Geoff Marshall No problem for waiting I saw you and thought is that Geoff and turns out it was. Glad I could to help your attempt and unliucky that you didn’t make the earlier tram but it meant I could see you 👍👍
I did wonder when watching that bit of the video if the driver was a fan! Good on you for waiting, it's nice to get reminders that the drivers are people too :)
basherofnoggins who isn’t a Geoff marshal fan when you drive trams for a job and used to be a tube driver!! On the trams I always wait as they are les frequent and I know what it’s like to miss one especially in the rain
@@MercenaryPen Ah. But the challenge isn't actually about the trams. It's to visit every station. And most of the stations existed long before the trams.
I feel like you should have website with a map of all the tube, tram, etc, stations in London, and when you click on one it shows you all the videos that refer to it.
After a boozy night in Wimbledon i fell asleep on a tram, missed my stop at East Croydon, I woke up travelling in the opposite direction, I must have gone all the way to Elmers End.. So I have kinda done all the stops, but not been awake!
Did that one morning on the victoria line, dozed off after getting on at walthamstow going south on a brixton train, got off at victoria on the northbound platform...
Back when the line still operated a friend of mine fell asleep on the Central Line, woke up at Epping and dashed across to the train on the next platform thinking it would go back, but ended up on the way to Ongar.
One time my dad got drunk and fell asleep on the way to Grove Park, woke up at Orpington. Mistakenly thought the next train was slow to charing Cross, ended up on a fast to Tunbridge Wells and had to waste an hour going back to Grove Park on a slow train lol
Geoff trying for another record. (Saw "The Tube" episode of Young Geoff trying for the record. That can be seen (legally) on the Spark TH-cam channel.)
What I find neat about Wimbledon is that the Tram, London Underground District Line, and National Rail trains all stop here, and can be seen side by side (but not with all three at once!)! Elmer's end also has the tram platform next to the National Rail platforms!
Nice one Geoff, i guessed it would not be long before you got around to trying that run! I grew up in the Thornton Heath area, so i can remember when a lot of the current tram network was a proper railway. Also used to explore the old lines and the tunnels after the railway had closed down. Have not lived in the Croydon area since the 90's, so only ever got to see the start of the tram project - the roadworks they caused when being built were a nightmare. Last time i travelled from West Croydon to Wimbledon it was on the old railway, that must have been back in the early 80's, good to see the line had a future.
A feature of West Croydon - Wimbledon line, when it was 'a railway' not a tram, was it seemed to run on a Thursday and come back on Monday and there was never anyone on it. The last time I remember seeing it, it was a two car, slam door stock. Now, it is rare to see a tram with less than a third of its capacity on board. Even the last tram (I don't think they run all night) is always a half full. I plotted out (on GoogleEarth) what I think was a viable (and possible without massive engineering works) single track branch line, from a 'Y' at or near Beddington Lane, across Mitcham Common, next to the road (Mill Lane?) along Commonside East, through a little dog leg at Cedars avenue and thence alongside the railway (a bit snug, it's true, all the way up to a stop end at Edington Road (?) which was the stop end of the old Eardley Road Carriage Sidings. I bet the trams would be packed, even if trams ran alternately from Streatham Vale to Wimbledon and Croydon. It's about time the Croydon network was extended and there have been plans for Anerly (to Crystal Palace Low Level and then up to the Parade - effectively High Level, I think!) and another to Bromley?
@@rogerwhittle2078 It was the old BR blue two car slam door units that i remember. I used to go to Lanfranc school and we used to pop along to Beddington Lane Halt some lunch times to watch the old signalman operate the crossing gates to allow the occasional empty train to trundle past. I agree, a link to the other side of the common would be a good idea - a very built up area. Would be nice to have a link from that area down towards Mitcham, and even better to have a link up to Croydon from there.
Using the TFL journey planner, the total tram travel time for the 39 stops adds up to 85 minutes (including the Birkbeck - Beckenham Junction 'extra' leg). This leaves just 10 minutes for the two 'walking' sections - plus any additional waiting time - in order to beat the 1:35:15 record. Possibly do-able, but I reckon that record won't be beaten anytime soon!.
Geoff, all trams terminating at West Croydon go to New Addington during the day. Beckenham Junction and Elemers End Trams (occasional odd West Croydon) serve only Wimbledon and then reduce service to Therapia Lane and Wimbledon after 20.00 therefore you’d made the error at Reeves which probably would’ve saved you 3-5 minutes!
