Glossary of Terms

[Edgemaster]

Glossary of terms
Challenges & related stuffs
BERC - Bernie Ecclestone of Random 15 Challenge
Bottle - Challenge involving all stations on or inside the circle line
BOZO - Boss of Zone One - Term coined for the organiser of a Zone 1 Challenge.
GWR - Guinness World Record (not Great Western Railway)
H&G - Horse & Groom pub - usual challenge meeting place
Mouse - challenge involving all station on or inside the Northern Line central branches
R15 - Random 15 alternative challenge, visiting 15 randomly picked stations from Zones 1-2. Stopwatch begins when stations announced.
SLAM - South London All Modes (a challenge yet to be attempted)
TOSA - Tube Olympics Supreme Administrator
Z1CC - Zone 1 Challenge Cup

Lines
BR or NR - National Rail (overground lines, which the LO is a part of)
DC - Watford DC Line (LO) (DC meaning direct current third rail, rather than AC overhead lines)
DLR - Docklands Light Railway
ELL - East London Line (now closed for LO conversion)
GOBLIN - GOspel Oak- Barking LINe (LO)
H&C - Hammersmith & City
HC - Heathrow Connect (the Padd- Heathrow local)
HEx - Heathrow Express
JLE - Jubilee Line Extension (as in the bit south/east of Green Park)
LO - London Overground
LUL - London Underground Limited
NX or NatEx - National Express
NLL - North London line (Richmond-Stratford) or recently this abbrev. has changed to mean the whole "North London Lines" as a whole such as Willesden- Clapham, Gospel Oak- Barking, Watford- Euston (all stops) as well as Richmond- Stratford.
NLR - North London Railways (as LO/NLL)
SSL - Sub Surface Lines as opposed to Tube Lines - i.e. Met/Dis/Cir(/ELL) lines
TfL - Transport for London
The Drain - Waterloo & City Line
TL or T/link - Thameslink (the cross London rail route between Bedford and Brighton/Sutton)
W&C - Waterloo & City
Wimbleware - Wimbledon-Edgware Road on District (it's run more or less as a separate line)
WLL - West London Line - Clapham J to Willesden J

Stations
Amy Winehouse - High Barnet
C&L - Chalfont and Latimer
GPS - Great Portland Street
H&I - Highbury & Islington
H&W - Harrow & Wealdstone
HOTH - Harrow-on-the-Hill
HSK - High Street Kensington
HT123, HT4 and HT5 - Heathrow Terminals
KCSP or KX - Kings Cross St Pancras
KenO or KO - Kensington Olympia
MC - Mornington Crescent
MHE - Mill Hill East
NHG - Notting Hill Gate
OXC - Oxford Circus
SBM - Shepherd's Bush Market
SS - Seven Sisters
TCR - Tottenham Court Rd
UXB - Uxbridge

Miscellaneous
EVL - A tangy-ism


Original post:

Hi, I've been considering doing a tube challenge for several years now, but have only just reached a stage when I think I could actually do it (hitting 18 being one of them).

Anyway, I've been reading through the forum and am suddenly overwhelmed by the number of acronyms used, I'm guessing they're all fairly obvious once found!

Anyway, anyone want to compile a list to help people who don't want to trawl all the old threads to get a gist of it?

[dudey]

I'm not sure i could come up with a list, but if you post anything here that you can't make sense of, i'm sure someone will translate

[palkanetoijala31]

I actually had to look up in the dictionary to find out what Acronym meant.

[tubeguru]

I've been musing over which acronyms he means too.

List them down and we'll see what we can make of them!

[Edgemaster]

I'll extend it to acronyms and other shortenings, ok:

R15, ah, just found a thread fully titled as "Random 15"
Z1CC is Zone 1 Charity? Challenge

I seem to be answering my own questions. I posted this thread originally at 2am, so I've forgotten most of the other ones I bumped into!

[jbom1]

Z1CC = Zone 1 Challenge Cup

[Soup Dragon]

I'll extend it to acronyms and other shortenings, ok:

R15, ah, just found a thread fully titled as "Random 15"
Z1CC is Zone 1 Charity? Challenge

I seem to be answering my own questions. I posted this thread originally at 2am, so I've forgotten most of the other ones I bumped into!

R15 is indeed "Random 15", this has become one of the more popular challenges in the past couple of years. 15 stations within Zones 1 & 2 are drawn at random and you must try and visit all 15 in the fastest possible time. The great thing with this challenge is that it's impossible to plan any route in advance, so it really tests your skill of planning a good route in the shortest possible time. The stopwatch starts as soon as the envelope containing the stations is opened.

[palkanetoijala31]

Here are a list of ones i came out with

TCR = Tottenham Court Rd
KCSPor KX = Kings Cross St Pancras
HSK = High Street Kensington
NHG = Notiing Hill Gate
Palkanetoijala31 = Sex god

[Soup Dragon]

Palkanetoijala31 = Sex god

= that's not what Sara told me!

[palkanetoijala31]

= your bloody right.

[hwolge]

More abbr.

Ken(O) or KO = Kensington Olympia
HT123, HT4 and HT5 = Heathrow Terminals Underground stations...
MC = Mornington Crescent
SSL = Sub Surface Lines as opposed to Tube Lines - i.e. Met/Dis/Cir(/ELL) lines
Wimbleware = Wimbledon-Edgware Road on District (it's run more or less as a separate line)

and I'm sure there are a few more...

[mps247]

Wimbleware = Wimbledon-Edgware Road on District (it's run more or less as a separate line)

I always thought this was because District line trains at Bayswater weren't such a common occurrence, so you'd ask yourself, "Wimble-where?".

Thanks for clearing that up.

[Edgemaster]

H&G - Horse & Groom

A pub?

[perkyperky]

MHE = Mill Hill East
ELL = East London Line

[Starkey7]

EVL - Ask Tangy.