Shack Attack 2018- All the stations, all of them...

[gnolife]

26/03
Carstairs
Carluke
Lanark
Shieldmuir
Wishaw
Motherwell
Airbles
Hamilton West
Hamilton Central
Larkhall
Chatelherault
Merryton
Blantyre
Mount Vernon
Kirkwood
Baillieston
Bargeddie
Carmyle
Shettleston
Drumgelloch
Airdrie
Blairhill
Garrowhill
Easterhouse
Craigendoran
Cardross
Dalreoch
Balloch
Renton
Alexandria
Dumbarton Central
Bowling
Dumbarton East
Kilpatrick

Plus St Georges Cross subway

 

[Kite159]

Depending how you count stations, that is one productive day

 

[rg177]

27/03

Bishopstone
Glynde
Normans Bay
Three Oaks
Winchelsea
Rye
Appledore
Ham Street

Brighton to Ore cleared.

 

[Kite159]

27/03

Bishopstone
Glynde
Normans Bay
Three Oaks

Brighton to Ore cleared.

Ore is it Brighton to the Oaks of Three?

 

[gnolife]

Depending how you count stations, that is one productive day

I count them if I board a service or alight from a service. I do not count it if I step onto the platform during a long layover, unless the train changes headcode (so doing Blantyre to Mount Vernon would net you Motherwell as well in my book, but Richmond to Wimbledon would not get you Strawberry Hill).

Substatial Strathclyde set no.2
Bearsden
Hillfoot
Milngavie
Kelvingrove
Gilshochill
Maryhill
Summerston
Possilpark & Parkhouse
Ashfield
Dumbreck
Paisley Canal
Corkerhill
Hawkhead
Mosspark
Crookston
Pollokshaws East
Shawlands
Langside
Kings Park
Kirkhill
Burnside
Crosshill
Cathcart
Patterton
Muirend
Whitecraigs
Williamwood
Neilston
Barrhill
Priesthill & Darnley
Nitshill
Pollokshaws West
Hairmyres
Thorntonhall
East Kilbride

 

[gnolife]

And some subway scratches as well
Cessnock
St Enoch
Kelvinbridge

 

[Kite159]

A productive few days

(IIRC I was similar in SPT land where on a weekend I could scope in a lot of stations without a plan, I do miss the thrill of the chase)

 

[rg177]

Ore is it Brighton to the Oaks of Three?

It's Brighton to Ashford except Doleham now. Sadly the road from Three Oaks to Doleham was shut and the only connection valid on a Daysave today was a +261!

 

[Kite159]

It's Brighton to Ashford except Doleham now. Sadly the road from Three Oaks to Doleham was shut and the only connection valid on a Daysave today was a +261!

Boo at that little lane being closed, maybe next time

 

[gnolife]

A productive few days

(IIRC I was similar in SPT land where on a weekend I could scope in a lot of stations without a plan, I do miss the thrill of the chase)

The only day of my three that I had a plan for was today, down to the service on the lines I was on being a bit patchy.

So, the last batch of new shacks for a while now
Hillington East
Hillington West
Paisley St James
Bishopton
Woodhall
Langbank
Cartsdyke
Bogston
Port Glasgow
Fort Matilda
Greenock Central
Greenock West
Drumfrochar
Whinhill
Inverkip
Largs
West Kilbride
Fairlie
Stevenston
Saltcoats
Kilwinning
Troon
Girvan
Maybole
Ayr
Glengarnock
Dalry
Johnstone
Lochwinnoch
Milliken Park
Howwood
Cardonald

Plus the following stops on the subway
Govan
Ibrox
Bridge Street

 

[Kite159]

Did you make use of the walking between close stations method to grabbing two for the price of one?

No IBM?

 

[gnolife]

Did you make use of the walking between close stations method to grabbing two for the price of one?

No IBM?

I walked between some stations on the same lines, especially at the start of day 2, on the Milngavie and Maryhill lines. I did a couple of connections between lines on foot (Carmyle - Shettleston, Greenock West - Drumfrochar [Not a connection that I would recommend - it's half a mile of steep hill), Cessnock - Dumbreck), but I also put the bus to good use as well (Craigendoran - Cardross, Crookston - Pollockshaws, Neilston - Barrhead, Inverkip - Largs, West Kilbride - Fairlie, Saltcoats - Kilwinning, Maybole - Ayr and Cardonald - Govan)

As for the absence of IBM (plus Branchton and Wemyss Bay) - there was a signalling failure at Port Glasgow while I was on the branch, I decided to prioritise other things and come back later if I had time, which as it turned out, I was running short on in the end

 

[Kite159]

[Not a connection that I would recommend - it's half a mile of steep hill

Agreed there, I ended up doing that walk early one Sunday morning in December, where it was a tad chilly & dark.

Bad news on the signal failure at Port Glasgow, but those three stations should be easy enough to do on another trip to Glasgow.

 

[cactustwirly]

28/03
West Hampstead LU
West Hampstead Thameslink
Kentish Town

 

[D841 Roebuck]

27/3/18

Dalton (in Furness)
Kents Bank
Harrington
Brampton (Cumbria)

 

[D841 Roebuck]

29/3/18

(What to do on a NW Rover when Northern are on strike...)

