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Hey everyone,

French fan of the Tube here (and basically all transit networks).
I'm thinking about doing a Strasbourg (my hometown) tram challenge for its 30th anniversary, which is coming up at the end of November. There are 6 lines, if we exclude the two(-ish) BRT lines, and it could be a fun way to celebrate.
I haven't done this challenge myself and I don't think it's been done by anyone.

I was considering organising a sort of competition, if I find other enthusiasts, but I have a couple of questions on the logistics: do you think an honour system is enough or should there be proof(s)? If it's the latter, what type of proof? Also, are "network challenge competitions" a thing or am I inventing a headache for myself?

Anyway, I'll keep you up-to-date on how it goes, whether I'm alone in doing it or not.

a member that doesnt post regulary on the forum has set up a thing called the uurr. union of urban rail records

where all stations are catergorised by how many there are of them if u set a time im sure he add strasbourg to the list if he hasnt already!

Bonjour Thias!

Although Tangy's Explorerticket website says that photographic evidence is needed to submit a time to him, in practice he works on an honesty basis and provided the route is legal he accepts it. Indeed I know that several challengers (myself included) have called ourselves out for inadvertent rule breaches. Of course it probably helps that most of us have been doing challenges together for many years (having started in 2015 I'm a relative newcomer...) and have become friends as well as rivals. I think if anyone was found to have been deliberately dishonest they would become Persona Non Grata very quickly.

So I would say if you want to organise your own event, doing it on an honesty basis is fine, especially if the people who are taking part are already known to you.

Looking at the map, I think the Strasbourg network looks like quite a workable one - more so when the extension of line F opens (next year?).
The network also has the rare distinction of crossing an international border!

Good luck!

Richard

So the mark is: 87 stations in 5 hours and 27 minutes.
I had no idea what to expect since it hadn't been done before, but I definitely hoped it would be less!