).

Otherwise we get involved in things like the Oxford Tube running
non-stop from Hillingdon to Shepherds Bush.


Oi - I said that yesterday in the first reply to this thread!


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On 15/05/2015 09:12, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 22:54:11 on Thu, 14
May 2015, Michael R N Dolbear remarked:

But the between stops distances on the X26 (and other limited stop
services) are likely to win.

Kingston to New Malden ?

X26 Length 23.75 miles (38.22 km) so the average stage is 1.8 miles


I think that should only be counted if there are no other bus stops on
the route. The OP was asking for the distance between bus stops (the
street furniture) not the longest distance between buses stopping (the
timetable).


I don't think he was - there are oodles of of examples of bus stops next
to each other (i.e. distances under 10 metres) serving different routes.

FWIW, I'd interpret his question as what is the most distant of two bus
stops served on the same (non-limited stop route) route in the same
direction. One would also have to disregard any lengths between distant
bus stops that included hail-and-ride sections.


Otherwise we get involved in things like the Oxford Tube running
non-stop from Hillingdon to Shepherds Bush.

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In message , at 13:16:11 on Fri, 15 May
2015, Mizter T remarked:
But the between stops distances on the X26 (and other limited stop
services) are likely to win.

Kingston to New Malden ?

X26 Length 23.75 miles (38.22 km) so the average stage is 1.8 miles


I think that should only be counted if there are no other bus stops on
the route. The OP was asking for the distance between bus stops (the
street furniture) not the longest distance between buses stopping (the
timetable).


I don't think he was - there are oodles of of examples of bus stops
next to each other (i.e. distances under 10 metres) serving different
routes.

FWIW, I'd interpret his question as what is the most distant of two bus
stops served on the same (non-limited stop route) route in the same
direction.


Agreed, it seemed pretty obvious that "on the same bus route" was one of
the criteria.

Where I lived for a while in Nottingham the bus stops in the suburbs
were as little as 100m apart. eg southbound he

https://goo.gl/maps/JII2E

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Roland Perry wrote:
Where I lived for a while in Nottingham the bus stops in the suburbs
were as little as 100m apart. eg southbound he

https://goo.gl/maps/JII2E



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In message , Roland Perry
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Where I lived for a while in Nottingham the bus stops in the suburbs
were as little as 100m apart. eg southbound he

https://goo.gl/maps/JII2E


We've got three in my village that are closely spaced. Though now I play
with Google maps the outer two each turn out to be about 160m from the
middle one.

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In message , at 21:41:09 on Thu, 14 May
2015, " remarked:
Does anybody know what the longest and shortest distance is between bus
stops here in London?

I also wonder where there is the most remote bus stop in the Greater
London area?

I think you're going to have to be more specific before a decent answer
can be given.


The longest known distance between bus stops in London. As an analogy,
the distance between Chalfont & Latimer and Chesham as well as between
Canary Wharf and West India Quay.


You probably need to look at somewhere in the Green Belt. I've picked
(not as a candidate, but as an example) Leatherhead Rd, Chessington,
where it's almost a mile, and 3 minutes by bus, from the stop at Malden
Russet Shy Horse to the next one south. https://goo.gl/maps/UpXZG
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