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All The Stations - project to video every British Railway Station
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berneyarms
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Unfortunately it was one of the days that didn't feature.
They visited on June 25th.
They visited on June 25th.
Strat-tastic
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Right, I'll get to them when I've watched the regular eps. Next year sometime the way I'm going :roll:
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Altfish
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A new video on the Bristol Hitachi Depot...
What event? - its a bit late telling us about it now!
Cant see anything on the ATS website - only something about an event at the LTM for 10-16 year olds on the 28th?
Altfish
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It is this...
https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events-calendar#allthestations
Doesn't Vicki work there?
Yeah that will be it - I would have gone if they had mentioned it in their twitter feed.
Altfish
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I hope they are going to do one or two events out in the sticks, LTM is 200-miles away for me.
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Kite159
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It was a good evening, planning around those awkward stations and having to modify the plan on the move.
Justin Smith
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Sorry if this question has already been answered in this (long) thread, but, as reported on HIGNFY, are they supposed to be visiting all the stations in the UK in 15 weeks ? And if so what definition of "visiting" are they using ?
I had a thread about this very subject a few years back and came to the conclusion this was the most appropriate definition :
1 Catching a service to the station.
2 Catching a service from the station.
3 Changing trains at the station, but getting back on the same train is not allowed, unless it`s a terminal station (OK because that`s a separate service).
Using that definition it didn`t seem possible to do it in 15 weeks !
I had a thread about this very subject a few years back and came to the conclusion this was the most appropriate definition :
1 Catching a service to the station.
2 Catching a service from the station.
3 Changing trains at the station, but getting back on the same train is not allowed, unless it`s a terminal station (OK because that`s a separate service).
Using that definition it didn`t seem possible to do it in 15 weeks !
They've already done it, their rules were that the train had to stop there or if it was a request stop then train had to be scheduled to stop there, whether it actually stopped or not didn't matter. They didn't get on or off at every station.
Justin Smith
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I thought it`d be something like that, though I have to say that`s stretching the definition of "visiting a station" way beyond what I`d accept.
It is yeah, I agree. But it's what they stated on their Kickstarter so it's what we were all expecting (for most people at least)
Justin Smith
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I think the blame may lie with HIGNFY, using the term "visit".
Martin66
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This is what they actually said:
Altfish
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I can't believe this discussion/argument is still going on.
The trains they were on stopped at every station, they could have jumped off and jumped back on again. Is that visiting every station?
If they had to get off and catch the next train, it'd have taken then a staggering amount of time. The Stockport to Stalybridge Line could have taken them 3-weeks. They'd have had a good wait at Teesside Airport too.
They clearly stated what they were going to do, and did it.
The trains they were on stopped at every station, they could have jumped off and jumped back on again. Is that visiting every station?
If they had to get off and catch the next train, it'd have taken then a staggering amount of time. The Stockport to Stalybridge Line could have taken them 3-weeks. They'd have had a good wait at Teesside Airport too.
They clearly stated what they were going to do, and did it.
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No one is arguing? Someone just wanted clarification.
Mutant Lemming
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Maybe someone should set up an alternative to 'All the Stations' a bit like WBO and WBA and the break away darts federations to establish 'their' own set of rules.
Am thinking along the line of G.O.A.T.S. - Get Off At The Stations. Maybe extending it to not just alighting at the platform but visiting the locality (and maybe a local hostelry) in order to qualify for any GOATS awards or honours. Actually maybe 'get off' at the stations could be misconstrued in certain modern parlance - am sure someone could arrive at a more modern day amenable variant.
Am thinking along the line of G.O.A.T.S. - Get Off At The Stations. Maybe extending it to not just alighting at the platform but visiting the locality (and maybe a local hostelry) in order to qualify for any GOATS awards or honours. Actually maybe 'get off' at the stations could be misconstrued in certain modern parlance - am sure someone could arrive at a more modern day amenable variant.
Dai Corner
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ADCATS - Arrive, Depart or Change at All The Stations?
185143
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Arrive, Depart, Change at, or be on a train that could stop (in the case of request stops) at All The Stations!
Incidentally, I worked out recently that assuming you used every train and stayed overnight on the line, you could finish the Heart of Wales by actually getting on or off in just 1.5 days! By my personal rules, I've done either 4 or 5 days on there (not sure off the top of my head) and still got 3 shacks left!
Geoff told me they also worked out how long it'd take to do it 'properly' (then we had an argument over what constituted 'properly' due to my rules...) and he said it would have taken 10 months.
Well, Geoff and Vicki used taxis and car helpers to do their circuit, so presumably that would also be acceptable on the HoW (once the unwanted vegetation has been cleared). If so, I cannot imagine 10 months (days maybe) but I would be interested to see the itinerary for 1.5 days.
185143
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Ah... for 10 months I meant all 2563 stations, not just the Heart of Wales alone.
The spreadsheet is on my tablet-I'll attach it later when I get back onto wifi.
Mutant Lemming
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Covered maybe but the 'All England' Rules have not been established and until they are the debate must continue.
(have still got to visit the stations on the Maesteg and Ebbw Vale branches)
Kite159
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I would like to see this plan to do the line in 1.5 days.
Altfish
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I seem to remember it was not going station A to station B to station C .....to station Z; but it was possible to do it faster by going Station A to station B then to Station G, then back to Station C.
In other words not doing the stations in order
Kite159
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Something like the Heart of Wales you need to bounce back between stations to make use of the limited services. Employing the use of any local buses or walking between nearby* stations. I based myself in Llanelli when I did the line, although being more clever and basing yourself on the line itself with a different place each night would cut down the time.
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