At OISE Oxford we like a news story involving the London Tube, please check out our earlier posts here and here. Today there is a great Tubey news story all about Geoff Marshall, 41 and Anthony Smith, 28. These two intrepid souls have claimed the record for visiting all 270 London Underground stations in the quickest-possible time by eight minutes. The new record is 16 hours, 20 minutes and 27 seconds.
Marshall said it took "more skill than people think..You have to get off one line and run to the other...We run from Cockfosters to High Barnet so it's a combo of athleticism and the ability to decode a Tube timetable."
The Tube twosome's attempt was completed on 16 August, but it took Guinness World Records more than a month to verify their record.
The pair, who finished at Heathrow Terminal 5 Tube station, said they only beat their previous times as there had been no problems on the Tube network that day. Though they have not revealed their exact route, they did say that the secret to their success involved starting from the outside of the Tube map and travelling into central London.
From everyone at OISE Oxford, well done Marshall and Smith.
Source: BBC News
Marshall said it took "more skill than people think..You have to get off one line and run to the other...We run from Cockfosters to High Barnet so it's a combo of athleticism and the ability to decode a Tube timetable."
The Tube twosome's attempt was completed on 16 August, but it took Guinness World Records more than a month to verify their record.
The pair, who finished at Heathrow Terminal 5 Tube station, said they only beat their previous times as there had been no problems on the Tube network that day. Though they have not revealed their exact route, they did say that the secret to their success involved starting from the outside of the Tube map and travelling into central London.
From everyone at OISE Oxford, well done Marshall and Smith.
