Thirteen London Termini

- September 28, 2021

This was just something to do once the first Covid lockdown had eased enough for it to be safe.

My rules were:

Travel only by steel wheel on steel rail
Arrive at or depart from buffers at every London NetworkRail terminus. (i.e. excluding DLR, Underground and Tram)
Use only the London Freedom Pass (the best gift I've ever received) which limits many trains to after 9:30, this led to #4.
To avoid rush hour(s) travel only between 10am and 4pm

So, on 20 Aug 2021, I set off from my local Lewisham

Station	Wait	Station	mls	Travel
Lewisham		Limehouse	5	00:21
Limehouse	00:12	Fenchurch Street	2	00:04
Fenchurch Street	00:14	West Ham	4	00:09
West Ham	00:07	Stratford	1	00:04
Stratford	00:05	Liverpool Street	4	00:09
Liverpool Street		Moorgate	1	00:23
Moorgate	00:09	Finsbury Park	4	00:13
Finsbury Park	00:31	Kings Cross	3	00:06
St. Pancras	00:24	Blackfriars	2	00:09
Blackfriars	00:17	Peckham Rye	5	00:14
Peckham Rye	00:26	London Bridge	4	00:10
London Bridge	00:08	Cannon Street	2	00:04
Cannon Street	00:09	Lewisham	6	00:15

I was very pleased with this. Wait time 2hr42, travel time 2hr21, 43miles. Buffers in bold

It should be noted that St. Pancras doesn't count because all trains from terminal platforms make their first stop outside the Freedom Pass Zone (roughly the M25)

Then, on 2 Sep 2021, I did the other half:

Station

Wait

Station

mls

Travel

Lewisham		Victoria	8	00:23
Victoria	00:05	Clapham Junction	3	00:06
Clapham Junction	00:07	Waterloo	4	00:10
Waterloo	00:10	Euston	2	00:09
Euston	00:18	Queens Park	4	00:09
Queens Park	00:16	Paddington	2	00:07
Paddington	00:10	Ealing Broadway	6	00:08
Ealing Broadway	00:06	Paddington	6	00:09
Paddington	00:09	Marylebone	1	00:02
Marylebone	00:08	Wembley Stadium	7	00:09
Wembley Stadium	00:03	Marylebone	7	00:13
Marylebone	00:33	Charing Cross	3	00:08
Charing Cross	00:22	Lewisham	6	00:18