Conon Bridge station - does this have the shortest platform in Great Britain?

Is it Beauly or Conon Bridge? In this film I visit Conon Bridge and compare the platform with that at Beauly (which I went to in May 2024). I looked at the two platforms, measured them with my paces, and finally gave in and went to Tesco in Dingwall to buy a measuring tape.
Do you agree with my conclusion?
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Music track is Hills Behind by Silent Partner, downloaded royalty-free from the KZbin Studio.

[@fhwolthuis]

Haha, great stuff. The ramps should not be included

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks Frank - I'm i clined to agree!

[@martinhonor3483]

I would not count the ramps. Boarding or alighting should be from a level platform. Our local station at Dilton Marsh had wooden platforms of 48 feet until they were rebuilt a few years ago. Regretably I have not measured the new platforms, but my feeling is they around 60 feet long.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment. According to railwaydata.co.uk the platforms at Dilton Marsh are 27 metres long, which is a bit longer than the two lengths you mention. 60 feet is 18.3 metres. Maybe the website is out of date. I may be able to visit Dilton Marsh this summer to investigate as I'm planning a brief holiday in the Cardiff area, and it's quite easy to get there from Cardiff. Never been before!

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Does anyone know the stations with the shortest distance between each other? I live near two stations that are so close together that you can literally see one from the other, and only a relatively short bridge separates them.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment. Do you mean two consecutive stations on the same line, or two stations that happen to be very close to each other? In the latter case, I think Catford to Catford Bridge is the best example, they are opposite one another, and you can't buy a ticket from one to the other. If you mean the former, then you may be thinking of Culrain to Invershin which looks like about half a mile on the OS map which is 40 chains. Duke Street-Alexandra Parade and Springburn to Barnhill are other examples, and further afield there are suggestions in London and also Ryde Isle of Wight. You can do your own research online I'm sure. Chains are still used in railway measurement, there being 80 to one mile.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

@@Clivestravelandtrains The one I was thinking of was Dalreoch to Dumbarton Central. I've just always been struck by how close they were.

[@rockerjim8045]

wonder how long the platform at Berney Arms is?

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment. According to railwaydata.co.uk it's 18 metres long. I intend to go there in the summer to check it out, as I regularly visit cousins in Lowestoft.

[@IainMartin-j4u]

Thanks Clive for your continued exploration of all things locomotive from my armchair in Canada.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment. I love being able to reach into Canada!

[@IainMartin-j4u]

As a retired teacher in BC, if I was back in Scotland, I'd probably wander the rails just like you. I'm from east Kilbride, my father drove trains all his life, so maybe it's in my blood. Whilst at Glasgow uni on the '70s, I'd jump on a night train to London for the weekend often, or even a quick trip to Paris, thanks to having cheap travel.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

@@IainMartin-j4u Happy memories!

[@TheGrimStoic]

No-Go area is beyond the ramps, so nogo to nogo, Beauly is longer

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment - I think you're right as I've checked through my clips (some not used in KZbin!) and the "do not trespass" etc. signs are at the end of the ramps, which means they are part of the platform. So I guess Conon Bridge wins!

[@TheGrimStoic]

@@Clivestravelandtrains 😀It's important for me to know which platform to put on my 'you wish this was your bucket list' list, seeing as I'm not likely to see either in person. Your clips are a treat, therefore.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

@@TheGrimStoic I suppose if there's any doubt or debate, people ticking off bucket-list things could visit both stations as they are very close.

[@TheGrimStoic]

@@Clivestravelandtrains 😀not even on the same continent - so they may as well be next door to each other - I can only visit them thanks to old Master Vicarious

[@RalphBellairs]

Or you could just measure one flagstone and then count the flags.🙂

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment. I thought of that, but the spacing between each flagstone wasn't uniform and I felt there could be centimetres in it between the two stations. Further, at Beauly the flagstones weren't all the same size.

[@andrewmcgee382]

Damens?

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

I expected somebody to mention Damems, but I don't really count that as it's on a heritage railway and there are probably stopping points on Welsh narrow gauge lines with no platforms at all. Incidentally, the single word "Damems" in your message was identified by Google as not English, and they translated it to "Ladies". Thanks for the comment, anyway.

[@rockerjim8045]

Longest platform in the UK is …………………………………………………………………………Cheriten, Le Shuttle , wonder how many people have stepped on it as your meant to drive over it not walk. 750m by the way.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

Thanks for your comment. I recall the days when Manchester Exchange station was open, and there was a continuous platform from there to Manchester Victoria station. Colchester also used to feature in the list of long platforms. Cheriten is different as I don't think you can walk up and board a train there. Interesting, though.