My Trial Tube Challenge Routing

[waterloo and city]

Well, here's my next drawn-up idea. And it drops me the closest to home, allbeit still about 20 miles away!

Key: Station (Non-tube transport) (Line used next)

START

Walthamstow Central
King's Cross St Pancras (Northern Line)
Old Street
King's Cross St Pancras (Piccadilly Line)
Cockfosters (Bus 307 or Bus 384)
High Barnet
Finchley Central
Mill Hill East
Finchley Central
Camden Town
Edgware (Bus 142)
Stanmore (Bakerloo Line)
Baker Street
Harrow & Wealdstone (Frequent Buses) (Metropolitan Line)
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Preston Road
Watford
Chesham
Amersham
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Uxbridge (Bus U1) (Central Line)
West Ruislip
Hanger Lane (Bus 487) (Piccadilly Line)
South Harrow
Eailing Common (District Line)
Eailing Broadway
Acton Town (Piccadilly Line)
Heathrow Terminals (Bus 490) (Disrict Line)
Richmond
Turnham Green
Chiswick Park
Earl's Court
Wimbledon (Bus 493) (Northern Line)
Tooting Broadway
Morden
Vauxhall (Victoria Line)
Brixton
Pimlico (Bus 36, Bus 185, Bus 436) (Northern Line)
Kennington
Oval
Bank / Monument (Circle Line)
Hammersmith (Piccadilly Line)
South Kensington (Circle / District Line)
Bank / Monument (Waterloo & City Line)
Waterloo (Bakerloo Line)
Lambeth North
Waterloo (Northern Line)
Mornington Cresent
Warren Street (Victoria Line)
Green Park (Piccadilly Line)
Knightsbridge (Bus 9 or Bus 10)
Kensington Olympia (District Line)
Bayswater (Run) (Central Line)
Queensway
West Acton
St Pauls
Holborn (Piccadilly Line)
Russel Square
Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo Line)
Regent's Park
Oxford Circus (Central Line)
Bond Street (Jubilee Line)
West Ham (Hammersmith & City Line / District Line)
Upminster (C2C Mainline)
West Ham (District / Hammersmith & City Line)
Aldgate East (Bus 254)
Bethnal Green (Central Line)
Leytonstone
Snaresbrook
Epping

FINISH

Adam.

[Edgemaster]

Edgware (Bus 142)
Stanmore (Bakerloo Line)
Baker Street

Jubilee surely?

Morden
Vauxhall (Victoria Line)
Brixton

Vauxhall should be Stockwell?

Knightsbridge (Bus 9 or Bus 10)
Kensington Olympia (District Line)
Bayswater (Run) (Central Line)

I think both 9 and 10 are pretty slow through Knightsbridge (certainly towards London from South Kensington on a Saturday...) I've never ventured on them in the other direction.
You're going to have to change at High Street Kensington, also. Kensington Olympia services only shuttle to there.

I didn't trace the route out fully, but have you missed the bottom half of the circle line, Sloane Square, St. James' Park etc?

[tubeguru]

I followed it and so far as I can see he does do the bottom half of the circle line. But then having gone from Bank/Monument to Hammersmith he then goes all the way back to Bank!

Stations I can't account for are:

Goldhawk Road
Shepherd's Bush Market
Wood Lane
Latimer Road
Ladbroke Grove
Westbourne Park
Royal Oak
Farringdon
Barbican
Moorgate
Liverpool Street

To me that route has way too much doubling back and it may not even be possible to visit all the stations in one day given the amount of time you're goingnto waste in the top left corner.

[Wanstead]

For all the discussion and camaraderie on here, full routes are like gold-dust. You might want to keep them to yourself!

[waterloo and city]

Right, from the top!

Aware that Lympy is only a shuttle, will amend.

It should be Stockwell

And my (........) indicates the line that will be taken from the next change point, so Stanmore (Bakerloo), Baker Street tells me that I must interchange to the Bakerloo Line at Baker Street.

These stations are all accounted for on my 'scribble map', so no problem there.

And I may well not finish the whole thing first time around, but that's part of the learning curve, right?

Adam.

[Mitchell&BrownLook]

I followed it and so far as I can see he does do the bottom half of the circle line. But then having gone from Bank/Monument to Hammersmith he then goes all the way back to Bank!

Stations I can't account for are:

Goldhawk Road
Shepherd's Bush Market
Wood Lane
Latimer Road
Ladbroke Grove
Westbourne Park
Royal Oak
Farringdon
Barbican
Moorgate
Liverpool Street

That confused me too, but having traced it out what he's doing is arriving at Bank by a northern train from Oval. He's then walking to Monument and taking a anti clockwise circle train right through to Hammersmith (H&C - so to speak), and then only going back to Bank via the other Hammermsith and a change at South Kensington. The teacup line in their baffled me too.

Therefore those stations you listed are now accounted for, the only ones you've explicitly missed off the list are the Hainault loop, but I'm sure you can work that into your plan Adam! Best of luck, but be prepared to stray off the plan if it all goes wrong on the day.

[waterloo and city]

Oops, I did forget the Hainault ones as well. Hmm, slot them in after Leytonstone. The round the loop to Woodford, down to Snaresbrook and up to Epping. Sorted!

Oh and I'm prepared, I've got a backup route with more in production. Just in case

Adam.

[Starkey7]

Good work anyway, Adam! Route planning isn't half complicated!!!

[waterloo and city]

Thanks, I must confess that I may have found a flaw though. The section between Hainault and Woodford doesn't appear to have any late-night trains. I'm considering switching Hainault/Epping and Upminster around and finish there instead.

Do any of you guys / gals know what times the last trains down the Hainault branch are?

Adam.

[rhubarbrhubarb]

Hi Adam,

First and last train times are available from the TfL website:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1129.aspx

Roger.

[waterloo and city]

Thanks Roger, it seems that finishing at Epping is a no-no unless I cover the Hainault branch during the day instead.

Adam.

[rhubarbrhubarb]

It would seem that the Hainault loop does run until after midnight.

Roger.

[waterloo and city]

Hmm, problem is there's no through train to Woodford via Grange Hill for a connection to Epping. And by the time I'd get back to Leytonstone, all the Epping-bound trains would likley be gone anyway....

Adam.

[rhubarbrhubarb]

It looks to me as though the last one round the loop to Woodford would connect on to a late train to Epping - even if you were to go down to Leytonstone and come back. (Unless, of course, I've missed something critical! )

Roger.

[waterloo and city]

You may be right Roger, I'll check it later.

Adam.