Wallasey Grove Road
Wallasey Village
Leasowe
Hoylake
Meols
Manor Road
Neston
Upton
Hawarden Bridge
Old Roan
Orrell Park
Aintree
Aughton Park
Brunswick

 

[Gathursty]

Agreed there, I ended up doing that walk early one Sunday morning in December, where it was a tad chilly & dark.

I did that walk in the reverse direction. My walk was boosted considerably by the steep slope downwards. I'm so glad I live in a fairly flat town in comparison and not there or in the Welsh Valleys.

 

[507021]

March 29th:
Shotton.

 

[D841 Roebuck]

30/3/18

(Couldn't resist a Northward extension of my Rover...)

Crosshill
Pollokshields East
Mount Florida
Queens Park
Whitecraigs
Muirend
Patterton
Williamwood
Clarkston
Yoker
Garscadden
Clydebank
Singer
Charing Cross (Glasgow)
High Street
Barnhill
Bellgrove.

 

[Kite159]

A busy few days for you Mr Roebuck

 

[D841 Roebuck]

A busy few days for you Mr Roebuck

Indeed. The Scottish bit came as a result of the Northern industrial action, unexpected (albeit very welcome) competence from my employer's payroll department, and a detestation of Fridays in La Rochdelle...

 

[Kite159]

Indeed. The Scottish bit came as a result of the Northern industrial action, unexpected (albeit very welcome) competence from my employer's payroll department, and a detestation of Fridays in La Rochdelle...

I can imagine some of the late night trains back from Manchester being quite lively

I paid a flying visit to La Rochdelle today I forgot how uncomfortable the seats are on a Metrolink tram for going all the way from Victoria to Rochdale via Oldham!

 

[55013]

March 2018:

Ardwick
Askam
Bootle
Chester-le-Street
Davenport
Disley
Drigg
Foxfield
Giggleswick
Gorton
Green Road
Greenfield
Kirkby-in-Furness
Long Preston
Mossley
New Mills Newtown
Ravenglass
Seascale
Silecroft

 

[D841 Roebuck]

I can imagine some of the late night trains back from Manchester being quite lively

I paid a flying visit to La Rochdelle today I forgot how uncomfortable the seats are on a Metrolink tram for going all the way from Victoria to Rochdale via Oldham!

Scooping in Platform 2 in your Bay Hunting campaign?? Thanks to the strike on Thursday, I left from the new Platform 4....

 

[Kite159]

Scooping in Platform 2 in your Bay Hunting campaign?? Thanks to the strike on Thursday, I left from the new Platform 4....

Aye, platform 4 will have to wait until May when it is meant to see more booked use.

 

[Spoorslag '70]

An extremely busy week:

2018-03-25
Tulse Hill
Elephant&Castle (NR and LU)

2018-03-26
Canning Town (LU&DLR)
Woolwich Arsenal (DLR&NR)
Charlton
Blackwall
Beckton
Manor Park
Maryland
Ealing Broadway (LU&NR)
West Croydon (Tramlink)

2018-03-27
Southall
Hayes&Harlington
West Drayton
City Thameslink

2018-03-28
Edgeware
Mornington Crescent
Finchley Central
Mill Hill East
High Barnet
Enfield Town
Chadwell Heath
Goodmayes

2018-03-29
Richmond (NR&LU)
Wood Lane
White City
London Marylebone (NR&LU)
Queen's Park (London) (LU&NR)
Hatch End
Stanmore
Great Portland Street
Euston Square
Barbican
Whalthamstow Central (LU)

2018-03-30
Temple
Newbury Park
Woodford
Loughton
Epping
Holborn
Kensington (Olympia) (LU&NR)
Shepard's Bush (NR&LU)
Acton Town
Heathrow Terminal 4 (LU)
Feltham

2018-03-31
Morden
Mansion House
Aldgate East
St. Paul's
Bromley North
Grove Park
Sandilands (Tramlink)

Total of 52 (counting only the names) over seven days. ~7,5 shacks/day

 

[Cletus]

31/03/18

Oxford
Charlbury
Crowthorne
Basingstoke
Goring & Streatley


01/04/18

Thatcham
Midgham (station 900)
Ash
North Camp
Chilworth
Farnborough North
Farnborough
Cholsey (Paddington to Partchway cleared)
Newbury

 

[rg177]

04/04

Eskbank
Newtongrange
Gorebridge
Stow
Galashiels
Tweedbank
Wallyford
Prestonpans
Drem

Borders Line done.

 

[Kite159]

04/04

Eskbank
Newtongrange
Gorebridge
Stow
Galashiels
Tweedbank

Borders Line done.

Slightly easier now to do the stations on that line now that the Edinburgh Days Out rover is available

 

[rg177]

Slightly easier now to do the stations on that line now that the Edinburgh Days Out rover is available

Indeed. The peak restrictions are a bit of a git though I'm going to hope that it's merely no departures off Edinburgh and Haymarket 1642-1815 and not no travel at all. They can get stuffed if they think I'm standing around for 93 minutes in a blizzard!