Birthday Challenge V2

[tractakid]

I have no route, no time and no idea

Lol I need to plan. plenty of time yet

[The Orange One]

Through leaving on a later train, I have cut my time down to 4:21, with realistic interchanges.

[TC95]

Through leaving on a later train, I have cut my time down to 4:21, with realistic interchanges.

Looks like I need a rethink of my route again

[Going Underground]

Started looking at this and it's a very tricky Just checking that we are also including LO stations/visits as well as NR

[TC95]

Just checking that we are also including LO stations/visits as well as NR

In Z1,yes

[The Orange One]

So that's Shoreditch High Street, Hoxton and Euston.

Elephant and Castle is aggravating!

[tractakid]

Started looking at this and it's a very tricky Just checking that we are also including LO stations/visits as well as NR

London Overground is part of National Rail. I believe the first post contains the list of stations!

[The Raven]

Through leaving on a later train, I have cut my time down to 4:21, with realistic interchanges.

I feel I might have the same route as you now....

[The Orange One]

Well, see you at the starting station then!!

[TC95]

Say I was finishing at Liverpool Street, but not arriving by NR, would I stop my timer when the doors close and the NR train leaves the station, or when it next stops and doors open?
Once the train's doors have closed, said station would surely have be classed as 'visited'

[The Orange One]

This has come up a number of times before.

You must either depart or arrive by train to count as a finish and you stop the clock when your foot first hits a platform after this has happened.

Examples:
- DLR Challenges are often finished at Shadwell, because you arrive at Bank/Tower Gateway having just left the other one and then take the first train out.
- Starkey famously finished a Zone 1 at West Kensington
- The Raven finished the Posh Challenge at South Ruislip after running to his final station Ruislip Gardens

I asked a similar question when first joining the forum, the thread can be found here.

Of course, as this is tractakid's challenge, he is free to define the rules however he wishes. This is just assumption and convention.

[tractakid]

Doors open at the next station.

[TC95]

Doors open at the next station.

But what about, say I was going from New Cross to London Bridge and I start my timer at London Bridge. Is that allowed?

[Iain]

Then the New Cross visit wouldn't count

[tractakid]

Doors open at the next station.

But what about, say I was going from New Cross to London Bridge and I start my timer at London Bridge. Is that allowed?

If this is the beginning of the challenge, timer would be started on doors closing at NWX.