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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 12:10:30 GMT
Whats the longest journey by bus you have taken in London.
Mine are:
a) Bus to Croydon, Bus to Eelphant and Castle, Bus to London Bridge.
B) 412 from Purley to Selsdon, 64 to New Addington, 464 to Biggin Hill, 246 to Westerham.
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Post by snoggle on Apr 22, 2013 12:40:10 GMT
Whats the longest journey by bus you have taken in London. Mine are: a) Bus to Croydon, Bus to Eelphant and Castle, Bus to London Bridge. B) 412 from Purley to Selsdon, 64 to New Addington, 464 to Biggin Hill, 246 to Westerham. Croydon to Walthamstow during the night on the 75, N108, N69 and N73.  Walthamstow to Victoria via (123) T Hale, (192) Enfield, (307) Barnet, (399) Crews Hill, Barnet, (107) Edgware, (186) Harrow, (H11) Mount Vernon Hospital, (331) Uxbridge, (607) Shepherds Bush and the C1 to finish with! Took most of the day. ;D ;D ;D ;D I've also done "around London in a day" on the 34, 251, 114, U1, U3, X26, 75, 108, 69 on a Good Friday a couple of years ago. Took about 8 hours. Always a good day to do it - Saturday frequencies, no school traffic and lower than usual congestion. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2013 12:48:12 GMT
122 to Forest Hill, then 197 to Croydon, then X26 to Hatton Cross, 285 to Heathrow Airport, 490 to Hanworth, 111 to Kingston, 213 to Worcester Park, 151 to Sutton, 164 to Wimbledon, 200 to Mitcham, 264 to Croydon, 75 to Lewisham, P4 to Honor Oak Park (home). That one took a long time, I set off about 8am and I wasn't home until around 12 hours later!
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Post by vjaska on Apr 22, 2013 13:45:20 GMT
I've done a trip around London that was around 14 hours, can't remember the routes but it was about 15-20 buses I took.
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Post by bigbaddom1981 on Apr 22, 2013 13:55:05 GMT
I've done a trip around London that was around 14 hours, can't remember the routes but it was about 15-20 buses I took. Blimey! I once did a tube challenge for comic relief busting as many stations as possible, it took 19.5 hours to visit 233 individual stations, with over 330 visited overall (some stations more than once! I've silent all day on buses but insure of times as I was young then! |
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Post by VPL630 on Apr 27, 2013 0:34:14 GMT
14 Hours, is that all ;D ;D ;D
Umm do trains count and buses out of London
Anyone that has me on facebook will know that I did this on 5/4/13 - 6/4/13
Train From Shenfield to Lowestoft
Route X1 - Lowesoft to Peterborough
Route X4 - Peterborough to Milton Keynes
Route 99 - Milton Keynes to Luton Town Centre
Route 321 - Luton, Church Street to Watford Junction
Route 142 - Watford Junction to Brent cross
Route 210 - Brent Cross to Finsbury Park
Route 254 - Finsbury Park to Stamford Hill
Route 243 - Stamford Hill - Aldwych
Route N155 - Aldwych - Morden
Route 93 - Morden to Putney
Route 85 - Putney to Kingston
Route N87 - Kingston to Aldwych
Route N171 - Aldwych - Holborn
Route N207 - Holborn- Uxbridge
Route 222 - Uxbridge - Hounslow Bus Station
Route H37 - Hounslow Bus Station - Richmond
Route 391 - Richmond - Hammersmith
Route 9 - Hammersmith - TSQ
Route 23 - TSQ - Liverpool Street Station
Train back to Shenfield and sleep for a whole day
Came to something like 500 miles in the end, was a fun 40 hours out
Anyway back to Normal London Stuff, the longest London thing I have done would probably be this
Route 498
Route 128
Route 123
Route W3
Route 210
Route 112
Route 607
Route 90
Route X26
Route 75
Route 108
Route 86
Route 498
Yes I do a lot things like this lol
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Post by jay38a on Apr 27, 2013 11:41:40 GMT
If you include buses out of London try New Eltham to Truro in a day, that was absolutely knackering but anyway: - Route (N)321: New Eltham to Eltham (Oyster used)
- Route N21: Eltham to Trafalgar Square (Oyster used)
- Route N9: Trafalgar Square to Heathrow Airport (Oyster used)
- Route 77: Heathrow to Slough (First Day Explorer used)
- Route X74: Slough to High Wycombe (First Day Explorer used)
- Route 275: High Wycombe to Oxford (Single paid to Oxford)
- Route 66: Oxford to Swindon (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route X5: Swindon to Salisbury (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route 184: Salisbury to Blandford (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route 183: Blandford to Weymouth (Operated by same bus as 184) (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route X53: Weymouth to Exeter (First Dorset Explorer used)