I wonder if the woman w/ the toilet paper at 7:58 realized it was the same guy she had seen earlier that morning (6:05) as Geoff huffed past. Definitely a coincidence 😂
I live abroad, so I don't know all the stops in London, and sometimes you talk too fast over the map and I wonder if you could have an arrow or something to show what you talked about. And even (or at least) show the map again when you took a different route than you planned, or just with a dot show where you are on the map. I love maps, both normal and transport maps, so I would love this too. I like all your videos and the ones with your girlfriend (?). Keep up the good work!
This was so cool. Finally a challenge within our reach (the others are too big). We will give this a try for fun. The trams, their frequency and price are all absolutely awesome.
Saw this video and was inspired to try it myself. Went on a Sunday afternoon, starting at 5pm. Went to New Addington before taking in the lines to Elmers End, then finishing off at Beckhenam Junction though and this is because the only planning I did was checking the trams were working. I then just got the first tram at the stop and apart from taking the walk from Reeves Corner to George Street I stayed on the trams the whole time. Overall time 2h8mins and 5 seconds. Next time I do it I'm definitely using your route and not doing it on Sunday.
Another great, entertaining video. Tram lines are usually called “light rail” here in the States. I’ve ridden 2 of 3 (Newark, Jersey City) available in my home state of New Jersey, but I’ll definitely try to catch a Croydon tram the next time I’m able to visit my friends in Sanderstead! Coombe Ln is actually the closest stop, but E Croydon is the most convenient.
I urge you to watch the Londonist, Secrets of the Cable Car video; th-cam.com/video/AQg2ZXkUMuw/w-d-xo.html after you've done that one, here are the outtakes on Geoff's own channel; th-cam.com/video/YxUVyKEg068/w-d-xo.html
When the Crenshaw line opens, along with the new downtown subway, a similar challenge will be possible in Los Angeles. Right now, one major line, the Gold Line, can only be reached by boarding the subway, and the other two lines run outward from downtown with no parallel trackage. Also, there aren't going to be good commuter rail bypasses until the LRT reaches the San Bernardino Metrolink stations like Claremont and Montclair.
How fast can you do all the Tram stops by only traveling from station to station by Trams? No cheating, no walking or running to other stations as you can ONLY move from one stop to the next stop by tram. Yes, this will include retracing your stops.
Ahhh, finally a tram version of all the stops! Used to go around the whole network but never really tried to time it: from the new timetable I’d go from Wimbledon to Elmers End/Beckenham Junction, then 54 to the other stop I didn’t get to, then change at Sandilands to go round the loop and then on to New Addington. Doesn’t usually take more than 2hours and a bit 🚃
That was the most interesting challenge I have ever seen. You should try doing the same challenge but on another Tram network Like Manchester where I think there is more tram stops there then Croydon. Food for Thought. Otherwise Well Done on making 3rd.👍🚋
Because of the new timetable, the only tram doing the Croydon centre loop is to New Addington and back - all the Elmers End and Beckenham Junction trams go straight through to Wimbledon. As such, the run round to Centrale is always needed if knocking out the two central Croydon stops - so the right decision made there.
I think we do our challenges in Sydney Australia in a more challenging way, we have to start at Sydney Central Station and End at Sydney Central Station, you can not use any other method to get around except the trains and be on a train that allows you to stops at all current 175 stations. It was 178 with one line out of service for converting to metro driver less trains once it comes back in we will be at 188 stations. Our next challenge day is the 14th December 2018 for the 175 stations challenge.
@@terranaut Hi Matt Last time I did it we did the 178 stations and took us 17hrs 15mins due to a train running out of sequence that put us on the wrong line, the record set by another competitor on the day was 15hrs 49mins. I am hoping to get under 16hrs this time which will be on the 14th December. As i mentioned in my first post we have to do it all by train, so that means you have to travel all stations on some lines then come back to where it junctions off the main line. Here is a link to the Sydney Trains map transportnsw.info/sydney-trains-network-map to get a real idea check it out on google maps to see the distances traveled.
As someone from America, I spent many a day in my childhood exploring the entirety of the Boston, Massachusetts subway and trolley system. I really appreciate Geoff's ability to help me remember those days via the far superior public transit system available both within London and Britain in general.
