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Shack Attack 2023
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Desirolly
Member
16/12/23
Northfleet #275
17/12/23
Brent Cross West #276
Northfleet #275
17/12/23
Brent Cross West #276
miklcct
On Moderation
2023-12-14 - 2023-12-17 Netherlands trip
NS (Netherlands national rail) Train stations:
RET (Den Haag) Metro stations:
GVB (Amsterdam) Metro stations:
NS (Netherlands national rail) Train stations:
| Rotterdam Centraal |
| Utrecht Maliebaan |
| Utrecht Centraal |
| Den Haag HS |
| Leiden Centraal |
| Amsterdam Centraal |
| Rotterdam Blaak |
| Amsterdam Zuid |
RET (Den Haag) Metro stations:
| Blaak |
| Eendrachtsplein |
| Beurs |
| Slinger |
| Zuidplein |
| Wilhelminaplein |
| Den Haag Centraal |
GVB (Amsterdam) Metro stations:
| Station Zuid |
| Nieuwmarkt |
| Amstelstation |
childwallblues
Established Member
19 December 2023
Pemberton (on Wigan Wallgate to Headbolt Lane line)
Pemberton (on Wigan Wallgate to Headbolt Lane line)
D6130
Established Member
22/12/2023:
Edinburgh Park
23/12/2023:
East Linton
Edinburgh Park
23/12/2023:
East Linton
miklcct
On Moderation
National Rail
267 Brent Cross West 2023-12-23
267 Brent Cross West 2023-12-23
DaventryRabbit
Member
Wednesday 27 Dec
West Midlands Metro
Dartmouth Street
Pipers Row
Wolverhampton Station
Completing the stops on the 'original line' (if you like) (as far as Grand Central anyway)
West Midlands Metro
Dartmouth Street
Pipers Row
Wolverhampton Station
Completing the stops on the 'original line' (if you like) (as far as Grand Central anyway)
mm333
Member
Have ticked off 33 new-to-me National Rail stations this year, making a total of 460. December’s visits were:
Heading home from High Wycombe:
Taking a detour on the way to the office in Northampton to visit George, the Stourbridge station cat and ride the Parry People Mover:
Heading home from High Wycombe:
- Saunderton
- Princes Risborough
- Haddenham & Thame Parkway
- Rose Grove
- Burnley Central
- Burnley Barracks
- Nelson
- Brierfield
- Colne
Taking a detour on the way to the office in Northampton to visit George, the Stourbridge station cat and ride the Parry People Mover:
- Smethwick Galton Bridge
- Stourbridge Junction
- Stourbridge Town
- Sandwell & Dudley
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birchesgreen
Established Member
28/12
Coleshill Parkway
Water Orton
Now these are stations i have been to before but only by driving to, for the first time i arrived (and departed) from each by train
Coleshill Parkway
Water Orton
Now these are stations i have been to before but only by driving to, for the first time i arrived (and departed) from each by train
DaventryRabbit
Member
Thurs 28 Dec
Farnborough Main (having done a move to cover the crossovers and Bi-Di Working around Woking/Brookwood)
DLR
East India
Star Lane
Elizabeth Line
Whitechapel
Canary Wharf
Custom House
Farnborough Main (having done a move to cover the crossovers and Bi-Di Working around Woking/Brookwood)
DLR
East India
Star Lane
Elizabeth Line
Whitechapel
Canary Wharf
Custom House
DaventryRabbit
Member
Not wishing to be pedantic but its CHELSFIELD and Swalecliffe..
DaventryRabbit
Member
Edit
Sorry.. Brain Fade
Should be Chestfield and Swalecliffe
You were actually closer than Me...
Doh..
Indeed, thank you, suitably edited.
birchesgreen
Established Member
30/12
Dovey Junction
That puts me on 468 NR stations. This year's haul has been 48 new shacks plus 11 tube stations and about 20 WM Metro/NET/Supertram stops.
Dovey Junction
That puts me on 468 NR stations. This year's haul has been 48 new shacks plus 11 tube stations and about 20 WM Metro/NET/Supertram stops.
miklcct
On Moderation
London Underground
I didn't realise that 118 and 119 above were newly used. 118 (Great Portland Street) was the result of picking up a "wrong" train further east when I needed a Metropolitan train to the country, while 119 (Ladbroke Grove) was the result of having to take bus 52 and Hammersmith line for St Pancras before Jubilee started operation for my Netherlands trip.
