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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 7:38:48 GMT
Ok... help me to understand something here... i received a copy of this very fine book for my birthday (this Thursday just gone)
i realise the Labryinth's are in the order that the stations were ticked off to break the world record... but i noticed something following the route
number 62 Charing Cross(northern/bakerloo)
number 63 Embankment (circle/district)
number 64 Waterloo (northern/bakerloo/jubilee/waterloo & City)
i thought the rules stated you had to be on a stopping train for it to count... how under the rules did embankment count in this case?? cause looking at the map, westminster or temple would be number 64 under the rules, depending on direction of travel...
edit for spelling
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Post by goonerkeith on Apr 20, 2019 8:03:41 GMT
Take another look at the tube map. Embankment IS on the Northern and Bakerloo lines.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2019 8:29:50 GMT
Take another look at the tube map. Embankment IS on the Northern and Bakerloo lines. You are quite right, just that the map in the back of the book doesn't show this, and it only states circle and district lines for the book... misprint, my apologies for this oversight |
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Post by A Challenge on Apr 21, 2019 14:17:35 GMT
Presumably your map was during the closure of Embankment, whereas the world record was done before this (and it is back to normal now as well).
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Post by goonerkeith on Apr 22, 2019 8:59:07 GMT
Presumably your map was during the closure of Embankment, whereas the world record was done before this (and it is back to normal now as well). ...and the whole Embankment/Charing Cross/Strand/Trafalgar Square area has changed names and lines so many times over the years that anybody could be confused  |
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Post by class411 on Apr 22, 2019 10:30:22 GMT
Presumably your map was during the closure of Embankment, whereas the world record was done before this (and it is back to normal now as well). ...and the whole Embankment/Charing Cross/Strand/Trafalgar Square area has changed names and lines so many times over the years that anybody could be confused It's always seemed very odd to me that there's not station named 'Trafalgar Square'. Especially considering there is an entrance to the underground on the square itself. |
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Post by Dstock7080 on Apr 22, 2019 11:23:28 GMT
It's always seemed very odd to me that there's not station named 'Trafalgar Square'. Especially considering there is an entrance to the underground on the square itself. The Bakerloo Line station at Charing Cross was named Trafalgar Square until the Jubilee Line was opened on 1 May 1979. Signs do say “Charing Cross for Trafalgar Square” on those platforms. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Apr 22, 2019 11:29:37 GMT
It's always seemed very odd to me that there's not station named 'Trafalgar Square'. Especially considering there is an entrance to the underground on the square itself. There was until 1979, when it became part of the Charing Cross complex. The entrance is actually nearer to the original site of Charing Cross than it is to Nelsons Column. |
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Post by MoreToJack on Apr 27, 2019 13:39:18 GMT
Take another look at the tube map. Embankment IS on the Northern and Bakerloo lines. You are quite right, just that the map in the back of the book doesn't show this, and it only states circle and district lines for the book... misprint, my apologies for this oversight No misprint, the book is accurate to the status of the Labyrinths when it was published. As Labyrinth is a living project, there have been a number of changes and evolutions since that time, including a number of installations moving location or being off display at this moment in time. |
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