11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?

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11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?

« on: April 14, 2024, 08:44:18 »

11 trains yesterday; mostly went well, only one connection missed along the way.

Had me wondering - is this the most different services I have used in a day? Has anyone used even more?


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Re: 11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?

« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2024, 10:50:57 »

Ironically I can beat that!

As you posted I was sorting my photos from a day out in Cornwall last Friday http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=28646.0. Taking the day as a whole I travelled on 13 trains and all were, to within a minute, on time.

The total rises to 14 if you include my train home after catching the sleeper which I caught less than 24 hours after leaving the previous day.


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Re: 11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?

« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2024, 11:53:14 »

Quote from: bobm on April 14, 2024, 10:50:57

Ironically I can beat that!

Goodness - we're as bad as each other!

<pedant>But do you consider two rides between the same stations - there and back - as one service of two?</pedant>

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As you posted I was sorting my photos from a day out in Cornwall last Friday http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=28646.0. Taking the day as a whole I travelled on 13 trains and all were, to within a minute, on time.

The total rises to 14 if you include my train home after catching the sleeper which I caught less than 24 hours after leaving the previous day.

They look good - I need to sort mine out, though they will be far less on topic for the Coffee Shop. Having said which, I'll need to head off and get a coffee soon

Total topic change - what a pleasure it is to come here and post amongst friends. (a.k.a. who I their right mind would be a Town Councillor ...)


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Re: 11 trains in a day - has anyone here done more?

« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2024, 09:40:53 »

Back in the day.....
Probably early eighties, the challenge was to ride on all the passenger lines in Cornwall on a day rover (£2.50 at the time). This was the four branches wholly within Cornwall and the main line Penzance to Saltash, the day rover didn't allow travel east of Saltash or travel before 9am.

I can't remember in which order we did it but it did involve quite a bit of doubling back, up & down the mainline, so the number used must have been in double figures.


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