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Old 21st June 2007, 07:55 AM   #11 (permalink)
John Rowland
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Boltar wrote:
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> Chesham to Upminster is the longest trip a train could physically take
> without reversing or going in circles AFAIK.


As somebody already suggested, Chesham - Aldgate - Tower Hill - Ealing
Common - Uxbridge is much further.


 
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Old 21st June 2007, 09:36 AM   #12 (permalink)
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, asdf wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:17:40 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:
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>>>>>> I suppose the longest journey that is theoretically possible would
>>>>>> be Chesham to Upminster, not including the circle line.
>>>>>
>>>>> Assuming no reversals or repetition of any stretch of route, I'll
>>>>> venture Chesham to Uxbridge (via Baker Street, Liverpool Street,
>>>>> Tower Hill, and Ealing Common) as being longer.
>>>>
>>>> Surley these routes do not count because they involve changing lines?
>>>
>>> The 'line' names designated by LUL are not indicative of whether the
>>> actual tracks are (or are not) connected.

>>
>> But the original question was about the longest 'line', so this is in
>> fact germane.

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> But this wasn't an attempt to answer the original question. It was a
> digression onto the subject of what might be the longest journey
> theoretically possible.


This was evidently not made clear to the OP!

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