DaventryRabbit
Member
That was the intention!. Only missed out on 2 vs the original plan (due to a missed connection at Liskeard, which forced a hasty rejig to concentrate on Coombe Junction, the rarest of course!)
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A breakneck jog down the hill?
DaventryRabbit
Member
Not quite. A walk all the way from Liskeard to Causeland (passing Coombe and St Keyne en route!) Before joining at Causeland and riding to Coombe Jct.
When we requested Coombe to the guard she said "No need to check your tickets, you must be on a Rover or a Ranger to want to go there!"
Then the slog UPHILL. But there was plenty of time for that!
birchesgreen
Established Member
13/04 (all LU)
Ladbroke Grove
Royal Oak
Latimer Road
Westbourne Park
Goldhawk Road
Shepherds Bush Market
Ladbroke Grove
Royal Oak
Latimer Road
Westbourne Park
Goldhawk Road
Shepherds Bush Market
13/04/24
National Rail
Hayes and Harlington
West Drayton
West Ealing
Castle Bar Park
South Greenford
Greenford
Wimbledon (National Rail)
LU
Paddington (both Bakerloo and Circle and Hammersmith & City Line)
Embankment
Monument
Morden
Wimbledon (District Line)
National Rail
Hayes and Harlington
West Drayton
West Ealing
Castle Bar Park
South Greenford
Greenford
Wimbledon (National Rail)
LU
Paddington (both Bakerloo and Circle and Hammersmith & City Line)
Embankment
Monument
Morden
Wimbledon (District Line)
D841 Roebuck
Established Member
14/04/2024
A somewhat eclectic route back from Oxford to Rochdale produced the following:
Charlbury
Coleshill Parkway
Stone
A somewhat eclectic route back from Oxford to Rochdale produced the following:
Charlbury
Coleshill Parkway
Stone
Andy Pacer
Established Member
Looks great this, and a few I have on my list for a few days down in that area in a couple of months time.
DaventryRabbit
Member
Monday 15th April
From Cornwall to Scotland on our Marathon Trip, which incidentally, we have entitled "The Extremities Explorer"!
Portlethen
Kintore
Keith
Insch
Elgin
Nairn
Forres
From Cornwall to Scotland on our Marathon Trip, which incidentally, we have entitled "The Extremities Explorer"!
Portlethen
Kintore
Keith
Insch
Elgin
Nairn
Forres
May I ask the rules on "ticking off a station".
Do you have to board/disembark/both for it to "count"?
Can you quickly get on and off the same train for it to count?
Do you have to spend a certain amount of time there?
Any other "rules" ?
Genuinely interested in how this works.
Do you have to board/disembark/both for it to "count"?
Can you quickly get on and off the same train for it to count?
Do you have to spend a certain amount of time there?
Any other "rules" ?
Genuinely interested in how this works.
D841 Roebuck
Established Member
No formal rules as such, but general consensus is that you have to either arrive or depart (not necessarily both) by train. Arriving, getting off and getting back on the same service doesn't count, although there is no objection to catching the same individual unit from a terminus when it forms the next return service going in the other direction. You can also catch a bus or walk between stations to save waiting around for the next service.
Would concur with this in general. I set my rule of thumb as “would a ‘normal’ passenger have a reason for using the station as I did?”. So boarding, alighting and changing trains are always legit (a normal passenger might even go straight back the way they’d come if they were on the wrong train). I’d count reboarding the same service as ok if it were done under instruction from rail staff but not otherwise - unless the station dwell time were so long that normal passengers might get off to stretch their legs (quite common on continental branch lines - longest one I’ve met was about 90 minutes - but same train number throughout!)
birchesgreen
Established Member
My broad rule is whether i can stand on the platform or not, preferably having arrived by train though occaisionally i have walked to a close-by station if thats quicker than waiting for a train (when i went to Hope i also walked to Caergwle as an example).
Interesting.
Did those "All The Stations" people I've seen do it this way. I find that incredible if they got off at every single station and waited for another service. Certainly if I attempted to do this, my version would be get off, run to the station sign, take selfie photo, run back onto the train before the doors close. Probably quite a challenge in itself!
Did those "All The Stations" people I've seen do it this way. I find that incredible if they got off at every single station and waited for another service. Certainly if I attempted to do this, my version would be get off, run to the station sign, take selfie photo, run back onto the train before the doors close. Probably quite a challenge in itself!
birchesgreen
Established Member
Geoff and Vicki didn't do that, they just travelled on trains scheduled to stop at each station, though did physically visit a lot of stations too. There have been lots of people who have physically visited every station though, a number on this forum.
I'm personally up to 491 stations so a way to go...
DaventryRabbit
Member
My rule is that I alight/board a scheduled public service making a normal public stop. Railtours don't count.
