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While looking on the GWR website I noticed this record:

Alison Bailey, Ian Bailey, John English and David Kellie visited 11 countries travelling solely by train in 24 hours from 1 to 2 May 1993. Their journey started in Hungary and continued through Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, back into Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands, where they arrived 22 hrs 10 mins after setting off.


Anyone else interested in trying to beat it?

The Raven wrote:While looking on the GWR website I noticed this record:

Alison Bailey, Ian Bailey, John English and David Kellie visited 11 countries travelling solely by train in 24 hours from 1 to 2 May 1993. Their journey started in Hungary and continued through Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, back into Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands, where they arrived 22 hrs 10 mins after setting off.


Anyone else interested in trying to beat it?

i might be up for this its all the matter of getting the countries right if they started in hungary through to slovakia did they go close to poland and i wonder if they count wales as a differant country?

palkanetoijala31 wrote:i might be up for this its all the matter of getting the countries right if they started in hungary through to slovakia did they go close to poland and i wonder if they count wales as a differant country?

That's what I was thinking, or doing a completely different route.

The Raven wrote:

palkanetoijala31 wrote:i might be up for this its all the matter of getting the countries right if they started in hungary through to slovakia did they go close to poland and i wonder if they count wales as a differant country?

That's what I was thinking, or doing a completely different route.

well presuming as the useless arbitrator wont rely on OYSTER cards for this.

Lol, I don't think there's Oysters in Europe!

Don't even mention it. Speak of the devil and all that...

Had a bit of a play around with route planning for this and I can't even get close to matching them, never mind doing an extra country.

The Raven wrote:Lol, I don't think there's Oysters in Europe!

There are smart cards though!

Europe can't be further out than Chesham surely?

greatkingrat wrote:Had a bit of a play around with route planning for this and I can't even get close to matching them, never mind doing an extra country.

I did the same - my first attempt was over 25 hours.

Well now Yugoslavia is now separated since record maybe chance down there?

palkanetoijala31 wrote:
i might be up for this its all the matter of getting the countries right if they started in hungary through to slovakia did they go close to poland and i wonder if they count wales as a differant country?

As Richard Osman would say,it's not "a Sovereign State recognised by the UN"...

This isn't Pointless though

You can visit 3 countries in 19 kilometres, starting in Monaco, going through France, to Ventimiglia in Italy. I know this as last year I visited Monaco by train!

I wonder if you could follow the south coast of France and tick off Andorra before entering Spain?

How about Monaco France Italy Switzerland Liechenstien Austria Germany Austria (again) Czech Republic Slovakia Poland Ukraine Belarus Poland (again) Russia (that little bit not attached to the rest) Lithuania Latvia Estonia? How long is that?