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Yes but Geoff is well aware that this section is for completed challenges.

Something to be congratulated on ?????

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nothing specifically broke or went wrong, but trains took 5 minutes when the should have taken 2, lots of stopping just outside stations ... crawing along when there's no train in front .. Piccadilly line trains that dwell at the platform for longer that you would expect with no announcement, a shocking Upminster turnaround where we were timetabled to have 3 minutes to make it, but were 2 minute late, etc... time just slipped away, rather then going to time like we know it can and should, and it was shocking.

I know the feeling only too well - sounds just like my last completion.

i've also been looking at all my times for attempts 1-9, and compared them to my times for attempts 10 onwards, and i can catagorically state that the tube was running better and more to time six/seven/eight years ago than it is now. all the investment, and their continual PR of "we are improving your tube... blah blah bah...", is nonsense because the stats speak for themselves - the service is just honestly worse now, than it used to be, which is really rather sad.

Just after reading this Geoff do you ever just admit that its not always the tube fault sometimes u get trains delayed in you favour sometimes not its swings and roundabouts judging by every one of your posts blaming the network you should have had 6 world records by now plus buses you get more luck than we ever do on them plus u have a 3 person support crew to help you out plus technology that we dont use.!Some things about the service you havent noticed is that the trains are faster and better signalling plus extra platform opened up at stanmore and better access central to jub at stratford.

After all if the tube is crap why go work for them!

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Well I agree that if there are delays then you might just pick a late-running train up. But I rather think that during delays, trains will generally run more slowly overall and so your journey time will go up - despite random occurrences like just catching/missing a train or two.