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Does that mean some of them have been? ;-)
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RJSRdg wrote: 10 Mar 2021, 17:31 Does that mean some of them have been? ;-)
I don't think they have. All three of us have been alive since the day we were born, and continue to be for the foreseeable future.
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tubeguru wrote: 10 Mar 2021, 18:28
RJSRdg wrote: 10 Mar 2021, 17:31 Does that mean some of them have been? ;-)
I don't think they have. All three of us have been alive since the day we were born, and continue to be for the foreseeable future.
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Golf wrote: 10 Mar 2021, 20:38
tubeguru wrote: 10 Mar 2021, 18:28
RJSRdg wrote: 10 Mar 2021, 17:31 Does that mean some of them have been? ;-)
I don't think they have. All three of us have been alive since the day we were born, and continue to be for the foreseeable future.
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And on that note, back to the topic please ...
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Having had a look at where the new stations will be on a street map, Nine Elms is fairly close to Vauxhall and BPS is fairly close to Battersea Park and Queenstown Road. With the possible exception of Vauxhall, I don't think these connections will be that useful on FNCs but they might provide interesting moves in R15s.

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Opening date now officially confirmed as Monday 20th September

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No sign of the WTTs yet
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I'm leaning towards Vauxhall too. Don't know yet when I will get the chance to test it out though
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Iain wrote: 04 Sep 2021, 14:32 No sign of the WTTs yet
It's been released internally over the past few days, haven't had much of a chance to look through. Presumably the public release will be soon

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I'm planning on heading down to Battersea on the first Monday and trying to set the first zone 1 time for the new configuration. Anyone else fancy meeting up for a mini challenge?
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I'm considering going down before work - will try and figure out if the times work for a z1, First thought is it'd be too tight
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Well, Monday 20th September is a momentous day for the Tube Challenge, because it's the first time it'll be reset since 12th October 2008 when Wood Lane station opened. :)

I wonder if anyone is going to attempt to set a new time on 20th September despite the fact that Heathrow Terminal 4 is closed, and also South Kensington is closed as far as the Piccadilly Line is concerned.
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ANDY_JS wrote: 15 Sep 2021, 17:50 Well, Monday 20th September is a momentous day for the Tube Challenge, because it's the first time it'll be reset since 12th October 2008 when Wood Lane station opened. :)

I wonder if anyone is going to attempt to set a new time on 20th September despite the fact that Heathrow Terminal 4 is closed, and also South Kensington is closed as far as the Piccadilly Line is concerned.
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Has anyone tried the current Z1 configuration (with the addition of Kennington)? 4 days 2 days (forgot about engineering works at the weekend) left to get the record ...
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