Another fantastic video. I live within the borough of Croydon, and often travel on the tram. My 8 year old son, having watched the video with me, is keen that we should try that record. BTW, since finding out he is the voice of the Croydon trams, I can never watch Nick Owen in the same light.
Midland Metro could do with a video as it runs down a disued railway and as some secrets. (1) as there about several stops built on the original location of the GWR railway stop. (2) there is a new line in the making coming 2023. Priestfield is the first stop from Wolverhampton on the disued line heading towards Birmingham but in its past Priestfield had four platforms one towards Birmingham and London Paddington, two towards Wolverhampton and onto Liverpool and one towards Dudley-Worcester and onto Oxford.
I Live in west Yorkshire and come down to London every Monday for the day so far this year i have done all the tube lines from end to end the DLR the overground and the Croydon trams the TLF and am now about 90% of all the stations in zones 1 to 6 out of the main line stations. But as i am now 70 years old i dont think i am going to break any records for xmas my daughter as got me both of your books so looking forward to reading them
Here's a challenge for you, how fast can you do all the Manchester Metrolink stops? Use a System One Bus & Tram ticket so you can avoid backtracking between ends of different lines (e.g. between Bury and Rochdale, use the 471 bus)
@@buksi6342 would make the ticket a tad more expensive but yes! Keep in mind the tram stop and train station are a bit of a walk apart at East Didsbury (even more than transferring between Wigan Wallgate and NorthWestern)
Just caught up with this now, highly entertaining, I must say. Not that I could break any record that needs a change of vehicle (of any kind) at present, lol
I left Croydon the year before the trams were introduced. Hardly recognise any of it now. Reeves Corner to George St. is totally different from what I remember.
I’ll say one thing, Geoff - you’re a damned sight fitter than me! I ‘did’ the Croydon tram network about 4 or 5 years ago, but I wasn’t ‘racing’ around it, so, at a ‘leisurely’ pace, it took about 3 or 4 hours!
Nice one Geoff! I run a brewery in New Addington and a bar at East Croydon so on that section a lot. If you are in need of some refreshment after that run, let me know and I’ll sort you out a beer for the effort 😀
1. Wimbledon to Reeves Corner. 2. Reeves Corner to George Street. 3. George Street to Church Street. 4. Church Street to Centrale. 5. Centrale to Elmers End. 6. Elmers End to Birkbeck. 7. Birkbeck to Beckanham Junction. 8. Beckanham Junction to Sandilands. 9. Sandilands to New Addington.
I tried this a couple of months ago (though my goal was not to beat the record but to beat one of my colleagues who is on the leaderboard), co-incidentally by mostly the same route as Geoff's original plan, but managed to mess up by: * Missing my George Street connection when running from Reeves Corner, like Geoff did. * With the next tram from George Street (which was for Wimbledon), not knowing my route well enough and mis-remembering Reeves Corner does not have a stop on both sides, trying to switch sides there, and being taken all the way back to Wandle Park to change sides instead. * Not having such a kind tram driver at Elmer's End when running from my connection to the tram, with the doors starting closing with me two seconds away. At that point I gave up, but plan to try again in the future.
1. Wimbledon to Reeves Corner. 2. Reeves Corner to George Street. 3. George Street to Beckanham Junction. 4. Beckanham Junction to Elmers End. 5. Elmers End to Sandilands. 6. Sandilands to New Addington.
We in Stockholm have 5 tram routes here in Stockholm, Sweden. Just tram 30 itself has over 90 thousands pesengers a normal workday it's crazy you can't sometimes not even fit in the trams yes in the long articleulated double carriage tram
Before the Croydon system opened, a delegation of drivers and management from the Stockholm system came over to visit our depot at Therapia Lane. I was one of the driver/minders on the Croydon system and was part of the team which were testing the infrastructure and 'exercising' the trams from late 1999 until we opened to the public. The Stockholm team explained the differences between their operations and our own. They were also kind enough to present us all with Stockholm tram badges, as well as technical diagrams of their trams (which I still have). Both systems used the same model of tram (Bombardier) although theirs only had three doors each side, whereas ours have four each side. I've now been retired for over twelve years.
Please do a feature on Nottingham Tram Network. It has the only specifically designated station (train or tram) for a hospital. Not near the hospital, or outside on the road opposite the hospital, but actually at the hospital.
