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Train Station Couple

bbob
bbob Posts: 550
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/train-mad-couple-quest-first-10548921

Presume they are Lifers.....
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    Excellent... Good luck to them both

    Love how she works at the London Transport Museum - Thats what you call a real enthusiast
  • bbob
    bbob Posts: 550
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40418506/couple-visiting-all-british-railway-stations
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    They were featured on BBC Breakfast this morning, mental but lovable.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
    Some one should make them honary honorary Addicks
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    bbob said:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-40418506/couple-visiting-all-british-railway-stations

    She looks like she needs to have a shave going by that link
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    edited June 2017
    Greenie said:

    They were featured on BBC Breakfast this morning, mental but lovable.

    I saw that piece. They seem absolutely devoted to each other. Sent me off for my day with a warm glow in my cold, cold heart...
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    These two do some fantastic videos on YouTube. Look up Londonist, well worth a view.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    edited June 2017
    pilchard said:

    These two do some fantastic videos on YouTube. Look up Londanist, well worth a view.

  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    bobmunro said:

    pilchard said:

    These two do some fantastic videos on YouTube. Look up Londanist, well worth a view.

    Chortle, guffaw etc.....
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Good luck to 'em. £10k in fares though - is there no sort of rover ticket they could get?
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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    The pair are paying for the trip out of a crowdfunding campaign which raised more than £38,000.

    The internet is weird. Who pays for someone else to sit on train for a couple of months?
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Elfsborg would do it in 2 weeks
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    Nathan Prior already did this trying to get to Rochdale away for less than a tenner back in 2011
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,031
    clb74 said:

    Elfsborg would do it in 2 weeks

    You mock but I'd be well up for this.

    I have always fancied visiting every tube stop in a day. The record is 16 hours +
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    clb74 said:

    Elfsborg would do it in 2 weeks

    You mock but I'd be well up for this.

    I have always fancied visiting every tube stop in a day. The record is 16 hours +
    Is that for the same number of stops that there are now? Sounds tight.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,031
    Alwaysneil said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    clb74 said:

    Elfsborg would do it in 2 weeks

    You mock but I'd be well up for this.

    I have always fancied visiting every tube stop in a day. The record is 16 hours +
    Is that for the same number of stops that there are now? Sounds tight.
    Probably not including the DLR.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,843
    edited June 2017
    All this talk about trains on a football forum is ridiculous. The next thing that will happen is everyone will start calling us trainspo...

    As you were.
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    clb74 said:

    Elfsborg would do it in 2 weeks

    You mock but I'd be well up for this.

    I have always fancied visiting every tube stop in a day. The record is 16 hours +
    That's a bit more of you the tube one about £15 you'd still set up a gofundme account for it
  • diamondaddick
    diamondaddick Posts: 102
    I love the quote "We are treating it like a 9-5 job and making sure that we get a decent amount of time away from the railway, otherwise we might go mad"
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    diamondaddick said:

    I love the quote "We are treating it like a 9-5 job and making sure that we get a decent amount of time away from the railway, otherwise we might go mad"

    I see they're used to the antics of Southeastern.
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  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/chris-burnett-1
  • creepyaddick
    creepyaddick Posts: 6,152
    Surely it'd be more fun trying to do it without buying a ticket?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    Do they have to get off the train at every Station for it to count? - Or can they just take a quick snap from the train window?
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,031
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Do they have to get off the train at every Station for it to count? - Or can they just take a quick snap from the train window?

    All you have to do is pass through. It would take a life time otherwise.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    edited June 2017
    That was a feel-good story. Great stuff. It must be costing a fair few bob. I'm guessing there's no such thing as a network wide monthly pass?
    Edit: there is! It's called an All-Line Rover Ticket and valid for either 7 or 14 days. With a "Two Together Railcard" it's £491.70, otherwise £745 for the 14-day pass.
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    cafcfan said:

    That was a feel-good story. Great stuff. It must be costing a fair few bob. I'm guessing there's no such thing as a network wide monthly pass?

    I'm pretty sure in the article it said there was....
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,083
    Few questions.
    1. How did they raise £38k via crowdfunding?
    2. Is Old Trafford Station the nearest station to a football ground?
    3. Why would anyone pay £745 for a National Rail's All Line Rover tickets? Surely it's cheaper to fly. It's £311 for a Japanese version and that includes bullet trains, bring back British Rail!
    4. Can we have less train posts?
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    How long does the £745 all rail river line last for? A week?
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351

    On a recent show they mentioned a bloke who has bought the cheapest possible annual season ticket available on BR, from Ryde Pier to Ryde Town or some such. This entitles him to various generous Gold Card privileges (sadly, though, excluding psychiatric help).
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,083
    Alwaysneil said:

    How long does the £745 all rail river line last for? A week?

    2 weeks.

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