DLR
Total count by the end of 2023
National Rail: 267
London Underground: 120
DLR: 16
Most used station (all time, boarding and alighting)
London Underground
1 Willesden Green (336 boarding / alightings as of 2023-12-30)
2 Bond Street (187)
3 Chancery Lane (140)
National Rail
1 Brondesbury (281)
2 Gospel Oak (189)
3 Farringdon (178)
DLR
1 Canning Town (7)
2 Westferry (4)
2 Prince Regent (4)
| 117 | Tooting Broadway | 2023-12-03 |
| 118 | Great Portland Street | 2023-12-08 |
| 119 | Ladbroke Grove | 2023-12-14 |
| 120 | Colindale | 2023-12-30 |
DLR
| 16 | Island Gardens | 2023-12-30 |
Total count by the end of 2023
National Rail: 267
London Underground: 120
DLR: 16
Most used station (all time, boarding and alighting)
London Underground
1 Willesden Green (336 boarding / alightings as of 2023-12-30)
2 Bond Street (187)
3 Chancery Lane (140)
National Rail
1 Brondesbury (281)
2 Gospel Oak (189)
3 Farringdon (178)
DLR
1 Canning Town (7)
2 Westferry (4)
2 Prince Regent (4)
Desirolly
Member
30/12/13
#276 Shrewsbury
#276 Shrewsbury
So - a quick summary after a fairly quiet end to the year (other commitments, weather and strikes have kept getting in the way in the last couple of months)
Totals for year:
GB: 138
Italy: 30
Germany: 33
Czechia: 23
Highlights:
Penhelig (there would have been plenty of competitors on the Cambrian Coast - but it was chucking it down at most of them!)
Peartree (yes, really - nicely kept station and much easier to get into than I'd feared. A relief to get there after the walk through from Derby station!)
UK targets are getting harder to pick up - let's see what 2024 will bring.
Totals for year:
GB: 138
Italy: 30
Germany: 33
Czechia: 23
Highlights:
Penhelig (there would have been plenty of competitors on the Cambrian Coast - but it was chucking it down at most of them!)
Peartree (yes, really - nicely kept station and much easier to get into than I'd feared. A relief to get there after the walk through from Derby station!)
UK targets are getting harder to pick up - let's see what 2024 will bring.
27 to 29/12/23
Kirk Sandall
Pontefract Baghill
(Morley - new station)
Sheffield tram stops
Rotherham Central
Parkgate
Meadowhall South Tinsley
West Street
Infirmary Road
Langsett Primrose View
Middlewood
Leppings Lane
Hillsborough Park
Bamforth Street
Hollinsend
Herdings Leighton Road
Spring Lane
30/12/23
Brent Cross West (1551 total, 56 in 2023)
Kirk Sandall
Pontefract Baghill
(Morley - new station)
Sheffield tram stops
Rotherham Central
Parkgate
Meadowhall South Tinsley
West Street
Infirmary Road
Langsett Primrose View
Middlewood
Leppings Lane
Hillsborough Park
Bamforth Street
Hollinsend
Herdings Leighton Road
Spring Lane
30/12/23
Brent Cross West (1551 total, 56 in 2023)
ccityplanner12
Member
- Joined
- 17 Feb 2016
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Excerpt from my moves book for 2023 Q4. Only journeys which started, ended or involved changing trains at a station I hadn't used before (underlined) are included.
Wrexham Central – Bidston – Birkenhead Park – Hoylake – Bk. North – New Brighton – Liverpool James Street (returning on same train from New Brighton so it doesn't count.
L'pool Lime Street – Garswood aZ.
L'pool Lime St. – Wigan North Western – Manc'r Vic. – Piccadilly – Dewsbury – Manc'r Vic.
Manc'r Picc. – Gatley
Stockport – Manc'r Picc. – Newton-le-Willows – L'pool Lime St. – Euxton Balshaw Lane
The following stations I also got to at some point on my trip, but failed to record exactly when due to limited space in my moves book & being unable to source a suitable replacement:
Huyton, Eccleston Park, Thatto Heath
30.X Long Buckby
5.XI Merstham
Ockendon – Limehouse
24.XI Earlestown, Hazel Grove which I'm counting even though I left on the same unit because it got stuck there for 89 minutes (Network Rail's fault).