Wish we had a tram/DLR service in Cambridge and surrounding suburbs. We have to contend with too many buses, carrying very few people to places that nobody wants to go..
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Oh, and i didn't make Hopper. The whole thing cost me £3, and not £1.50 ...
you ought to do a speedrun of all mainline stations in Britain
How much faster would you have needed to be to get the hopper?
@@hobog He did:
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@@DavidShepheard His connection at Sandilands was at 1hr 20min, so 10 min late for the hopper fare, which is valid for 70min.
still, £3 is not exactly extortionate for just nearly an hour and a half’s entertainment
Geoff Marshall No problem for waiting I saw you and thought is that Geoff and turns out it was. Glad I could to help your attempt and unliucky that you didn’t make the earlier tram but it meant I could see you 👍👍
I did wonder when watching that bit of the video if the driver was a fan! Good on you for waiting, it's nice to get reminders that the drivers are people too :)
basherofnoggins who isn’t a Geoff marshal fan when you drive trams for a job and used to be a tube driver!! On the trams I always wait as they are les frequent and I know what it’s like to miss one especially in the rain
Thumbs up to you Will. Wishing you a happy life on the trams.
Awesome!
PMT241016 Lynch No problem. It’s my favourite tfl job yet and love these moments, especially on the trams where in the day it’s often quite
I'm trying the slowest - it's been over 50 years and I've not even done one stop. I started before it was even conceived, I'm just that good.
I don't think the Croydon trams existed that far back, so the earliest your efforts can date from is the opening of the system.
@@MercenaryPen
Ah. But the challenge isn't actually about the trams. It's to visit every station. And most of the stations existed long before the trams.
i might just drive 38 stops and get a train for the last
@Mercenary Pen, Yeah you’re kinda right it doesn’t exist for 50 years
They’ve only been around for about 20 years
I feel like you should have website with a map of all the tube, tram, etc, stations in London, and when you click on one it shows you all the videos that refer to it.
Cristi Neagu oooh ...
Sounds like a great idea. Geoff, if you want any help with it..., happy to lend some coding experience :)
This would be really cool
@@geofftech2 good effort
@@geofftech2 can u put it on android?
You could genuinely whack a BBC three logo in the top-left of all of your videos, and it would not look out of place at all
His videos are better produced
I was sitting eating pizza and drinking a beer while I watched Geoff do all the running. Thanks for your sacrifice, Geoff.
After a boozy night in Wimbledon i fell asleep on a tram, missed my stop at East Croydon, I woke up travelling in the opposite direction, I must have gone all the way to Elmers End.. So I have kinda done all the stops, but not been awake!
Did that on the Bakerloo line once many moons ago, got a southbound from Kilburn Park down to the Elephant only to wake up at Queens Park.
Did that one morning on the victoria line, dozed off after getting on at walthamstow going south on a brixton train, got off at victoria on the northbound platform...
Back when the line still operated a friend of mine fell asleep on the Central Line, woke up at Epping and dashed across to the train on the next platform thinking it would go back, but ended up on the way to Ongar.
One time my dad got drunk and fell asleep on the way to Grove Park, woke up at Orpington. Mistakenly thought the next train was slow to charing Cross, ended up on a fast to Tunbridge Wells and had to waste an hour going back to Grove Park on a slow train lol
You should do all the cable car stops next
@Finbarr James Maguire I've done that!
@Finbarr James Maguire not on TH-cam though
hahaha... yep, been there
hardest challenge yet
I got the World record for that
Geoff trying for another record.
(Saw "The Tube" episode of Young Geoff trying for the record. That can be seen (legally) on the Spark TH-cam channel.)
I saw it too, literally minutes before Geoff posted this one. 😁
seen it... that was the one where he was just 10 minutes outside the record for the 275 config as it stood
Same, I watched it but he sadly failed by 10 minutes
How would you illegally see it?
he has broken the record twice since... as he says in the video
Phew I'm still second on the leaderboard! Snuck in the attempt just before the timetable change.
Is it you
2nd on the overground train leaderboard as well I think??
I love the way you have such real excitement and joy over doing this. Makes me want to do it next time I'm in London!
Did you make it from just £1.50 or not
Yes it’s only 1.50 to travel on trams
he meant the hopper
James White i did not! £3.00 ...