- Route 510: Exeter to Wadebridge (Western Greyhound Explorer used)
- Route 594: Wadebridge to Truro (Operated by same bus as 510) (Western Greyhound Explorer used)
Thats a total of 350 miles in a day, i did leave at a stupid hour of 2am but didnt get into Truro until 10:30pm |
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Post by VPL630 on Apr 29, 2013 15:18:13 GMT
If you include buses out of London try New Eltham to Truro in a day, that was absolutely knackering but anyway: - Route (N)321: New Eltham to Eltham (Oyster used)
- Route N21: Eltham to Trafalgar Square (Oyster used)
- Route N9: Trafalgar Square to Heathrow Airport (Oyster used)
- Route 77: Heathrow to Slough (First Day Explorer used)
- Route X74: Slough to High Wycombe (First Day Explorer used)
- Route 275: High Wycombe to Oxford (Single paid to Oxford)
- Route 66: Oxford to Swindon (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route X5: Swindon to Salisbury (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route 184: Salisbury to Blandford (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route 183: Blandford to Weymouth (Operated by same bus as 184) (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route X53: Weymouth to Exeter (First Dorset Explorer used)
- Route 510: Exeter to Wadebridge (Western Greyhound Explorer used)
- Route 594: Wadebridge to Truro (Operated by same bus as 510) (Western Greyhound Explorer used)
Thats a total of 350 miles in a day, i did leave at a stupid hour of 2am but didnt get into Truro until 10:30pm Sounds like fun, might do something like that soon |
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Post by snoggle on Apr 29, 2013 17:05:09 GMT
If you include buses out of London try New Eltham to Truro in a day, that was absolutely knackering but anyway: - Route (N)321: New Eltham to Eltham (Oyster used)
- Route N21: Eltham to Trafalgar Square (Oyster used)
- Route N9: Trafalgar Square to Heathrow Airport (Oyster used)
- Route 77: Heathrow to Slough (First Day Explorer used)
- Route X74: Slough to High Wycombe (First Day Explorer used)
- Route 275: High Wycombe to Oxford (Single paid to Oxford)
- Route 66: Oxford to Swindon (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route X5: Swindon to Salisbury (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route 184: Salisbury to Blandford (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route 183: Blandford to Weymouth (Operated by same bus as 184) (Stagecoach Explorer used)
- Route X53: Weymouth to Exeter (First Dorset Explorer used)
- Route 510: Exeter to Wadebridge (Western Greyhound Explorer used)
- Route 594: Wadebridge to Truro (Operated by same bus as 510) (Western Greyhound Explorer used)
Thats a total of 350 miles in a day, i did leave at a stupid hour of 2am but didnt get into Truro until 10:30pm Sounds like fun, might do something like that soon Is "fun" the new word for "certifiably insane" [1] ? ;D ;D [1] in a nice way. I'm interested to know how much the mega journey cost and how much planning was done to ensure it worked - especially on things like Explorer ticket validity which is very difficult to work out. |
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Post by jay38a on May 1, 2013 20:47:14 GMT
Sounds like fun, might do something like that soon Is "fun" the new word for "certifiably insane" [1] ? ;D ;D [1] in a nice way. I'm interested to know how much the mega journey cost and how much planning was done to ensure it worked - especially on things like Explorer ticket validity which is very difficult to work out. Travelline was quite helpful in getting the times correct but had to enter it in 3 goes as it couldn't quite work out a route from Heathrow to Truro by bus, but splitting it up into Slough to Swindon, Swindon to Exeter and Exeter to Truro, it then worked it out. - The First Berkshire Day Ticket was £8, if i would have used the Arriva The Shires Route 40 to Thame and 280 to Oxford this same ticket would be valid on that stretch too. Luckily First Berkshire list who accepts their Explorer ticket.
- The Stagecoach West Explorer was £6.30 (its now £6.80), its also valid on Wilts & Dorset, Damory and Bluestar. Also helpfully Stagecoach West tell you who accepts it in their tickets leaflet.
- On the X53 you can only buy an Explorer costing £7.80
- The Western Greyhound Explorer was also £8. Its also valid on Stagecoach Devon. Helpfully Western Greyhound mention this on their site (so do Stagecoach).
