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I’m at Preston station on my #allthestations journey. I have visited 1148 stations so far in 14 days. Only 1418 stations to go! Started on 1st June at Penzance. Saw geofftech and tangy separately on Day 1. If you’re interested, follow my trip on Twitter @onthetrains
London 16h:14m:10s Paris 13:23:33 Z1 02:57:53 Metrolink 05:53:25 Lands End to John O'Groats by bus 3d:8h:17m All the Stations 35d:10h:10m
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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.
London 16h:14m:10s Paris 13:23:33 Z1 02:57:53 Metrolink 05:53:25 Lands End to John O'Groats by bus 3d:8h:17m All the Stations 35d:10h:10m
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Was great following your progress on Twitter - love a bit of vicarious travel, especially now!
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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.
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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!
272 stations in 18:30:32
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I'm interested to know what you thought would be fastest for Wales?
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