Well done Geoff. I was out of breath watching this at certain points. I can't believe you managed to single-handedly vlog this whilst on the clock!
What I find neat about Wimbledon is that the Tram, London Underground District Line, and National Rail trains all stop here, and can be seen side by side (but not with all three at once!)!
Elmer's end also has the tram platform next to the National Rail platforms!
Nice one Geoff, i guessed it would not be long before you got around to trying that run! I grew up in the Thornton Heath area, so i can remember when a lot of the current tram network was a proper railway. Also used to explore the old lines and the tunnels after the railway had closed down. Have not lived in the Croydon area since the 90's, so only ever got to see the start of the tram project - the roadworks they caused when being built were a nightmare. Last time i travelled from West Croydon to Wimbledon it was on the old railway, that must have been back in the early 80's, good to see the line had a future.
A feature of West Croydon - Wimbledon line, when it was 'a railway' not a tram, was it seemed to run on a Thursday and come back on Monday and there was never anyone on it. The last time I remember seeing it, it was a two car, slam door stock. Now, it is rare to see a tram with less than a third of its capacity on board. Even the last tram (I don't think they run all night) is always a half full.
I plotted out (on GoogleEarth) what I think was a viable (and possible without massive engineering works) single track branch line, from a 'Y' at or near Beddington Lane, across Mitcham Common, next to the road (Mill Lane?) along Commonside East, through a little dog leg at Cedars avenue and thence alongside the railway (a bit snug, it's true, all the way up to a stop end at Edington Road (?) which was the stop end of the old Eardley Road Carriage Sidings. I bet the trams would be packed, even if trams ran alternately from Streatham Vale to Wimbledon and Croydon.
It's about time the Croydon network was extended and there have been plans for Anerly (to Crystal Palace Low Level and then up to the Parade - effectively High Level, I think!) and another to Bromley?
@@rogerwhittle2078 It was the old BR blue two car slam door units that i remember. I used to go to Lanfranc school and we used to pop along to Beddington Lane Halt some lunch times to watch the old signalman operate the crossing gates to allow the occasional empty train to trundle past. I agree, a link to the other side of the common would be a good idea - a very built up area. Would be nice to have a link from that area down towards Mitcham, and even better to have a link up to Croydon from there.
Using the TFL journey planner, the total tram travel time for the 39 stops adds up to 85 minutes (including the Birkbeck - Beckenham Junction 'extra' leg). This leaves just 10 minutes for the two 'walking' sections - plus any additional waiting time - in order to beat the 1:35:15 record. Possibly do-able, but I reckon that record won't be beaten anytime soon!.
Geoff, all trams terminating at West Croydon go to New Addington during the day. Beckenham Junction and Elemers End Trams (occasional odd West Croydon) serve only Wimbledon and then reduce service to Therapia Lane and Wimbledon after 20.00 therefore you’d made the error at Reeves which probably would’ve saved you 3-5 minutes!
Go Geoff go! Good to see you're still doing these challenges!
I wonder if the woman w/ the toilet paper at 7:58 realized it was the same guy she had seen earlier that morning (6:05) as Geoff huffed past. Definitely a coincidence 😂
Omg how did you notice that
Holy this is a major coincidence
Nice move you thanked the tram driver. I love that!
I'm not a train buff or anything, but I genuinely love your videos and channel
Take it easy, my man. The journey is worth enjoying more than the time taken to strike off all tram stops. You are the BEST, always!!
You need to come to New York and do all 472 stations!
Don't forget the Staten Island Railroad too
Record was 21 hours 28 minutes before the second avenue subway was opened, adding four stations
Wonder how many stations there are in London total. After all the actual New York subway is about the same length as the basic London tube network
This is a tram not the subway
I live abroad, so I don't know all the stops in London, and sometimes you talk too fast over the map and I wonder if you could have an arrow or something to show what you talked about. And even (or at least) show the map again when you took a different route than you planned, or just with a dot show where you are on the map. I love maps, both normal and transport maps, so I would love this too. I like all your videos and the ones with your girlfriend (?). Keep up the good work!
This was so cool. Finally a challenge within our reach (the others are too big). We will give this a try for fun. The trams, their frequency and price are all absolutely awesome.
Oh my home town of Croydon - how I miss the trams now that I'm living in Suffolk
I wanna see Geoff try all the bus stops in London!
