Cities and Towns without network stations and passenger services

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[Noggin]

There must be places further than 30 miles from a station in England, surely?

Well, just try it! Starting with Bude, it's about 25 miles to Bodmin, Gunnislake, and (now) Okehampton. So maybe that 30 miles has got a bit misremebered.

In which case, there are one or two that appear to be 26-27 miles....but now I have to find them again as I didn't note them as they were definitely sub-30 miles....when I have time again

Is that "as the crow flies" mileage, or via road mileage?

According to Google Maps, Okehampton Station to approximate location of Bude Station is 29.2 miles via Halwill, 30.1 miles via Hatherleigh - not quick either, both are 45 minutes-ish by car.

[grahame]

According to Google Maps, Okehampton Station to approximate location of Bude Station is 29.2 miles via Halwill, 30.1 miles via Hatherleigh - not quick either, both are 45 minutes-ish by car.

If you want to catch a train, Google maps has given me:
(18.6 miles to Launceston Station)
29.6 miles to Okehampton Station
(30.7 miles to Bodmin General)
32.5 miles to Gunnislake
33.9 miles to Bodmin Parkway
34.5 miles to Barnstaple Station
38.4 miles to Copplestone

So the opening of Okehampton HAS closed the gap and it's no longer "over 30 miles".    And I note that if you had preciously been going from Bude to anywhere east of Devon, you would hardly have been efficient if you used your nearest stations national network stations of Gunnislake or Bodmin Parkway!

[Mark A]

A read on Levenmouth's newly opened passenger link, from Rail Engineer.

Mark

https://www.railengineer.co.uk/levenmouth-reconnected/