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Post by Volvo on May 1, 2013 21:11:48 GMT
Most london bus journeys as they are so slow
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Post by Trident on May 1, 2013 21:16:39 GMT
14 Hours, is that all ;D ;D ;D Umm do trains count and buses out of London Anyone that has me on facebook will know that I did this on 5/4/13 - 6/4/13 Train From Shenfield to Lowestoft Route X1 - Lowesoft to Peterborough Route X4 - Peterborough to Milton Keynes Route 99 - Milton Keynes to Luton Town Centre Route 321 - Luton, Church Street to Watford Junction Route 142 - Watford Junction to Brent cross Route 210 - Brent Cross to Finsbury Park Route 254 - Finsbury Park to Stamford Hill Route 243 - Stamford Hill - Aldwych Route N155 - Aldwych - Morden Route 93 - Morden to Putney Route 85 - Putney to Kingston Route N87 - Kingston to Aldwych Route N171 - Aldwych - Holborn Route N207 - Holborn- Uxbridge Route 222 - Uxbridge - Hounslow Bus Station Route H37 - Hounslow Bus Station - Richmond Route 391 - Richmond - Hammersmith Route 9 - Hammersmith - TSQ Route 23 - TSQ - Liverpool Street Station Train back to Shenfield and sleep for a whole day Came to something like 500 miles in the end, was a fun 40 hours out Anyway back to Normal London Stuff, the longest London thing I have done would probably be this Route 498 Route 128 Route 123 Route W3 Route 210 Route 112 Route 607 Route 90 Route X26 Route 75 Route 108 Route 86 Route 498 Yes I do a lot things like this lol You're 16, and you expect me from a similar to be this long out on Buses? I think that's impossible mate  . The maximum time i've done is 13 hours, but I seem to have forgotten the route I took  |
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Post by VPL630 on May 1, 2013 21:26:54 GMT
14 Hours, is that all ;D ;D ;D Umm do trains count and buses out of London Anyone that has me on facebook will know that I did this on 5/4/13 - 6/4/13 Train From Shenfield to Lowestoft Route X1 - Lowesoft to Peterborough Route X4 - Peterborough to Milton Keynes Route 99 - Milton Keynes to Luton Town Centre Route 321 - Luton, Church Street to Watford Junction Route 142 - Watford Junction to Brent cross Route 210 - Brent Cross to Finsbury Park Route 254 - Finsbury Park to Stamford Hill Route 243 - Stamford Hill - Aldwych Route N155 - Aldwych - Morden Route 93 - Morden to Putney Route 85 - Putney to Kingston Route N87 - Kingston to Aldwych Route N171 - Aldwych - Holborn Route N207 - Holborn- Uxbridge Route 222 - Uxbridge - Hounslow Bus Station Route H37 - Hounslow Bus Station - Richmond Route 391 - Richmond - Hammersmith Route 9 - Hammersmith - TSQ Route 23 - TSQ - Liverpool Street Station Train back to Shenfield and sleep for a whole day Came to something like 500 miles in the end, was a fun 40 hours out Anyway back to Normal London Stuff, the longest London thing I have done would probably be this Route 498 Route 128 Route 123 Route W3 Route 210 Route 112 Route 607 Route 90 Route X26 Route 75 Route 108 Route 86 Route 498 Yes I do a lot things like this lol You're 16, and you expect me from a similar to be this long out on Buses? I think that's impossible mate . The maximum time i've done is 13 hours, but I seem to have forgotten the route I took I never said I expected you to do something like this, I did it purely for fun and to see if I actually could do it |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2013 21:31:46 GMT
You're 16, and you expect me from a similar to be this long out on Buses? I think that's impossible mate . The maximum time i've done is 13 hours, but I seem to have forgotten the route I took I never said I expected you to do something like this, I did it purely for fun and to see if I actually could do it I'd like to do 40 hours, but I don't know if I have the stamina! I have got a big bus ride planned with someone on this forum that will span a lot of routes in a lot of places though. There's quite a few cross-border routes and night routes I'd like to try. |
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Post by VPL630 on May 1, 2013 21:32:50 GMT
I never said I expected you to do something like this, I did it purely for fun and to see if I actually could do it I'd like to do 40 hours, but I don't know if I have the stamina! I have got a big bus ride planned with someone on this forum that will span a lot of routes in a lot of places though. There's quite a few cross-border routes and night routes I'd like to try. The 498 must be included ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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