Oh lord :D
Impossible he will even need to do some in Debden
Also the buses going out to Redhill and Lakeside shopping centre.
He Will have to do some In Heathrow :D
NO way I'll see him cuz I always look at the p5, chapter road bus stop
I went on a tram for the first time last month and was very surprised at the speed they go through the streets. It was really fun!
8:17 you always hear "Thank the bus driver", but always remeber to thank the tram/streetcar driver too!
Saw this video and was inspired to try it myself. Went on a Sunday afternoon, starting at 5pm. Went to New Addington before taking in the lines to Elmers End, then finishing off at Beckhenam Junction though and this is because the only planning I did was checking the trams were working. I then just got the first tram at the stop and apart from taking the walk from Reeves Corner to George Street I stayed on the trams the whole time.
Overall time 2h8mins and 5 seconds. Next time I do it I'm definitely using your route and not doing it on Sunday.
I'm hoping to have a go at this sometime.
Brilliant! And the music (though we've heard it before) seems very fitting. Nice work!
Another great, entertaining video. Tram lines are usually called “light rail” here in the States. I’ve ridden 2 of 3 (Newark, Jersey City) available in my home state of New Jersey, but I’ll definitely try to catch a Croydon tram the next time I’m able to visit my friends in Sanderstead! Coombe Ln is actually the closest stop, but E Croydon is the most convenient.
Thanks to this video, I recently spent a whole day on the trams. Used a Bus & Tram Pass. Only cost £5.20. Brilliant!!
This is one amazing video.
@geoff Marshall please do all the stops on the cable car
Tobey Transport There is only two stops so probably like 3 minutes
I urge you to watch the Londonist, Secrets of the Cable Car video;
th-cam.com/video/AQg2ZXkUMuw/w-d-xo.html
after you've done that one, here are the outtakes on Geoff's own channel;
th-cam.com/video/YxUVyKEg068/w-d-xo.html
There r only 2 idiot
r/woooosh
And do Waterloo and city line 😂😂😂
Admittedly, I felt a little light headed after your run for the Tram at Birkbeck lol. Great video as always Geoff!! ❤️
When the Crenshaw line opens, along with the new downtown subway, a similar challenge will be possible in Los Angeles. Right now, one major line, the Gold Line, can only be reached by boarding the subway, and the other two lines run outward from downtown with no parallel trackage. Also, there aren't going to be good commuter rail bypasses until the LRT reaches the San Bernardino Metrolink stations like Claremont and Montclair.
Amazing video. I love trams, I wish that there would be tramline all over London...
Trams are the superior method of public transport CHANGE MY MIND
well you learn something new everyday! I live in a small town so I didn't even know trams still existed in this day and age!!
How fast can you do all the Tram stops by only traveling from station to station by Trams? No cheating, no walking or running to other stations as you can ONLY move from one stop to the next stop by tram. Yes, this will include retracing your stops.
But in HK it is possible.
Ahhh, finally a tram version of all the stops! Used to go around the whole network but never really tried to time it: from the new timetable I’d go from Wimbledon to Elmers End/Beckenham Junction, then 54 to the other stop I didn’t get to, then change at Sandilands to go round the loop and then on to New Addington. Doesn’t usually take more than 2hours and a bit 🚃
That was the most interesting challenge I have ever seen. You should try doing the same challenge but on another Tram network Like Manchester where I think there is more tram stops there then Croydon. Food for Thought. Otherwise Well Done on making 3rd.👍🚋
I love trams and trains
Same.
Same as well.
Then you guys are in the right place!
I'm fairly indifferent to both
I like trains dunggg
Because of the new timetable, the only tram doing the Croydon centre loop is to New Addington and back - all the Elmers End and Beckenham Junction trams go straight through to Wimbledon. As such, the run round to Centrale is always needed if knocking out the two central Croydon stops - so the right decision made there.
Its odd seeing this. Used to get a tram from East Croydon to Dundonald road to see my grandparents.
Do secrets of Tyne and Wear metro!
ッ Yes
Except Nexus make it a right ball ache to get a filming permit!
Missing that tram probably cost you
I think we do our challenges in Sydney Australia in a more challenging way, we have to start at Sydney Central Station and End at Sydney Central Station, you can not use any other method to get around except the trains and be on a train that allows you to stops at all current 175 stations. It was 178 with one line out of service for converting to metro driver less trains once it comes back in we will be at 188 stations. Our next challenge day is the 14th December 2018 for the 175 stations challenge.
