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Adham Fisher

Tube Challenge

The Ultimate Ride: The Race to visit every Underground Station in London...and Beyond

Adham Fisher

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English
Pen & Sword Transport
01 February 2024
Trains & railways: general interest
Urban rail systems carry hundreds of millions of people for work and leisure every year. A tiny fraction of these passengers are competitors, who seek the fastest time for riding to every station. Most popular on the London Underground, this is often known as the Tube Challenge, recognised as a Guinness World Record since 1960. Spending any longer on public transport than necessary, let alone several hours, might likely be construed as strange behaviour. Who has partaken in this somewhat cult activity? Why have they wanted to? How did it start, and where has it gone? Furthermore, the activity does not stop in London, as corresponding records have been set with the Subway Challenge or Ultimate Ride in New York, the Metro Challenge in Paris, and more. This book speaks to the people behind these notable journeys, and details all official record holders in this discipline for the first time. Learn about the personalities, planning and persistence of this pursuit, and how some of its participants have become the best in the world at it.

AUTHOR: Adham Fisher is from Leicester, what he calls 'the greatest city in the world'. As well as trying to visit every Tube station in the quickest time, he has ridden on 199 London bus routes alone in 24 hours, ridden on all 593 in a team in 23 hours and 26 minutes, and all 598 alone in 15 days, 21 hours and 9 minutes.

16 colour illustrations
By:  
Imprint:   Pen & Sword Transport
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
ISBN:   9781399086097
ISBN 10:   139908609X
Pages:   224
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified

Adham Fisher is from Leicester, what he calls the greatest city in the world . As well as trying to visit every Tube station in the quickest time, he has ridden on 199 London bus routes alone in 24 hours, ridden on all 593 in a team in 23 hours and 26 minutes, and all 598 alone in 15 days, 21 hours and 9 minutes.

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