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Post by Tangy on Nov 5, 2017 18:01:49 GMT
I am surprised that no one on this forum posted something about this already. On 7th September 2017, myself and 4 other friends rode on ALL 593 London bus routes in 24 hours. The rules were simple, ride at least one bus stop on every TfL mainstream day and night route (excluding school routes) from midnight to midnight. To achieve this each person in the team had specific areas and routes on which to ride, which took months of planning (and a failed attempt) to order to perfect. We had a support crew in the background tracking which routes we had done and which ones still needed to be done, so that there was minimal duplication if one team member had already bashed a certain route which overlapped with another team members area. Metro article: metro.co.uk/2017/09/14/extreme-commuters-rode-every-single-london-bus-route-in-24-hours-6928637/?ito=facebook |
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Post by YY13VKP on Nov 5, 2017 18:48:08 GMT
I am surprised that no one on this forum posted something about this already. On 7th September 2017, myself and 4 other friends rode on ALL 593 London bus routes in 24 hours. The rules were simple, ride at least one bus stop on every TfL mainstream day and night route (excluding school routes) from midnight to midnight. To achieve this each person in the team had specific areas and routes on which to ride, which took months of planning (and a failed attempt) to order to perfect. We had a support crew in the background tracking which routes we had done and which ones still needed to be done, so that one team member did not do a route another team member had already bashed. Metro article: metro.co.uk/2017/09/14/extreme-commuters-rode-every-single-london-bus-route-in-24-hours-6928637/?ito=facebookCongratulations on your achievement Tangy! I did hear something about this before but I thought someone did post about this. But this achievement is incredible. |
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Post by RandomBusesGirl on Nov 5, 2017 18:53:44 GMT
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Post by Tangy on Nov 5, 2017 19:05:03 GMT
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Post by snoggle on Nov 5, 2017 19:25:50 GMT
While you are here Tangy how is your "end to end" quest going? IIRC you were going to cover every route section including one way and gyratory system routings where routes covered different roads in one direction relative to the other. That seemed like an almighty quest to me.
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Post by Tangy on Nov 5, 2017 20:04:08 GMT
While you are here Tangy how is your "end to end" quest going? IIRC you were going to cover every route section including one way and gyratory system routings where routes covered different roads in one direction relative to the other. That seemed like an almighty quest to me. Steady progress, but still way off doing all 593 bus routes end to end in both directions. Has to be on the same bus end to end and must follow booked route (the amount of buses in Romford NOT using Slaney Road when they should is hampering efforts). Roadworks and resulting diversions (some long term, such as Moorgate) in many areas also does not help, especially in zone 1. Also it is a case of trying to slot this in with many other things that take up my time. |
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Post by vjaska on Nov 5, 2017 20:18:18 GMT
While you are here Tangy how is your "end to end" quest going? IIRC you were going to cover every route section including one way and gyratory system routings where routes covered different roads in one direction relative to the other. That seemed like an almighty quest to me. Steady progress, but still way off doing all 593 bus routes end to end in both directions. Has to be on the same bus end to end and must follow booked route (the amount of buses in Romford NOT using Slaney Road when they should is hampering efforts). Roadworks and resulting diversions (some long term, such as Moorgate) in many areas also does not help, especially in zone 1. Also it is a case of trying to slot this in with many other things that take up my time. Best of luck with that and also well done to riding all 593 bus routes in a day - must admit, I did read about it on the Facebook group it was posted on  |
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Post by snoggle on Nov 5, 2017 20:36:22 GMT
While you are here Tangy how is your "end to end" quest going? IIRC you were going to cover every route section including one way and gyratory system routings where routes covered different roads in one direction relative to the other. That seemed like an almighty quest to me. Steady progress, but still way off doing all 593 bus routes end to end in both directions. Has to be on the same bus end to end and must follow booked route (the amount of buses in Romford NOT using Slaney Road when they should is hampering efforts). Roadworks and resulting diversions (some long term, such as Moorgate) in many areas also does not help, especially in zone 1. Also it is a case of trying to slot this in with many other things that take up my time. Congrats that you're making progress. I think I'd have lost the will to live trying to accomplish the task within your strict rule set. It's hard enough just doing "end to ends" on a loose set of rules. |
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Post by LBOTG on Nov 5, 2017 21:19:02 GMT
While you are here Tangy how is your "end to end" quest going? IIRC you were going to cover every route section including one way and gyratory system routings where routes covered different roads in one direction relative to the other. That seemed like an almighty quest to me. Steady progress, but still way off doing all 593 bus routes end to end in both directions. Has to be on the same bus end to end and must follow booked route (the amount of buses in Romford NOT using Slaney Road when they should is hampering efforts). Roadworks and resulting diversions (some long term, such as Moorgate) in many areas also does not help, especially in zone 1. Also it is a case of trying to slot this in with many other things that take up my time. Congratulations on your success in riding "all the buses" in one day, I can only begin to imagine how much effort went into that! I also wish you the best for your quest in doing everything e2e, those rules are really strict! Mine are nowhere near as detailed as yours, I only re-do entire routes if it goes on a massive diversion that involves skipping bus stops en route! I bet it's really annoying for routes like the 483 which are long but include Hanger Lane Gyratory in the middle so you have to do the whole thing twice! It's an almighty task and I have to give you credit for embracing it, I wouldn't even think of doing something like that. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 21:37:23 GMT
Sounds amazing! Did you include the letter routes?. E7, H13, etc.
