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On Tuesday 6th July at 18:25, I finished my #allthestations trip in Wick. 2534 stations using 579 trains in 35 days, 10 hours and 10 mins.

But that’s not 2573 #allthestations I hear you say. True. Seven are mothballed with no rail service plus Heathrow T4 and IOW are closed (9 stations). I missed Menheniot (late bus), Spondon (cancelled train), Bookham, Small Heath, Tyseley and Falkirk High (all planning errors). And on Day 34, Paisley Canal was unexpectedly closed (6 stations) and I ran out of time for Ayr/Stranraer (11 stations). It was full on every day with no days off except Day 33, which was a Scotrail strike Sunday.

Thanks to railwaydave, xcooler123 and Al for their help and encouragement.

Was great following your progress on Twitter - love a bit of vicarious travel, especially now!

Have a look at this.

https://railrace.mauldenvillage.org.uk/?version=14

This is a virtual run of the challenge witih detailed route, and the author posted on Rail Forums mentioning the 35-day result as well.

Interesting, but they didn't (or haven't quite yet) manage all the stations as it seems their service to Heysham Harbour was cancelled.
Also I think they could have been more efficient had they allowed themselves to use buses,feet, or even the Festiniog Railway to connect lines - there appears to have been a lot of doubling back.

Coincidentally a friend and I were discussing on Saturday how long it would take to visit all the stations in Wales - this goes some way towards answering it!

I'm interested to know what you thought would be fastest for Wales?