ZONE 1: MAY 19th, 2006
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Sorry guys but I have to cancell.
Becouse of my new job at Amsterdam Signalling Center for ProRail (compare it to Network rail in the UK) I have to cancell my holliday
Another time perhaps....
Becouse of my new job at Amsterdam Signalling Center for ProRail (compare it to Network rail in the UK) I have to cancell my holliday
Another time perhaps....
Building Amsterdams first TUBE???.... HELP my city is sinking...
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I am the voice you hear on the stations controled by Amsterdam's signalling centre... Working at the signalling centre is wonderfull....
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I will be joining you on the day, also my first attempt at any Tube Challenge. Yes you do have to visit both Paddington's and Edgware Roads
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Nice one, yes really looking forward to it. See you on the 19th then..
You might also want to have a look at thread I started in Alternative Challenge Chat, Alphabet Challenge in teams. Dont know if you would be interested in something like this as well
Dont forget to bring us all some pasties up with you
You might also want to have a look at thread I started in Alternative Challenge Chat, Alphabet Challenge in teams. Dont know if you would be interested in something like this as well
Dont forget to bring us all some pasties up with you
Twice former full network GWR holder and former Zone 1 Olympic and World Record holder with The Raven and Soupie
Tube personality of the year 2009
Twice Winter Olympic Biathlon Gold Medalist with The Beer Baron
2008 All Lines Olympic Gold
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Twice Winter Olympic Biathlon Gold Medalist with The Beer Baron
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No, because my friend Jack is in that film as a warrior of some sort, and I want to go to the pub and get pissed anyway!
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I will be attending this year's events for the first time, after finding out about last's years event after it happened!
I presume the rule about talking buses and National Rail trains between stations still applies this year.
See you lot at Oxford Circus, unless I post otherwise.
I presume the rule about talking buses and National Rail trains between stations still applies this year.
See you lot at Oxford Circus, unless I post otherwise.
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This is a Central line train to "Woodford via Hainault"- sadly, not no more!
Tangy.
This is a Central line train to "Woodford via Hainault"- sadly, not no more!
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Are we sure that Queensway is going to be open in time for this?
I passed through it yesterday while doing a recon (I was bored) and it didn't look anywhere near ready - still had scaffolding up, tiles missing, no station signs etc.
For the record I came in with a time of 4:02:05 from St James Park to Charing Cross (to give me something to compare time against), although I didn't run at any point, stopped for a McDonalds at Bayswater, and then walked back to Notting Hill Gate to see how far it was. [answer - quite a long way despite the poster on the outside suggesting it was about 1/3rd of the total from Bayswater to NHG] I also had to contend with "minor" delays on the Circle/District line leading to a 10 minute change at Tower Hill instead of being able to get a direct train though to Aldgate/East
Ah well
I've got the 19th off, so I should be down for this now (although I might have to improve my route planning in the meantime)
If anyone is in the slightest interested:
St James > Sloane Square > Aldgate East (via a long wait at TH... grr!) > Aldgate (walk) > KXSP > Bank > TCR > Warren Street > KXSP > Earls Court > Bayswater > McDonalds > NHG (walk) > Oxford Circus > Paddington (BCD) > Paddington (H&C) > Euston Square (with an unexpected change at Edgware Road, why do H&C trains terminate here? why?!?) > Warren Street > Vauxhall > Waterloo > London Bridge > Elephant & Castle > Charing Cross
I passed through it yesterday while doing a recon (I was bored) and it didn't look anywhere near ready - still had scaffolding up, tiles missing, no station signs etc.
For the record I came in with a time of 4:02:05 from St James Park to Charing Cross (to give me something to compare time against), although I didn't run at any point, stopped for a McDonalds at Bayswater, and then walked back to Notting Hill Gate to see how far it was. [answer - quite a long way despite the poster on the outside suggesting it was about 1/3rd of the total from Bayswater to NHG] I also had to contend with "minor" delays on the Circle/District line leading to a 10 minute change at Tower Hill instead of being able to get a direct train though to Aldgate/East
Ah well
I've got the 19th off, so I should be down for this now (although I might have to improve my route planning in the meantime)
If anyone is in the slightest interested:
St James > Sloane Square > Aldgate East (via a long wait at TH... grr!) > Aldgate (walk) > KXSP > Bank > TCR > Warren Street > KXSP > Earls Court > Bayswater > McDonalds > NHG (walk) > Oxford Circus > Paddington (BCD) > Paddington (H&C) > Euston Square (with an unexpected change at Edgware Road, why do H&C trains terminate here? why?!?) > Warren Street > Vauxhall > Waterloo > London Bridge > Elephant & Castle > Charing Cross
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Watch out Chris, my team are after your slowest record time this year
We have planned visits not only to McDonalds, but Pizza Hut, KFC and Subway(surely the Tube Challengers favourite food outlet, groan!) as well
We have planned visits not only to McDonalds, but Pizza Hut, KFC and Subway(surely the Tube Challengers favourite food outlet, groan!) as well
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Tube personality of the year 2009
Twice Winter Olympic Biathlon Gold Medalist with The Beer Baron
2008 All Lines Olympic Gold
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Twice Winter Olympic Biathlon Gold Medalist with The Beer Baron
2008 All Lines Olympic Gold
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The poster suggested that walking from Bayswater to Notting Hill Gate was about 1/3rd of the total from Bayswater to Notting Hill Gate?A2 wrote:stopped for a McDonalds at Bayswater, and then walked back to Notting Hill Gate to see how far it was. [answer - quite a long way despite the poster on the outside suggesting it was about 1/3rd of the total from Bayswater to NHG]
Do you not mean "1/3rd of the total from *Queensway* to NHG" ?
Or possibly "1/3rd of the total from Bayswater to Hollan Park", perhaps?
Or did you simply mean that it was 3 times as long as the poster suggested?
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