Greg Bruce how long do you expect it to take you?
@@terranaut Hi Matt Last time I did it we did the 178 stations and took us 17hrs 15mins due to a train running out of sequence that put us on the wrong line, the record set by another competitor on the day was 15hrs 49mins. I am hoping to get under 16hrs this time which will be on the 14th December. As i mentioned in my first post we have to do it all by train, so that means you have to travel all stations on some lines then come back to where it junctions off the main line. Here is a link to the Sydney Trains map transportnsw.info/sydney-trains-network-map to get a real idea check it out on google maps to see the distances traveled.
@@gregbruce1253 Thanks for your response, Greg! You should definitely put out some sort of video about it - I'm super interested in this!
I'm addicted to your videos :)
As someone from America, I spent many a day in my childhood exploring the entirety of the Boston, Massachusetts subway and trolley system. I really appreciate Geoff's ability to help me remember those days via the far superior public transit system available both within London and Britain in general.
Aw, the T's not so bad. Except the Orange Line. The Orange Line is so bad. :)
@@ZGryphon It's definitely boring, at least as I remember it.
@@thexalon My main memory of the Orange Line is of dirt, but that was a few years ago. Maybe they've bought a mop by now.
I don’t think you get the credit you deserve
Do least used station in every London borough
Another fantastic video.
I live within the borough of Croydon, and often travel on the tram. My 8 year old son, having watched the video with me, is keen that we should try that record.
BTW, since finding out he is the voice of the Croydon trams, I can never watch Nick Owen in the same light.
Midland Metro could do with a video as it runs down a disued railway and as some secrets. (1) as there about several stops built on the original location of the GWR railway stop. (2) there is a new line in the making coming 2023.
Priestfield is the first stop from Wolverhampton on the disued line heading towards Birmingham but in its past Priestfield had four platforms one towards Birmingham and London Paddington, two towards Wolverhampton and onto Liverpool and one towards Dudley-Worcester and onto Oxford.
5:13 That woman's looking at you like, U aight?
Nah, she is a Geoff super fan in disbelief of seeing him
There are bigger weirdos on the tram than Geoff talking to a camera on the daily, trust me. Something about it attracts nutters.
Geoff, I think you are brilliant. Keep it up
Never knew about this route. Geoff! You just made it easier for me to meet up with one of my best friends.
Thank you for making a Trams video!!!
Your dedication is admirable!
when the trafford line opens on the manchester metrolink you should do the manchester metrolink
I Live in west Yorkshire and come down to London every Monday for the day so far this year i have done all the tube lines from end to end the DLR the overground and the Croydon trams the TLF and am now about 90% of all the stations in zones 1 to 6 out of the main line stations. But as i am now 70 years old i dont think i am going to break any records for xmas my daughter as got me both of your books so looking forward to reading them
😊
Here's a challenge for you, how fast can you do all the Manchester Metrolink stops? Use a System One Bus & Tram ticket so you can avoid backtracking between ends of different lines (e.g. between Bury and Rochdale, use the 471 bus)
I did it in 5h35m16s back in March 2017, to give you a guideline.
Between East Didsbury and Airport you could also get a train, couldn’t you?
@@buksi6342 would make the ticket a tad more expensive but yes! Keep in mind the tram stop and train station are a bit of a walk apart at East Didsbury (even more than transferring between Wigan Wallgate and NorthWestern)
I really like trams on the whole, but London Trams in particular are on my bucket list!
I have been too all 39 tram stops, I love them all
Just caught up with this now, highly entertaining, I must say. Not that I could break any record that needs a change of vehicle (of any kind) at present, lol
Some of those trams is also running in Bergen, Norway and in Aarhus, Denmark.. Nice video!
An amount of time is your answer.
I love London stations the buildings are amazing great video Geoff 👍
Love the way the tram waited for you at birkbeck
I left Croydon the year before the trams were introduced. Hardly recognise any of it now. Reeves Corner to George St. is totally different from what I remember.
0:26 *”on the lunderground network...”*
He also said it in secrets of metropolitan line
*_l u n d e r g r o u n d_*
Thanks Geoff. I used to live in New Addington.
