Britain doesn't 持つ/拘留する many 現在の 鉄道 記録,記録的な/記録するs, but it does have a line in the West Midlands that (人命などを)奪う,主張するs the 肩書を与える of Europe's shortest ? the Stourbridge 支店 line.

At just 0.8 miles (1.2km/1,287 metres) in length, it's also Britain's shortest 鉄道 line.

What's more, the service that runs on it is operated by 'Pre Metro' and West Midlands 鉄道 using a pair of rare Class 139 'Parry People Movers'.

They are the only Class 139s in service in the UK.

The one-car 乗り物s - the brainchild of light rail 開拓する John Parry - are 述べるd by Pre Metro as 'self-支えるd trams', 力/強力にするd by a hybrid flywheel and an LPG (液化するd 石油 gas) engine.

Europe's shortest railway line ? the Stourbridge branch line

Europe's shortest 鉄道 line ? the Stourbridge 支店 line

The website for the line explains that the flywheel enables the 往復(する)s to 成し遂げる regenerative ブレーキing, where the 乗り物s' kinetic energy is collected when ブレーキing, and later re-used for acceleration.

The line they trundle up and 負かす/撃墜する was opened in 1879, with Parry People Mover 乗客s today carried along it at up to 20mph (32kph).

The 旅行, between Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction, takes just three minutes and costs £1.50.?

Services 出発/死 every 10 minutes. That's 1,370 services every week, with two drivers in place for 'safety and stellar 顧客 service', によれば Pre Metro.

The service that runs on the Stourbridge branch line is operated by 'Pre Metro' and West Midlands Railway using a pair of rare Class 139 'Parry People Movers'

The service that runs on the Stourbridge 支店 line is operated by 'Pre Metro' and West Midlands 鉄道 using a pair of rare Class 139 'Parry People Movers'

The journey, between Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction, takes just three minutes, with services departing every 10 minutes

The 旅行, between Stourbridge Town and Stourbridge Junction, takes just three minutes, with services 出発/死ing every 10 minutes

The line was opened in 1879, with Parry People Mover passengers today carried along it at up to 20mph (32kph)

The line was opened in 1 879, with Parry People Mover 乗客s today carried along it at up to 20mph (32kph)

The line was 初めは built to move goods and people between Stourbridge's canal 水盤/入り江 and the mainline rail 網状組織 at Stourbridge junction, 供給するing a 決定的な link to Worcester, Kidderminster and Birmingham.

Another 顕著に short 乗客 大勝する in the UK is the 旅行 by 計画(する) from Papa Westray to Westray in the Scottish 群島 of Orkney - with the flight covering a distance of just 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometres).

It takes just one minute and 14 seconds.

The shortest 鉄道 in the world is Los Angeles' Angels Flight funicular, which is just 298 feet long.?

It takes 乗客s from Hill Street to Grand Avenue.?

The one-car Class 139s - the brainchild of light rail pioneer John Parry - are described as 'self-sustained trams'

The one-car Class 139s - the brainchild of light rail 開拓する John Parry - are 述べるd as 'self-支えるd trams'