Here's a question for any geniuses out there; What is the greatest number of routes you can travel on which are numbered consecutively?
As in , 1,2,3,..or 370,371 372 etc.
Those are just examples of what I mean, I know you can't do those consecutively. Rules are you get off one and straight onto the next one at the same stop, the next higher in number. My guess is the longest chain isn't very long.
No doubt some genius will know.
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Post by twobellstogo on Nov 5, 2017 21:59:11 GMT
Well done all involved 😊
Slightly off topic, I’ve wondered, as a bus related challenge, if I could beat a meandering bus route from terminal to terminal by running via a more direct route. Maybe something like the 492...
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Post by vjaska on Nov 5, 2017 22:00:37 GMT
Sounds amazing! Did you include the letter routes?. E7, H13, etc. Here's a question for any geniuses out there; What is the greatest number of routes you can travel on which are numbered consecutively? As in , 1,2,3,..or 370,371 372 etc. Those are just examples of what I mean, I know you can't do those consecutively. Rules are you get off one and straight onto the next one at the same stop, the next higher in number. My guess is the longest chain isn't very long. No doubt some genius will know. Yes - he explained in the top post that he rode all mainstream TfL daytime & night routes (not including school routes) As for riding consecutive routes, off the top of my head, you've got: 35 to Camberwell Green, 36 to Peckham, 37 173 to Dagenham Heathway, 174 to Romford, 175 With a little research, a long one would be this: R1 to Orpington Station, R2, to Orpington High Street, R3 to Princess Royal Hospital, R4 to Orpington Station, R5 to Orpington High Street (you could the entire route via Knockholt without breaking the chain), R6 to Orpington High Street, R7 to Orpington Station, R8 to Orpington High Street, R9 to Orpington Station, R10 to Orpington High Street (you could the entire route via Knockholt without breaking the chain) & R11 Or: U1 to Uxbridge Station, U2 to Hillingdon Hospital, U3 to Uxbridge Station, U4 to Hayes & Harlington, U5 - sadly there isn't a U6 or U8 as otherwise you can do this after U5 - U5 to Hillingdon Hospital, U7 to Uxbridge Station, U9 to Swakeleys Road, U10 |
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Post by Tangy on Nov 5, 2017 22:12:36 GMT
Well done all involved 😊 Slightly off topic, I’ve wondered, as a bus related challenge, if I could beat a meandering bus route from terminal to terminal by running via a more direct route. Maybe something like the 492... I have actually beaten a 191 from Brimsdown to Edmonton Green. I waited for the bus to depart Brimsdown and then I set off walking the direct way as soon it drove off. I took 44 minutes to Edmonton Green, the bus took 62 (yes, I waited at Edmonton Green for the same bus to arrive)... which I then bashed all the way back to Brimsdown! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2017 22:19:15 GMT
Sounds amazing! Did you include the letter routes?. E7, H13, etc. Here's a question for any geniuses out there; What is the greatest number of routes you can travel on which are numbered consecutively? As in , 1,2,3,..or 370,371 372 etc. Those are just examples of what I mean, I know you can't do those consecutively. Rules are you get off one and straight onto the next one at the same stop, the next higher in number. My guess is the longest chain isn't very long. No doubt some genius will know. Yes - he explained in the top post that he rode all mainstream TfL daytime & night routes (not including school routes) As for riding consecutive routes, off the top of my head, you've got: 35 to Camberwell Green, 36 to Peckham, 37 173 to Dagenham Heathway, 174 to Romford, 175 With a little research, a long one would be this: R1 to Orpington Station, R2, to Orpington High Street, R3 to Princess Royal Hospital, R4 to Orpington Station, R5 to Orpington High Street (you could the entire route via Knockholt without breaking the chain), R6 to Orpington High Street, R7 to Orpington Station, R8 to Orpington High Street, R9 to Orpington Station, R10 to Orpington High Street (you could the entire route via Knockholt without breaking the chain) & R11 Or: U1 to Uxbridge Station, U2 to Hillingdon Hospital, U3 to Uxbridge Station, U4 to Hayes & Harlington, U5 - sadly there isn't a U6 or U8 as otherwise you can do this after U5 - U5 to Hillingdon Hospital, U7 to Uxbridge Station, U9 to Swakeleys Road, U10 Thanks for that, of course if the 497 ever materializes then there's 496,497,498,and 499. Any news in this proposed route? |
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Post by snoggle on Nov 5, 2017 22:21:14 GMT
Thanks for that, of course if the 497 ever materializes then there's 496,497,498,and 499. Any news in this proposed route? It is out to tender in tranche 619. I assume it will see reality purely because it is in the Crossrail proposals and doesn't "harm" any other route. I suspect there may be moans from residents about buses on roads that currently don't have them but too late. |
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