I’ll say one thing, Geoff - you’re a damned sight fitter than me! I ‘did’ the Croydon tram network about 4 or 5 years ago, but I wasn’t ‘racing’ around it, so, at a ‘leisurely’ pace, it took about 3 or 4 hours!
Nice one Geoff!
I run a brewery in New Addington and a bar at East Croydon so on that section a lot. If you are in need of some refreshment after that run, let me know and I’ll sort you out a beer for the effort 😀
CronxMark Now theres a gentleman for you!
This is my favourite video by Geoff 👏
1. Wimbledon to Reeves Corner.
2. Reeves Corner to George Street.
3. George Street to Church Street.
4. Church Street to Centrale.
5. Centrale to Elmers End.
6. Elmers End to Birkbeck.
7. Birkbeck to Beckanham Junction.
8. Beckanham Junction to Sandilands.
9. Sandilands to New Addington.
God Geoff you’ve done a marathon
And I am amazed that you kept your sanity through the ENDLESS announcements for 101 different things on the PA system
Great job! Thanks for showing us all the tram stops 👍👍👍
I believe one of these lines used to be part of the regular railway network until the 90s.
I really enjoyed watching this! You should try the same for the Manchester Metrolink!
I tried this a couple of months ago (though my goal was not to beat the record but to beat one of my colleagues who is on the leaderboard), co-incidentally by mostly the same route as Geoff's original plan, but managed to mess up by:
* Missing my George Street connection when running from Reeves Corner, like Geoff did.
* With the next tram from George Street (which was for Wimbledon), not knowing my route well enough and mis-remembering Reeves Corner does not have a stop on both sides, trying to switch sides there, and being taken all the way back to Wandle Park to change sides instead.
* Not having such a kind tram driver at Elmer's End when running from my connection to the tram, with the doors starting closing with me two seconds away.
At that point I gave up, but plan to try again in the future.
And did you do it by now
@miuh cupcake I managed a complete attempt, but it was a couple of minutes slower than my ex-colleague's attempt.
@@DarthCrap aww bummer, but still cool
1. Wimbledon to Reeves Corner.
2. Reeves Corner to George Street.
3. George Street to Beckanham Junction.
4. Beckanham Junction to Elmers End.
5. Elmers End to Sandilands.
6. Sandilands to New Addington.
breathe, breathe!
Excellent
Lol, you know so much and your editing I am jealous of!
"Easy, Easy."
Me: Imagine he made to the platform only to realise that the tram is leaving lol
Trams are just a brilliant excuse to run trains on the road.
Due to the new timetable the train from church street was then going to new addgiton
Someone in my family lives on Belgrave Walk. I see the tram every time I visit there.
We in Stockholm have 5 tram routes here in Stockholm, Sweden. Just tram 30 itself has over 90 thousands pesengers a normal workday it's crazy you can't sometimes not even fit in the trams yes in the long articleulated double carriage tram
Before the Croydon system opened, a delegation of drivers and management from the Stockholm system came over to visit our depot at Therapia Lane. I was one of the driver/minders on the Croydon system and was part of the team which were testing the infrastructure and 'exercising' the trams from late 1999 until we opened to the public. The Stockholm team explained the differences between their operations and our own. They were also kind enough to present us all with Stockholm tram badges, as well as technical diagrams of their trams (which I still have). Both systems used the same model of tram (Bombardier) although theirs only had three doors each side, whereas ours have four each side. I've now been retired for over twelve years.
Please do a feature on Nottingham Tram Network. It has the only specifically designated station (train or tram) for a hospital. Not near the hospital, or outside on the road opposite the hospital, but actually at the hospital.
Wish we had a tram/DLR service in Cambridge and surrounding suburbs. We have to contend with too many buses, carrying very few people to places that nobody wants to go..
Geoff. If you could do a challenge using only 1 type of croydon tram what one would you choose (Newer Croydon tramlink made in 2012 or the older one)
TH-cam algorithem works well sometimes you watch a video on Nottingham trams and all these good ones come up again
Great video 👏👏 one of your best and Nicholas Owen ITN and BBC newsreader is doing the announcement on board.
I think the problem with Reeves Corner is that by the time you can cross the road, the tram is departing and you need to wait for it
Has anyone done the fastest time on the night tube?
can u see how fast you can visit all the overground and DLR stations pls