Labyrinth 1-31 : Oyster record

When I started planning it, I realised that I had to be careful using my Oyster on the Labyrinth Full Network Challenge. Because of getting off a train, finding and photographing the labyrinth and waiting for the next train, you have to be aware of the "maximum journey time". You can be charged a maximum fare if the time between touching in and touching out exceeds the maximum journey time. To complicate things further, the maximum time depends on the number of zones you pass through and whether it is peak or off-peak.

So, I made a note of whether the labyrinth was inside or outside of the ticket gateline and made sure that I'd have enough time even allowing for minor delays. The only unnecessary, precautionary touch out/in was at Watford. Otherwise my journey would have been from Zone 7 Moor Park to Zone 5 North Harrow, but heading further into Zone 7 before turning around, so I decided to split it up.

I made one mistake at Sudbury Town. I knew that the labyrinth was inside the station, but I hadn't realised that there is a gateline on both platforms. So, arriving on the southbound platform, I had to touch out, go over to the northbound platform and touch in again to get to the labyrinth. There are issues with touching in and out at the same station without making a journey, so I headed back to Sudbury Hill before turning around and continuing to Alperton.

Links:
http://www.oyster-rail.org.uk (this is your best guide to the Oyster fares system)

Labyrinth Challenge - 1 to 31

1. Chesham

2. Chalfont & Latimer

3. Amersham (I thought about waiting for the little girl to move, but no, that's what the labyrinth is for)

4. Chorleywood

5. Rickmansworth

6. Moor Park

7. Croxley

 8. Watford

 9. Northwood

 10. Northwood Hills

 11. Pinner

 12. North Harrow

 13. Rayners Lane

 14. South Harrow

 15. Sudbury Hill

 16. Sudbury Town

 17. Alperton

 18. Park Royal

 19. North Ealing

 20. Ealing Common

 21. Ealing Broadway

 22. West Acton

 23. North Acton

 24. East Acton

 25. Hanger Lane (by complete coincidence, when the doors opened, the labyrinth was right there so I managed to take this photo and get back on the same train)

 26. Perivale

 27. Greenford (I wanted to try the incline lift, but it was out of order!)

 28. Northolt

 29. South Ruislip

 30. Ruislip Gardens

 31. West Ruislip

Start = 10:54:53

Finish = 16:59:43

Elapsed time = 6 hr 4 min 50 sec

Distance travelled on the Underground = 70.91 km

DLR challenge - timing details

This morning I set a time for the DLR challenge as follows...

Beckton, dep. 11:05:05
Poplar, arr. 11:24:42, dep. 11:29:42
Stratford, arr. 11:40:27, dep. 11:48:40
Stratford International, arr. 11:50:57, dep. 11:53:18
Woolwich Arsenal, arr. 12:15:46

Southeastern, dep. Woolwich Arsenal 12:20:12, arr. Lewisham 12:33:38

Lewisham, dep. 12:39:30
Bank, arr. 13:07:58, dep. 13:10:33
Shadwell, arr. 13:13:12, dep. 1:20:11
Tower Gateway, arr. 13:22:36

Elapsed time = 2:17:31

Labyrinth challenge - so it begins

All Lines Challenge - timing details

I also completed my first All Lines Challenge as follows

Start at Farringdon
Hammersmith & City to Barbican, dep. 13:46:56, arr. 13:48:06
Metropolitan to Moorgate, dep. 13:50:38, arr. 13:51:58
Circle to Liverpool Street, dep. 13:54:46, arr. 13:55:55
Central to Bank, dep. 13:59:04, arr. 14:00:41
Waterloo & City to Waterloo, dep. 14:06:58, arr. 14:10:27
Northern to Embankment, dep. 14:14:45, arr. 14:15:53
District to Westminster, dep. 14:17:39, arr. 14:18:49
Jubilee to Green Park, dep. 14:21:53, arr. 14:23:29
Victoria to Oxford Circus, dep. 14:26:47, arr. 14:28:04
Bakerloo to Piccadilly Circus, dep. 14:30:02, arr. 14:31:28
Piccadilly to Leicester Square, dep. 14:33:45, arr. 14:34:56

Elapsed time = 48:00

Mouse Challenge - timing detais

I completed my first Mouse Challenge this morning and, for the record, here are the details.

Start at Lambeth North
Bakerloo to Waterloo, dep. 09:39:08, arr. 09:40:18
Jubilee to London Bridge, dep. 09:44:52, arr. 09:47:19
Northern to Kennington, dep. 09:52:05, arr. 09:56:57
Northern to Waterloo, dep. 09:59:54, arr. 10:02:04
Waterloo & City to Bank, dep. 10:05:10, arr. 10:08:30
Central to Tottenham Court Road, dep. 10:11:15, arr. 10:17:27
Northern to Camden Town, dep. 10:19:50, arr. 10:27:32
Northern to Euston, dep. 10:28:37, arr. 10:31:37
On foot to Euston Square
Metropolitan to Moorgate, dep. 10:42:01, arr. 10:49:45
Northern to King's Cross St. Pancras, dep. 10:52:21, arr. 10:58:19
Piccadilly to Leicester Square, dep. 11:02:42, arr. 11:08:59
Northern to Embankment, dep. 11:11:05, arr. 11:13:17
District to Cannon Street, dep.11:14:35, arr. 11:21:04

Elapsed time = 1:41:56