I’m exhausted just thinking about this, and the heat that day. Great job! What were the most difficult (or most easy) legs?
I spent 9 hours on Sunday running around London in 28C heat, with the goal of visiting every railway station in Zone 1. That includes the London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line, and National Rail stations. My criteria for ‘visiting’ was getting a picture of the station sign.
I made sure to visit every duplicate station (Edgware Road, Paddington). If a National Rail station had a seperate Underground station inside it or nearby, I made sure to go in and get a picture of the sign. And I also visited the recent additions to Zone 1 – Kennington, Nine Elms, and Battersea Power Station.
As far as I can find online, I might be the first person to ever visit them on foot in a single day. If I’m wrong, please correct me!
The full list in the order I visited them:
Angel, Hoxton, Shoreditch High Street, Old Street, Farringdon Underground (UG), Farringdon National Rail (NR), Farringdon Elizabeth Line, Barbican, Moorgate, Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line, Liverpool Street UG, Liverpool Street NR, Aldgate East, Aldgate, Fenchurch Street, Tower Hill, Tower Gateway, Monument, Bank, Cannon Street NR+UG, Mansion House, St Paul’s, London Bridge NR+UG, Borough, Southwark, Waterloo East, Waterloo UG+NR, Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle UG+NR, Kennington, Vauxhall NR+UG, Nine Elms, Battersea Power Station, Pimlico, Westminster, Charing Cross NR+UG, Embankment, Temple, Blackfriars NR+UG, City Thameslink, Chancery Lane, Holborn, Russell Square, Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth+UG, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Bond Street Elizabeth+UG, Marble Arch, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, Green Park, St James’s Park, Victoria UG+NR, Sloane Square, South Kensington, Gloucester Road, Earl’s Court, High Street Kensington, Notting Hill Gate, Queensway, Bayswater, Lancaster Gate, Paddington NR, Paddington UG (both stations), Edgware Road (both stations), Marylebone NR+UG, Baker Street, Regent’s Park, Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Euston Square, Euston UG+NR, St Pancras, King’s Cross, King’s Cross St Pancras UG
It took about 5 hours of planning the route to make sure that I would arrive at each station at the correct angle to quickly get a picture of the station sign, and then depart again. The route is definitely not optimal, so if anybody fancies beating my time they’re welcome to. I also stopped a few times to restock my food/water, go to the bathroom, or take pictures.
I do have a picture of every single station, but with a limit of 20 pictures on a Reddit post, you’ll need to look at this [Strava link for those.](https://www.strava.com/activities/12123075713)
All in all, a great adventure that covered almost every corner of Central London. I did take a couple short detours to take in some tourist spots, as I was only visiting for the weekend. Apart from the heat, the worst parts were definitely going at a snail’s pace around Oxford Street and Westminster, both places were absolutely packed with people so I couldn’t go much quicker than walking pace.
Good job keeping your heart rate that low, 121bpm is probably just on the boundary.
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Love it, well done!
I’m exhausted just thinking about this, and the heat that day. Great job! What were the most difficult (or most easy) legs?
I spent 9 hours on Sunday running around London in 28C heat, with the goal of visiting every railway station in Zone 1. That includes the London Underground, Overground, Elizabeth Line, and National Rail stations. My criteria for ‘visiting’ was getting a picture of the station sign.
I made sure to visit every duplicate station (Edgware Road, Paddington). If a National Rail station had a seperate Underground station inside it or nearby, I made sure to go in and get a picture of the sign. And I also visited the recent additions to Zone 1 – Kennington, Nine Elms, and Battersea Power Station.
As far as I can find online, I might be the first person to ever visit them on foot in a single day. If I’m wrong, please correct me!
I did find this person online who [walked the entire Underground network in 2020](https://richardwalkslondon.com/walking-the-tube-lines-all-270-london-underground-stations-in-five-days/) while rough sleeping between each day. I’ll admit that’s probably more impressive than what I did.
The full list in the order I visited them:
Angel, Hoxton, Shoreditch High Street, Old Street, Farringdon Underground (UG), Farringdon National Rail (NR), Farringdon Elizabeth Line, Barbican, Moorgate, Liverpool Street Elizabeth Line, Liverpool Street UG, Liverpool Street NR, Aldgate East, Aldgate, Fenchurch Street, Tower Hill, Tower Gateway, Monument, Bank, Cannon Street NR+UG, Mansion House, St Paul’s, London Bridge NR+UG, Borough, Southwark, Waterloo East, Waterloo UG+NR, Lambeth North, Elephant & Castle UG+NR, Kennington, Vauxhall NR+UG, Nine Elms, Battersea Power Station, Pimlico, Westminster, Charing Cross NR+UG, Embankment, Temple, Blackfriars NR+UG, City Thameslink, Chancery Lane, Holborn, Russell Square, Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth+UG, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, Bond Street Elizabeth+UG, Marble Arch, Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, Green Park, St James’s Park, Victoria UG+NR, Sloane Square, South Kensington, Gloucester Road, Earl’s Court, High Street Kensington, Notting Hill Gate, Queensway, Bayswater, Lancaster Gate, Paddington NR, Paddington UG (both stations), Edgware Road (both stations), Marylebone NR+UG, Baker Street, Regent’s Park, Great Portland Street, Warren Street, Euston Square, Euston UG+NR, St Pancras, King’s Cross, King’s Cross St Pancras UG
It took about 5 hours of planning the route to make sure that I would arrive at each station at the correct angle to quickly get a picture of the station sign, and then depart again. The route is definitely not optimal, so if anybody fancies beating my time they’re welcome to. I also stopped a few times to restock my food/water, go to the bathroom, or take pictures.
I do have a picture of every single station, but with a limit of 20 pictures on a Reddit post, you’ll need to look at this [Strava link for those.](https://www.strava.com/activities/12123075713)
All in all, a great adventure that covered almost every corner of Central London. I did take a couple short detours to take in some tourist spots, as I was only visiting for the weekend. Apart from the heat, the worst parts were definitely going at a snail’s pace around Oxford Street and Westminster, both places were absolutely packed with people so I couldn’t go much quicker than walking pace.
Good job keeping your heart rate that low, 121bpm is probably just on the boundary.
Bloody hell.
Mad lad 🙂
How did your legs feel after?
You could have been down the pub!
You absolute nut job 😂 what a legend 🤙🏼
Incredible! Kudos to you
But why?