Re: tube stations

2001-10-24 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:37:58PM -0400, Mike Jarvis wrote: Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 8:52:26 PM, Redvers Davies wrote: BA is running a half price special. Only $5k for now. I'm sure it will go back up when people forget that for deaths/hours flown it's the deadliest plane in the

Re: tube stations

2001-10-24 Thread Chris Benson
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 06:33:57PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 02:29:28AM +0100, robin szemeti wrote: and even if it were true it would still make it X times safer than driving a car. Certainly safer than driving a car across the Atlantic. ... and if you

Re: tube stations

2001-10-23 Thread Newton, Philip
Paul Mison wrote: Aha, thanks. From that I was able to finally get back to this: http://www.davros.org/rail/bell1999.html which details the (failed) December 1999 attempt. Ah, most interesting. I tried to follow along on a PDF tube map I downloaded. Where's Feltham, though? He went there

Re: tube stations

2001-10-23 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Newton, Philip [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul Mison wrote: Aha, thanks. From that I was able to finally get back to this: http://www.davros.org/rail/bell1999.html which details the (failed) December 1999 attempt. Ah, most interesting. I tried to follow along on a PDF tube map

Re: tube stations

2001-10-23 Thread Mike Jarvis
Tuesday, October 23, 2001, 10:16:33 AM, Chris Devers wrote: CD As it is, I'm quite sure CD that I wouldn't like to commute there for work (unless the newly active CD Concorde has gotten remarkably cheaper this time around...). BA is running a half price special. Only $5k for now. I'm sure it

Re: tube stations

2001-10-23 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Newton, Philip wrote: Where's Feltham, though? Its the nearest town to heathrow airport. /J\

tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Greg McCarroll
At the last meeting some of us discussed the challenge of visited all the tube stations on one day, it was quickly decided that it was impossible. However I believe it may be possible to visit all the tube stations north of the river in one day[2]. To make it interesting you could also not use

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At the last meeting some of us discussed the challenge of visited all the tube stations on one day, it was quickly decided that it was impossible. I don't know about including the DLR or the new jubiliee, but my 1988 vintage Guinness book of records

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 09:32:13AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: At the last meeting some of us discussed the challenge of visited all the tube stations on one day, it was quickly decided that it was impossible. Did you check the Guinness Book of Records? There is a time

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At the last meeting some of us discussed the challenge of visited all the tube stations on one day, it was quickly decided that it was impossible. I don't know about including the DLR or the new

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Dave Cross
From: Nicholas Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/22/01 9:53:03 AM http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ has macromedia site of the day which I suspect is quite justified for its ability to not let me use it without flash. It's a _horrible_ site. But having battled my way into its depths, I

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Dave Hodgkinson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At the last meeting some of us discussed the challenge of visited all the tube stations on one day, it was quickly decided that it was impossible. I

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Chris Heathcote
on 22/10/01 10:06 am, Greg McCarroll wrote: Was that done on a motorbike or similar, or done by just using the tube and walking? I seem to remember there are different sets of rules - the official one allows you to use other public transport (and maybe even a car) to complete it - don't know

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Andrew Bowman
From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know about including the DLR or the new jubiliee, but my 1988 vintage Guinness book of records lists all then 272 stations being visited in 18 hours 41 min and 41 seconds in 1986. Was that done on a motorbike or similar, or done by just

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Paul Mison
at the right time. There _are_ timetables for the Tube (well, there were), and it's very very very tight. This has been discussed at length on uk.transport.london or uk.railways... http://groups.google.com/groups?q=uk.transport.london+tube+stations+allsta rt=10hl=enrnum=12selm=8139vq%241e57%241

Re: tube stations

2001-10-22 Thread Andrew Bowman
From: Paul Mison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aha, thanks. From that I was able to finally get back to this: http://www.davros.org/rail/bell1999.html which details the (failed) December 1999 attempt. Notably, this is after the Jubilee Line Extension's final section (Green Park - Waterloo via