'Quaint' West Midlands town hosts Europe's shortest train journey and it's right on our doorstep
Experience the charm of Stourbridge with Europe's shortest train journey, offering a 3-minute ride between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town
The quaint market town of Stourbridge in the West Midlands is famously home to Jude Bellingham, but it is also home to Britain's shortest train journey.
Passengers can travel just 1.3 km between the stops of Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge town, making the train ride incredibly short.
For a passenger, this means that the journey total takes about 3 minutes.
This train journey is considered by Network Rail to be the shortest branch line in all of Europe.
An adult ticket for this three minute journey costs £1.60, and there is a train that typically starts every 10 minutes on weekdays.
Stourbridge is a market town located in the Dudley borough at the southwestern edge of the Black Country. It is located on the River Stour and is about 12 miles west of the city of Birmingham.
The town is best known for being steeped in a glass-making industry.
For a modern day audience, the town is perhaps best known for being the hometown of England and Real Madrid football star Jude Bellingham who was born there in 2003.
The population of the Stourbridge town is about 56,950 according to a 2021 estimate and it is located within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley.