150 Years of the Underground

[Iain]

10th Jan sounds good to me

Map I found was from 1934 so a bit later and goes out to Aylesbury, guess it didn't at the time of the original.

[Cheshire Cat]

Next year is also the 80th anniversary of the creation of the London Passenger Transport Board i.e. the first public body in charge of London's public transport and the first to use the title London Transport.

[Iain]

Looks like they're planning on bringing back steam as part of the celebrations

http://london-underground.blogspot.com/ ... video.html

[The Raven]

A route could be:

Shoeburyness (c2c) Upminster Whitechapel New Cross New Cross Gate "Shoreditch" (via Shoreditch High Street) Whitechapel Aldgate East Aldgate Temple "Alydwch" Temple Gloucester Road Cockfosters Finsbury Park Old Street (via Essex Road) Angel Elephant & Castle Baker Street (via "Trafalgar Square") Stanmore Edgware Camden Town "Highgate" (Now Archway) Kennington (via "Strand") Morden Wimbledon "Praed Street" (Now Paddington) Lancaster Gate "Queen's Road" (Now Queensway) Liverpool Street Hammersmith (via "Bishops Road") Hounslow West Richmond South Acton Chiswick Park West Kensington "Addison Road" (Now Kensington Olympia) "Uxbridge Road" (Shepherd's Bush Overground) Shepherds Bush Holland Park Ealing Broadway Ealing Common Uxbridge Preston Road Watford Watford Junction Marylebone Harrow on the Hill (via Chilton) Chesham Chalfont & Latimer Aylesbury (via Chilton)

Probably full of mistakes though..

[MylesHSG]

Watford Watford Junction

*Snorts*

[palkanetoijala31]

Watford Watford Junction

*Snorts*

THATS PISS EASY we get a fishing rod stick a subway sandwich on the end and ur run it in 10mins

[The Raven]

Re-jigged the route:

Shoeburyness Upminster Aldgate East Shoreditch High Street New Cross Gate New Gate Canada Water London Bridge Elephant & Castle Baker Street Wembley Park Northwick Park Wembley Park Stanmore Edgware Camden Town Archway Kennington Morden Morden Road Wimbledon Paddington (Cir/Dis) Lancaster Gate Queensway Liverpool Street Temple Aldwych Temple Gloucester Road Cockfosters Finsbury Park Old Street Angel Moorgate Hammersmith (Cir/H+C) Hammersmith (Dis/Pic) Hatton Cross Feltham Richmond South Acton Chiswick Park West Kensington Kensington (Olympia) Shepherd's Bush (Overground) Shepherd's Bush Holland Park Ealing Broadway Ealing Common Uxbridge West Harrow North Harrow Watford Watford Junction Queen's Park Baker Street Chesham Chalfont & Latimer Aylesbury

This gives an estimate time of 16hours 33min!

Strange that this roughly a time similar to the current modern record...

[palkanetoijala31]

Re-jigged the route:

Shoeburyness Upminster Aldgate East Shoreditch High Street New Cross Gate New Gate Canada Water London Bridge Elephant & Castle Baker Street Wembley Park Northwick Park Wembley Park Stanmore Edgware Camden Town Archway Kennington Morden Morden Road Wimbledon Paddington (Cir/Dis) Lancaster Gate Queensway Liverpool Street Temple Aldwych Temple Gloucester Road Cockfosters Finsbury Park Old Street Angel Moorgate Hammersmith (Cir/H+C) Hammersmith (Dis/Pic) Hatton Cross Feltham Richmond South Acton Chiswick Park West Kensington Kensington (Olympia) Shepherd's Bush (Overground) Shepherd's Bush Holland Park Ealing Broadway Ealing Common Uxbridge West Harrow North Harrow Watford Watford Junction Queen's Park Baker Street Chesham Chalfont & Latimer Aylesbury

This gives an estimate time of 16hours 33min!

Strange that this roughly a time similar to the current modern record...

what time starting in shoeburyness?

[Iain]

Hmmm we're not going to get time for a celebratory drink afterwards as a group then! Not sure if that matters to people or not.

[palkanetoijala31]

Hmmm we're not going to get time for a celebratory drink afterwards as a group then! Not sure if that matters to people or not.

well if its is 16h 33m u could start on 04.20 from shoeburyness leave plenty of time for a drink!

[The Raven]

what time starting in shoeburyness?

Start with the first train out Shoeburyness at 04:20am. However, the route is not perfect. It does involve a 20min wait at Chalfont & Latimer and a 7 min run between West Harrow to North Harrow.

[palkanetoijala31]

what time starting in shoeburyness?

Start with the first train out Shoeburyness at 04:20am. However, the route is not perfect. It does involve a 20min wait at Chalfont & Latimer and a 7 min run between West Harrow to North Harrow.

does that include the possible 0 minute from upminster?

[The Raven]

what time starting in shoeburyness?

Start with the first train out Shoeburyness at 04:20am. However, the route is not perfect. It does involve a 20min wait at Chalfont & Latimer and a 7 min run between West Harrow to North Harrow.

does that include the possible 0 minute from upminster?

The route does not contain any 0 minute connections.

[MylesHSG]

Your kidding me, its atleast a 40 minute walk from Watford-Watford Junction

[The Raven]

Your kidding me, its atleast a 40 minute walk from Watford-Watford Junction

Really? Google Maps says its 1.2 miles taking 24 mins and that's slow walking pace and I've got 25 minutes to get from Watford to Watford Junction that's 2.8 mph. Even you can do that!

That's the longest run in the route. Also is there a bus possibility?

Route runs in length:
Watford-Watford Junction = 1.2 miles
Shoreditch High Street bus stop-"Shoreditch"-Shoreditch High Street = 0.7 miles
West Harrow-North Harrow = 0.6 miles
Temple-"Aldwych"-Temple = 0.6 miles
West Kensington-Kensington (Olympia) = 0.6 miles
Morden-Morden Road = 0.5 miles
South Acton-Chiswick Park = 0.5 miles
New Cross Gate-New Cross = 0.4 miles
Paddington-Lancaster Gate = 0.3 miles

5.4 miles in Total