Tube: Ride all lines

[Digichr]

Hello
In my next trip to London I want to do a "little" tube challange.
Not all stations, but all lines.

So lets say start at Bank - do Waterloo and City line.
Then switch to Jubilee and so on.

Did someone already did that?
And does someone have an idea how to do it the best way?

Thanks

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Do you intend to cover all the track or just sample all the lines? There's a bit of a difference...

 

[Digichr]

All the lines and ignore possible branches.
So for example Waterloo - Kennington counts for the Northern line.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

All the lines and ignore possible branches.
So for example Waterloo - Kennington counts for the Northern line.

Where lines cover the same tracks (i.e. Baker Street to Liverpool Street) will you count it as three lines or do you intend to travel on a train belonging to each line ?

 

[Digichr]

One train per line if somehow possible.

 

[musicking1306]

Are you counting the C stock on the Wimbledon - Edgware Road as the District line or a different line as the majority of the District is D stock.

 

[yorkie]

Looks like it can be done in a little over half an hour!

http://www.explorerticket.co.uk/tubechallenge/alllinetop.htm

Some of those people are on this forum, I've met some of them.

 

[LE Greys]

Hmm...

Allow me a positioning move to Bank.

Drain to Waterloo
Bakerloo to Elephant and Castle
Northern to London Bridge
Jubilee to Canada Water
East London to Whitechapel
District to Mile End
Central to Liverpool Street
Hamm & City to King's Cross-St Pancras
Victoria to Warren Street
Northern to Leicester Square
Piccadilly to King's Cross-St Pancras
Circle to Great Portland Street
<EDIT> Metropolitan to Baker Street </EDIT>

I'm sure I can think of a variant that incorporates the DLR. Any I've missed?

 

[Digichr]

Seems perfect. Its not the time that matters.
When I am in London im hittign the Oyster Cap anyway.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Hmm...

Allow me a positioning move to Bank.

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I'm sure I can think of a variant that incorporates the DLR.

Easy - use the DLR as the positioning move to get to Bank?

 

[Lrd]

Seems perfect. Its not the time that matters.
When I am in London im hittign the Oyster Cap anyway.

Probably best to use a paper travelcard instead of Oyster.
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Metropolitan to Bakerloo

I'm guessing you mean Baker Street?

 

[Palkanetoijala]

seeing as i hold the 2nd fastest time for this

my route was start at farringdon and make way to liverpool street with the perfect 3 a circle a h&c and a met all within a minute of each other on boards doesnt matter which way around.take central to bank then w&c to waterloo i take northern to embankment district to westminster jub to green park pic to pic circus and bakerloo to oxford circus and vic to warren st there are faster ways of doing it but never got a better 5 start.

 

[Clip]

Easy - use the DLR as the positioning move to get to Bank?

If you wanted to cop all of tfl rail services start at Whitechapel, overground to Shadwell then DLR in to Bank then onwards from there.

 

[LE Greys]

I'm guessing you mean Baker Street?

Will be edited.

 

[OxtedL]

If you wanted to cop all of tfl rail services start at Whitechapel, overground to Shadwell then DLR in to Bank then onwards from there.

I believe the ELL is already in the itinerary.

 

[Clip]

I believe the ELL is already in the itinerary.

It was in le greys but it omitted the DLR so a different starting point really.

Though the OP only wanted tube lines not anything else,even stock so it was going out a bit

 

[lancastrian]

I have travelled on all the tube lines over the years, even though I live in Lancashire. In 1990, I made sure I was able to travel on the Aldwich branch and the Epping to Ongar before they closed. Some lines I have covered in their entirety and other only where I have needed. I am slowly working to travel on all the tube lines. I have even got the Chesham & Watford branches of the Metropolitan line.

 

[tractakid]

I used the same route as Palkanetoijala for my slightly slower 42:36 time.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

I wonder how many people have driven trains on all lines (as in passenger service stock as opposed to ballast drivers) ?

 

[90sWereBetter]

I came tantalisingly close to doing this last August. Only the Waterloo and City alluded me, thanks to the ridiculous signage at Waterloo coupled with a lack of time on my part. Eventually, I gave up and jumped on the Bakerloo to the Elephant instead.

Sadly, not a chance that I'll be able to do this when I'm in London this Saturday, because the Circle line isn't running at all.