101 things to do on the tube before you die

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101 things to do on the tube before you die

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Eg travel between roading valley and South Woodford direct
Eg travel into platform four at hsk

What other examples do u think would be cool to add to this list
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Ride the Bakerloo line while building a Lego Modular Building
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Ride 1938 stock into Ongar
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Ride the Kennington loop
Ride the north curve between Rickmansworth and Croxley
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maybe exclude the kennington loop and bank turnback
are theese classed as illegal??
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Ride non-stop in public service from Warwick Avenue to Baker Street
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Be on the escalator before the train you arrived on has come to a halt
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DavidC wrote: 03 Dec 2020, 13:56 Ride non-stop in public service from Warwick Avenue to Baker Street
is this extremley extremley rare?? i havent heard of this before
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DavidC wrote: 03 Dec 2020, 13:58 Be on the escalator before the train you arrived on has come to a halt
ie kennington loop (does kennington even have escalators?)
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trains 500 wrote: 25 Nov 2020, 13:09 maybe exclude the kennington loop and bank turnback
are theese classed as illegal??
What is the Bank turnback?
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trains 500 wrote: 03 Dec 2020, 14:23
DavidC wrote: 03 Dec 2020, 13:58 Be on the escalator before the train you arrived on has come to a halt
ie kennington loop (does kennington even have escalators?)
I was referring to the days when GUARDS* on 1938 STOCK* could open the doors before trains had actually come to a halt in the platform and, at somewhere like Warwick Avenue, if you were positioned well you could sprint through the arch and hit the bottom of the up escalator before the train had properly stopped

I appreciate that terms like GUARDS* and 1938 STOCK* may be confusing for younger readers :-)
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trains 500 wrote: 03 Dec 2020, 14:22
DavidC wrote: 03 Dec 2020, 13:56 Ride non-stop in public service from Warwick Avenue to Baker Street
is this extremley extremley rare?? i havent heard of this before
Extremely extremely extremely rare. I managed it once during the 1980s or early 1990s. There had been an explosion at one of the London BR termini which resulted in all London BR termini (and associated tube stations) being closed during the morning rush hour. Coincidentally Edgware Road (Bakerloo) was closed at the time while the lifts were being replace/repaired.
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Travel in a smoking carriage*

* a carriage where smoking is allowed, not one that is already smouldering
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Various "faster to walk/run" challenges
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See a steam train operating on the Underground
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