Our Children in Need / GWR attempt 17th Nov.
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Our Children in Need / GWR attempt 17th Nov.
Team Needing Help (Starkey7, Soup Dragon, Dr Who and Going Underground) are attempting to complete the entire network next Friday, as you may have read elsewhere on the forum
Our main priority is to raise as much money for CiN and we are already well on the way to £1000
We have been working on our route and carrying out research over the last few weeks and will be trying to regain the GWR for the U.K.
If anyone that is not taking part during the day can spare some time to come out and support us at anytime that would be appreciated.
Our stopwatch start / stop team is in place and we do have support for the evening from about 8pm..
We also have a food drop arranged to bring us some much needed lunch early afternoon....
Finally if anyone would like to make a donation then please click on the following link.....Any amount pledged is much appreciated..
http://pic5.piczo.com/tubedragon/?g=22598883
Our main priority is to raise as much money for CiN and we are already well on the way to £1000
We have been working on our route and carrying out research over the last few weeks and will be trying to regain the GWR for the U.K.
If anyone that is not taking part during the day can spare some time to come out and support us at anytime that would be appreciated.
Our stopwatch start / stop team is in place and we do have support for the evening from about 8pm..
We also have a food drop arranged to bring us some much needed lunch early afternoon....
Finally if anyone would like to make a donation then please click on the following link.....Any amount pledged is much appreciated..
http://pic5.piczo.com/tubedragon/?g=22598883
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Yes of course, apologies the correct link is now in place in the original topic post....
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Yes... Shoreditch... FYI, this is how it went during our record run:
From the moment we left the train at Whitechapel until we arrived at the Shoredith replacement bus stop (after using the bus) it was 17(!) minutes. Then it took another 13(!) minutes before we were on a train again! So my estimate is that the "cost" is 15-20 minutes compared to using trains!
From the moment we left the train at Whitechapel until we arrived at the Shoredith replacement bus stop (after using the bus) it was 17(!) minutes. Then it took another 13(!) minutes before we were on a train again! So my estimate is that the "cost" is 15-20 minutes compared to using trains!
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I can well believe it......hwolge wrote:Yes... Shoreditch... FYI, this is how it went during our record run:
From the moment we left the train at Whitechapel until we arrived at the Shoredith replacement bus stop (after using the bus) it was 17(!) minutes. Then it took another 13(!) minutes before we were on a train again! So my estimate is that the "cost" is 15-20 minutes compared to using trains!
During our research days we just missed a bus by "seconds" and it says every 10 mins... So we went down and had a look at New X - New X Gate. went back to Whitechapel and again missed a bus by "seconds"...
We eventually caught the bus at 1740hrs and journey to Shoreditch High St took 9 mins....we then had to "sprint" 200 yards to catch bus going back to Whitechapel which took over 25 mins admittedly in very heavy rush hour traffic.....
So without even looking at trains times in and out of Whitechapel the additional time lost on the bus alone was nearly 35 mins.....
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As a contrast these were the times for our March attempt (well before Shoreditch closed):
Whitechapel dep 9:12:05
Shoreditch arr 9:13:50
Shoreditch dep 9:17:04
Whitechapel arr 9:18:55
i.e. only 6:50 return trip...
Whitechapel dep 9:12:05
Shoreditch arr 9:13:50
Shoreditch dep 9:17:04
Whitechapel arr 9:18:55
i.e. only 6:50 return trip...
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It's not fairhwolge wrote:As a contrast these were the times for our March attempt (well before Shoreditch closed):
Whitechapel dep 9:12:05
Shoreditch arr 9:13:50
Shoreditch dep 9:17:04
Whitechapel arr 9:18:55
i.e. only 6:50 return trip...
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Sounds perfectable reasonable to me! I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Neil and I would have got around 18 hours 15 minutes on a perfect day (ie. when Mill Hill East didn't **** up), and it sounds to me like Hakan would have got around that time if Shoreditch hadn't of involved using a bus ... 18 hours to 18 hours 15 minutes is the ultimate time to get when Shoreditch closes and its 274 ...
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Actually, I think I could do 18 hours flat myself on a lucky day. Someone who actually runs(!) could probably reach 18 hours with only a limited amount of luck. This is WITH Shoreditch replacement bus...
Without the Shoreditch replacement bus, I'm pretty confident that 17h45m would be possible...
Without the Shoreditch replacement bus, I'm pretty confident that 17h45m would be possible...
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So although Shoreditch is "closed" when it will be deemed to be closed for GWR purposes?geofftech wrote:Sounds perfectable reasonable to me! I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Neil and I would have got around 18 hours 15 minutes on a perfect day (ie. when Mill Hill East didn't **** up), and it sounds to me like Hakan would have got around that time if Shoreditch hadn't of involved using a bus ... 18 hours to 18 hours 15 minutes is the ultimate time to get when Shoreditch closes and its 274 ...
I can only guess that perhaps this will be when LU stop running a replacement bus service, albeit to Shoreditch High Street anyway
Does anyone know what the ruling was when Aldwych closed and was there a replacement bus service running from Holborn for a period of time initially?
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Likewise with Geoff, on a good day when Epping, Woodford and Hainault didn't screw us over, Sam and I would also have gone around in a bit under 18 hours 15 minutes. However, I do agree with Hakan in that I believe 18 hours or just under is possible with the Rail Replacement Bus, and when they decide to get rid of that blasted bus, probably a good bit quicker still.
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Replacement bus from Holborn to Aldwych?!Going Underground wrote:So although Shoreditch is "closed" when it will be deemed to be closed for GWR purposes?geofftech wrote:Sounds perfectable reasonable to me! I've said it before, and I'll say it again - Neil and I would have got around 18 hours 15 minutes on a perfect day (ie. when Mill Hill East didn't **** up), and it sounds to me like Hakan would have got around that time if Shoreditch hadn't of involved using a bus ... 18 hours to 18 hours 15 minutes is the ultimate time to get when Shoreditch closes and its 274 ...
I can only guess that perhaps this will be when LU stop running a replacement bus service, albeit to Shoreditch High Street anyway
Does anyone know what the ruling was when Aldwych closed and was there a replacement bus service running from Holborn for a period of time initially?
I do hope they told the lazy buggers to just walk down Kingsway ...
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