possible tube film?

[palkanetoijala31]

stumbled across this nugget ttrawling the youtube does this indicate a full network attempt?from a stranger
http://youtu.be/Qg6lYbKE-Vs

[geofftech]

trains

[Iain]

It could be interesting, I always like hearing about other attempts

[nozzacook]

you never know they may have a good reason for it.
But that said if that is their longest run they didn't run the usual runs e.g north harrow to ? or ickenham to west ruislip.
looking forward to the full video.

[The Raven]

Perhaps he means "the longest run" within a station?

I would be very surprised if anyone has used the Waterloo & City line during a full network.

[Nigel]

I think this film shows their attempt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niRmZVupTiQ

So not the conventional tube challenge after all.

[The Raven]

Its a bit like an All-Lines Challenge 2.0!

[The Raven]

Oh dear lord what's wrong with me!

Halfway through I thought out a route that may beat their time!

[nozzacook]

A challenge is a challenge & quite an interesting one Pick two stations and then travel all lines to get there.

[Iain]

I thought out a route too

I think they said early on that Amersham was the furthest out station, if you started at Chesham instead it would be from the northmost to the southmost station on the network.

[The Raven]

Oh dear lord what's wrong with me!

Halfway through I thought out a route that may beat their time!

And I've now gone and completed a route. Chesham to Morden though.

2h:21m:18s

That takes 1 hour and 20 minutes off their time! More details to follow!

[The Raven]

And here's a video of me completing that attempt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6U9pkPGHdA

[tractakid]

Hmm, this got me thinking about a variant 'all lines challenge'.

Seeing as, on the full network, you are allowed to count stations if you use any train that shares the track, I'm thinking that there should be a challenge that uses all the lines that use any part of the tube network.

This would mean you had to use all the standard underground lines, as well as the overground North London line between Richmond and Gunnersbury, Overground Watford DC line between Queens Park and Harrow and Wealdstone, and the London to Aylesbury line between Rickmansworth and Amersham.

[Steeevooo]

I'm confused. Surely if you are using "all the standard underground lines", then you will automatically be covering the dual NR sections?

[tractakid]

In that case, going from Farringdon to Barbican would surely count for the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City lines all at once. (or possibly even the district as it shares track at some point with the circle line?)

The standard all lines is concerned with the service, ie the trains, rather than the section of track. There are services other than the 11 underground lines that use underground track, so I think it is a logical extension to the current challenge. The two grey areas that potentially occur include 1) Should the two 'overground' sections be bundled together as 'overground' or be separated into North London Line and Watford DC Line? I believe the latter, and 2) What about distinctly different underground services, like the 'Wimbleware', or branch lines? For the second point I believe it is impossible to establish what should and shouldn't count beyond the 11 lines as defined by TFL. While I can see a case for the 'Wimbleware' being distinct from the rest of the district (and becoming a twelfth line), in the context of a challenge the best definition of what counts is the one TFL provides with us, which is also the one that is commonly understood.