Shortest section closed to passengers. Station resites?

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[Witham Bobby]

Honeybourne North Loop Junction (worked from Station South Box after 1933) to Honeybourne East Loop Junction was, I believe, about 700 yards.  Closed in 1968 with the end of what had been the Worcester to Stratford upon Avon/Leamington/Birmingham Snow Hill services.  The branch from Honeybourne Station South round to Honeybourne West Loop remained open (but not much used) for passenger trains until the whole route suddenly shut in 1976

[grahame]

Bradford North Curve and lots of others like it?

On the subject of Bradford, there is of course the Wortley West Curve in Leeds - not that short, but notorious for having been closed without the statutory closure procedure.

And now sold at auction ... from the Telegraph and Argus

THE Wortley Curve – a disused stretch of rail line that was once a key part of Bradford’s rail links - has been sold at auction for £47,000.

The line connected the Wakefield to Leeds line to the Bradford to Leeds line, but was closed in 1985.

In recent years there have been calls for the link to be re-instated, as it would allow trains to travel from Bradford to Wakefield and beyond without passing through Leeds city centre.