St Helen's Central – Poulton-le-Fylde – Wigan N.W. – Leyland – Manc'r Picc. – L'pool Lime St.
Deansgate – Picc. – Newton-in-Makerfield – Manc'r Airport
Stretford – Picc. – Leeds – Halifax – Rochdale – Manc'r Vic
Oxford Road – L'pool Lime St. – St Helens Central – Garswood – Wigan N.W. – Roby
Eccles – Wilmslow – Broad Green (this was a punishing +2 connection that involved climbing over the car park fence) – Wigan N.W. – Preston – Kirkham & Wesham (where the last 319 booked to call at that station got cancelled).
Prescot – Wigan N.W. – Manchester Vic.
At some point in December I also got round to visiting Horley and Brent Cross West. I remember going out on the Northern line & coming back on the Thameslink.
aZ. indicates that a move was followed by the same move in reverse. I came to use this idiosyncratic abbreviation in my moves book when in the Czech Republic: the Czech for "& vice versa" is "a zpět".
26.X
Crewe – Chester – Wrexham GeneralWrexham Central – Bidston – Birkenhead Park – Hoylake – Bk. North – New Brighton – Liverpool James Street (returning on same train from New Brighton so it doesn't count.
L'pool Lime Street – Garswood aZ.
27.X
L'pool Central – Southport – Manchester VictoriaL'pool Lime St. – Wigan North Western – Manc'r Vic. – Piccadilly – Dewsbury – Manc'r Vic.
28.X
Manc'r Picc. – Stockport – Stalybridge – Dewsbury – CottingleyManc'r Picc. – Gatley
Stockport – Manc'r Picc. – Newton-le-Willows – L'pool Lime St. – Euxton Balshaw Lane
29.X
Warrington Central – L'pool Lime St. – Wilmslow – Stafford – Stoke-on-Trent – DerbyThe following stations I also got to at some point on my trip, but failed to record exactly when due to limited space in my moves book & being unable to source a suitable replacement:
Huyton, Eccleston Park, Thatto Heath
30.X Long Buckby
5.XI Merstham
22.XI
Hither Green – SwanscombeOckendon – Limehouse
24.XI Earlestown, Hazel Grove which I'm counting even though I left on the same unit because it got stuck there for 89 minutes (Network Rail's fault).
25.XI
Ashburys - Manc'r Picc. – Vic. – Lea GreenSt Helen's Central – Poulton-le-Fylde – Wigan N.W. – Leyland – Manc'r Picc. – L'pool Lime St.
26.XI
L'pool Central – Hunts Cross – Bank Hall – Moorfields – Lime Street – St Helens Central aZ. – Ringway Airport – Oxford Road – Lime St. – St Helens Jct. aZ. – Manc'r Oxford Road – Newton-le-Willows aZ.Deansgate – Picc. – Newton-in-Makerfield – Manc'r Airport
2.XII
Manc'r Oxford Rd. – Padgate – Trafford ParkStretford – Picc. – Leeds – Halifax – Rochdale – Manc'r Vic
Oxford Road – L'pool Lime St. – St Helens Central – Garswood – Wigan N.W. – Roby
3.XII
Southport – Formby – (rail replacement bus) – Sandhills – Moorfields – Lime St. – Wilmslow – Manc'r Picc.Eccles – Wilmslow – Broad Green (this was a punishing +2 connection that involved climbing over the car park fence) – Wigan N.W. – Preston – Kirkham & Wesham (where the last 319 booked to call at that station got cancelled).
4.XII
L'pool Lime St. – Wavertree Technology Park – Huyton – Manc'r Vic. – Oxford Rd. – L'pool Lime St. – Edge Hill aZ – Wigan N.W. – St Helens Central aZ – Wigan Wallgate – Rochdale – Manc'r Vic.6.XII
Buckshaw Pkwy. – Deansgate – Huyton – WhistonPrescot – Wigan N.W. – Manchester Vic.
8.XII
Nuneaton - Rugby - CanleyAt some point in December I also got round to visiting Horley and Brent Cross West. I remember going out on the Northern line & coming back on the Thameslink.
aZ. indicates that a move was followed by the same move in reverse. I came to use this idiosyncratic abbreviation in my moves book when in the Czech Republic: the Czech for "& vice versa" is "a zpět".
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