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As we have now had well over half a century of official and unofficial FNC attempts, this got me wondering something. How many unique start and finish stations have we had down the years? I know traditionally it's been Chesham starts, T5 finishes or T4 start, Amersham finish but I wonder how many different stations we've all started and finished FNCs at?

I say this as I'm potentially looking at some random places to start FNCs at in the future.

T4 to Acton Town is my preferred route in recent years

Interesting question. Sadly I don't know the answer. To venture an opinion though, if you're going for alternatives and presumably aren't going for optimum times then I'd be tempted by Walthamstow Central and Snaresbrook or Wanstead.

Going Underground wrote: ↑20 Oct 2025, 12:12 T4 to Acton Town is my preferred route in recent years

That's an interesting route! Might have to look at some logistics behind that.

al wrote: ↑20 Oct 2025, 12:30 Interesting question. Sadly I don't know the answer. To venture an opinion though, if you're going for alternatives and presumably aren't going for optimum times then I'd be tempted by Walthamstow Central and Snaresbrook or Wanstead.

Both I had never considered until now. I did briefly consider a Wanstead start when I was living in London a few years ago, and it may be one I revisit.

I'm eyeing up a Battersea start next year, possibly a Morden start too. With those I'm not as fussed about timings providing you can actually complete it in time.

I'm sure GU will confirm, but I think there have been FNCs from Cannon Street in the past.

RJSRdg wrote: ↑21 Oct 2025, 18:29 I'm sure GU will confirm, but I think there have been FNCs from Cannon Street in the past.

I was going to mention this, there have indeed as part of The Cannon Street Run / Talk like a Pirate day events - my planned finishing station was Pimlico but had to abort early due to lost phone with a lot of money in that I thought was Ken Oly...
Some weeks later it turned out I had left it on The Ken Oly train that from memory was terminating Dagenham East as had been handed in at Westminster, money intact as well....

On CiN / red nose days we have started at Richmond to finish T5 and also MHE to end at Cockfosters - not sure either got fully completed from memory...

Going Underground wrote: ↑22 Oct 2025, 08:42
Some weeks later it turned out I had left it on The Ken Oly train that from memory was terminating Dagenham East as had been handed in at Westminster, money intact as well....

Fortunately there are still some honest people in London.
One one R15 I lost my wallet somewhere between Whitechapel and Bethnal Green stations (i.e. not in a very nice part of London!), including my Travelcard! Andrew C was kind enough to lend me enough money for a new Travelcard so I could complete and get home.

A few days later I had a phone call from my dentist to say that someone had found my wallet (with their appointment card inside) and had rung them up and left their number for me to call them. I rang the finder and by the end of the week the wallet was back in my possession, contents intact less the cost of postage.

My only ever FNC started at Morden.... I haven't seen anyone else with such a start but I wouldn't be too surprised. (Instead of the common Wimbledon->Morden run, we did a connection from Wimbledon->Putney->Battersea area)

With the same person, we drafted a couple of "overnight" routes using the night tube, starting at about 6 in the evening, starting at stations such as East Acton, White City and Woodford. I can't really remember but I'm sure I could dig them out. Probably also not legal by FNC rules, as at least part of the route would take place on a weekend.