A 'dull' Scottish train enthusiast left his home on the west coast of the country at around 5am to set off on a journey to travel on Europe's shortest branch line in England.
A"dull" Scottish train enthusiast left his home on the west coast of the country at around 5am to set off on a journey to travel on Europe's shortest branch line in England.A "dull" Scottish train fan travelled 1,127 miles to take a trip on the UK's shortest branch train lineA"dull" Scottish train fan made an 18-hour journey to England just to ride a six-minute shuttle.
He explained:"It's reportedly the shortest branch line in Europe and the Parry People Mover shuttle is run on flywheel technology. That part of it stirred my curiosity and I just wanted to see it and ride on it myself. From there, he had a 30-minute train trip to Stourbridge Junction before the short three-minute single to the town. Hughes then travelled all the way back, finally getting home at around 11pm after catching a direct flight from Birmingham to Glasgow.
The Stourbridge Shuttle's route is the shortest branch line in Britain and is also thought to be the shortest in Europe, according to Network Rail. It was originally built in 1879 to connect Stourbridge's canal basin and the mainline rail network at Stourbridge Junction. From Birmingham International Airport, he caught a train at 11.34am to Stourbridge Junction, travelling 30 miles.
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