Stand by for a further update from the Highland Main Line later!
Stand by for a further update from the Highland Main Line later!
DaventryRabbit
Member
Tuesday 16th April
Day 2 of our 8/15 Spirit of Scotland Travelpasses..
Muir of Ord
Beauly
Carrbridge
Blair Atholl
Dunkeld and Birnam
Dalwhinnie
Day 2 of our 8/15 Spirit of Scotland Travelpasses..
Muir of Ord
Beauly
Carrbridge
Blair Atholl
Dunkeld and Birnam
Dalwhinnie
DaventryRabbit
Member
Tuesday 16th April
Day 2 of our 8/15 Spirit of Scotland Travelpasses..
Muir of Ord
Beauly
Carrbridge
Blair Atholl
Dunkeld and Birnam
Dalwhinnie
Day 2 of our 8/15 Spirit of Scotland Travelpasses..
Muir of Ord
Beauly
Carrbridge
Blair Atholl
Dunkeld and Birnam
Dalwhinnie
DaventryRabbit
Member
Weds 17th April
Rannoch
Ardlui
Crianlairich
Loch Awe
Falls of Cruachan
Tyndrum Lower
Upper Tyndrum
Corpach
Rannoch
Ardlui
Crianlairich
Loch Awe
Falls of Cruachan
Tyndrum Lower
Upper Tyndrum
Corpach
D841 Roebuck
Established Member
18/04/2024
(Using up the third day of validity on a 3-in-7 Heart of England rover)
Lapworth
Gobowen
Wellington
Up to 1469 NR stations, time for Henry VI to make his comeback...
(Using up the third day of validity on a 3-in-7 Heart of England rover)
Lapworth
Gobowen
Wellington
Up to 1469 NR stations, time for Henry VI to make his comeback...
DaventryRabbit
Member
Thursday 18th April
Bridge of Orchy
Morar
Lochailort
Arasaig
Beasdale
Corrour
Bridge of Orchy
Morar
Lochailort
Arasaig
Beasdale
Corrour
DaventryRabbit
Member
Friday 19th April
Attadale
Duirinish
Achnashellach
Plockton
Duncraig
Plus also a New Ferry Route (Mallaig to Armadale)
Attadale
Duirinish
Achnashellach
Plockton
Duncraig
Plus also a New Ferry Route (Mallaig to Armadale)
Andy Pacer
Established Member
20/04/24
Anerley
Birkbeck
Caledonian Rd and Barnsbury
Canada Water
Dalston Junction
Gipsy Hill
Gospel Oak
Haggerston
Honor Oak Park
Hoxton
Kentish Town West
North Dulwich
Rotherhithe
Shadwell
Shoreditch High Street
Wapping
Worcester Park
Anerley
Birkbeck
Caledonian Rd and Barnsbury
Canada Water
Dalston Junction
Gipsy Hill
Gospel Oak
Haggerston
Honor Oak Park
Hoxton
Kentish Town West
North Dulwich
Rotherhithe
Shadwell
Shoreditch High Street
Wapping
Worcester Park
DaventryRabbit
Member
Saturday 20th April
Georgemas Junction
Invershin
Culrain
Kinbrace
Ardgay
A warning to any potential Shack Scratchers who still may need Thurso and Wick; and who may be thinking of catching a bus between them. The Bus Service (Stagecoach 82) has been rather cut back since my last visit there (when it was roughly hourly) and is now down to 2 or 3 per day. We had to resort to a Taxi. Worth checking before you Travel!
Also, if you are reasonably nimble on your Feet, it is is possible to alight from the 1234 ex Wick at Invershin and walk across the Bridge to Culrain for the next one back North (They cross at Ardgay). Google maps says 16 min walk and you offically have 13 mins but we made it in about 9!
Georgemas Junction
Invershin
Culrain
Kinbrace
Ardgay
A warning to any potential Shack Scratchers who still may need Thurso and Wick; and who may be thinking of catching a bus between them. The Bus Service (Stagecoach 82) has been rather cut back since my last visit there (when it was roughly hourly) and is now down to 2 or 3 per day. We had to resort to a Taxi. Worth checking before you Travel!
Also, if you are reasonably nimble on your Feet, it is is possible to alight from the 1234 ex Wick at Invershin and walk across the Bridge to Culrain for the next one back North (They cross at Ardgay). Google maps says 16 min walk and you offically have 13 mins but we made it in about 9!
Andy Pacer
Established Member
That's really useful to know, thank you! Been looking at ways of getting '2 for the price of 1' on that line so will bare this example in mind.
DaventryRabbit
Member
No worries
Also remember you need to push the request stop button when you get to Culrain. Thats why we made haste there as we didn't want to be too late and risk the oncoming train being 'past the point of no return' (if you like!) and not actually stop (or be forced into a Full Brake application!)