Top Times: Alphabet Challenge
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It's only as an alternative, if there is no train from Tower Hill for a while. It's slightly quicker if I don't need to use it
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Not sure getting a Circle round to Aldgate and then running to Aldgate East really counts as a "major new running link" though!
Incidentally, when Andrew and me set the record, we did do one out of station connection, but it wasn't that one. Bond Street was also still closed which cost us a few minutes coming back down from Kilburn.
Incidentally, when Andrew and me set the record, we did do one out of station connection, but it wasn't that one. Bond Street was also still closed which cost us a few minutes coming back down from Kilburn.
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But that's not it!
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I have a bus link in my route - very near the start! Also, I reckon there are two possible Qs to use...RJSRdg wrote:I really can't see how running comes into it (I just tried the timings for a slight variation on my route by incorporating a run and it made the time longer!).
There are a limited number of sensible starting places, and with Dollis Hill being the most practical D, and only one I, E-H are pretty obvious. L-R seem obvious too, with only one practical Q, and V and W are pretty much fixed, so there isn't a lot of variation in routes that can be taken.
I think I know the link you mean (because where can you go from Tower Hill), and it's certainly not a revolutionary one!Tube Geek wrote:It's only as an alternative, if there is no train from Tower Hill for a while. It's slightly quicker if I don't need to use it
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It's not actually from TH, it's if there are westbound not eastbound trains
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News has reached me today that there is a new Alphabet record: 04:49:16 by Leon Gunasekara and Aidan Gill set on 1st April 2019.
Well done guys.
Well done guys.
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Tangy u did check the date on that one didn't you
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Yes, it is a bone fide attempt, they did send photo and video evidence with their claim.
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I HATE Ickenham
I have a decent looking route for the alphabet so I thought I would let u know I will try it when corona has gone thought I would bring this thread back to life
I have a decent looking route for the alphabet so I thought I would let u know I will try it when corona has gone thought I would bring this thread back to life
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should this topic be moved to zone 3 ????
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UPDATE- After some free time this morning i have a route which can be finished in Around 4 hours. connections permitting it should easly beat the current record of just under 5 hours. if connections are good my time could be around 4 hours 15.trains 500 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2020, 12:24 I HATE Ickenham
I have a decent looking route for the alphabet so I thought I would let u know I will try it when corona has gone thought I would bring this thread back to life
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