Maximum countries by train in 24 hours

"megaribi" skrev i meddelandet
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How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Breclav (17:03)- Bratislava (18:40) - Parndorf (19:22) - Hegyeshalom
(19:45) - Zurich (6:30) -
Olten (7:06) - Basel (7:56) - Strasbourg (9:55) - Metz (11:59) -
Luxembourg (13:24) - Namur (15:33) - Liege Guillemins (16:24) and
arrive to Maastricht at 16:54.

The times in brackets are departure times.

The countries are Czechia, Slovakia, Austria (three times entered),
Hungary, Germany, Liehtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxemboug,
Belgium, Netherlands. (the train does not stop in Germany and
Liechtenstein, only passes them)
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10 countries only. You're missing Germany as the trains RE 96204
Basel-Strasbourg and RE 30334 Strasbourg-Metz are routed over French
territory only.

On 11 Apr 2007 23:28:04 -0700, "megaribi"
wrote:

On Apr 11, 11:19 pm, Hatunen wrote:
On 11 Apr 2007 12:34:36 -0700, "megaribi"

wrote:
How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Why would you want to do that?

For example to enter Guinness book of records, or at least to prove
that it is possible to make the same as already existing Guinness
record carrier. (I will not do it, by the way. My Bosnian passport
requires visa for every single country mentioned in a list.).

Why would you want to do that?

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:52:37 +0100, (David
Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

Erick T. Barkhuis -o-m wrote:

David Horne:

I've known people who've tried to alight at all the underground
situations in a particular city in a similar period of time. Possible in
some cities in Europe, though not all!

Very easy to do in both Amsterdam and Rotterdam on the same day, and have
plenty of time for sightseeing on top of that.
:-)

Now I think about it, you could probably visit all the underground
stations in the UK north of Watford in one day, including the train
trips between cities!

All the Metro stations in Helsinki would be very easy.


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Hatunen:
David:

Erick :

David :

I've known people who've tried to alight at all the underground
situations in a particular city in a similar period of time. Possible in
some cities in Europe, though not all!

Very easy to do in both Amsterdam and Rotterdam on the same day, and have
plenty of time for sightseeing on top of that.
:-)

Now I think about it, you could probably visit all the underground
stations in the UK north of Watford in one day, including the train
trips between cities!

All the Metro stations in Helsinki would be very easy.

Probably so, but does Helsinki offer any interesting sightseeing
highlights apart from the subway stations?

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Erick

Deeply Filled Mortician wrote:

Make credence recognised that on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:15:36 +0100,
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) has scripted:


JohnT wrote:


"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
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Hatunen wrote:


On 11 Apr 2007 12:34:36 -0700, "megaribi"
wrote:


How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Why would you want to do that?

For fun? I've known people who've tried to alight at all the underground
situations in a particular city in a similar period of time. Possible in
some cities in Europe, though not all!


Is it not possible to do it in London by getting off the train at each
station and then immediately re-boarding the same train? Or is that regarded
as cheating?

Well, there are no rules, but if I did it, I'd want to get off and wait
for the next train.


Someone wrote a book about doing every tube stop in one day. He took a
photo of every station as proof.

Sounds pretty unpleasant to me!

Much less unpleasant than swimming the Amazon though.

Hatunen wrote:

On 11 Apr 2007 23:28:04 -0700, "megaribi"
wrote:

On Apr 11, 11:19 pm, Hatunen wrote:
On 11 Apr 2007 12:34:36 -0700, "megaribi"

wrote:
How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Why would you want to do that?

For example to enter Guinness book of records, or at least to prove
that it is possible to make the same as already existing Guinness
record carrier. (I will not do it, by the way. My Bosnian passport
requires visa for every single country mentioned in a list.).

Why would you want to do that?

I think that's the second time you've asked that. If you want to say "I
think that's boring" you ought to say so, but people get fun out of
different things. Personally, I think it's better to let people enjoy
what they do (without comment, when I behave), providing they cause no
harm to others.

--
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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Lennart Petersen wrote:

"megaribi" skrev i meddelandet
ups.com...
How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Breclav (17:03)- Bratislava (18:40) - Parndorf (19:22) - Hegyeshalom
(19:45) - Zurich (6:30) -
Olten (7:06) - Basel (7:56) - Strasbourg (9:55) - Metz (11:59) -
Luxembourg (13:24) - Namur (15:33) - Liege Guillemins (16:24) and
arrive to Maastricht at 16:54.

The times in brackets are departure times.

The countries are Czechia, Slovakia, Austria (three times entered),
Hungary, Germany, Liehtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxemboug,
Belgium, Netherlands. (the train does not stop in Germany and
Liechtenstein, only passes them)
-----------
10 countries only. You're missing Germany as the trains RE 96204
Basel-Strasbourg and RE 30334 Strasbourg-Metz are routed over French
territory only.

Lennart, you're obviously good at this. What would be your best 'hit' of
different countries in Europe by rail in 24 hours?

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David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" skrev i meddelandet
...
Lennart Petersen wrote:

"megaribi" skrev i meddelandet
ups.com...
How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Breclav (17:03)- Bratislava (18:40) - Parndorf (19:22) - Hegyeshalom
(19:45) - Zurich (6:30) -
Olten (7:06) - Basel (7:56) - Strasbourg (9:55) - Metz (11:59) -
Luxembourg (13:24) - Namur (15:33) - Liege Guillemins (16:24) and
arrive to Maastricht at 16:54.

The times in brackets are departure times.

The countries are Czechia, Slovakia, Austria (three times entered),
Hungary, Germany, Liehtenstein, Switzerland, France, Luxemboug,
Belgium, Netherlands. (the train does not stop in Germany and
Liechtenstein, only passes them)
-----------
10 countries only. You're missing Germany as the trains RE 96204
Basel-Strasbourg and RE 30334 Strasbourg-Metz are routed over French
territory only.

Lennart, you're obviously good at this. What would be your best 'hit' of
different countries in Europe by rail in 24 hours?

Think it's difficult to beat 10 countries but maybe it's possible to
include a route Basel-Offenburg-Strasbourg over Germany. Problem is to be
in the timeframe.

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:45:00 +0100, (David
Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

Hatunen wrote:

On 11 Apr 2007 23:28:04 -0700, "megaribi"
wrote:

On Apr 11, 11:19 pm, Hatunen wrote:
On 11 Apr 2007 12:34:36 -0700, "megaribi"

wrote:
How to pass 11 countries in 24 hours, using only train and eventually
city transport if the town has several stations?

Why would you want to do that?

For example to enter Guinness book of records, or at least to prove
that it is possible to make the same as already existing Guinness
record carrier. (I will not do it, by the way. My Bosnian passport
requires visa for every single country mentioned in a list.).

Why would you want to do that?

I think that's the second time you've asked that.

You think? Look above.

If you want to say "I
think that's boring" you ought to say so, but people get fun out of
different things. Personally, I think it's better to let people enjoy
what they do (without comment, when I behave), providing they cause no
harm to others.

And I'm asking why they would enjoy that? Serious question. If
it's for frivolity, that's a reason, I guess.

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:25:49 +0200, Erick T. Barkhuis
-o-m wrote:

Hatunen:
David:

Erick :

David :

I've known people who've tried to alight at all the underground
situations in a particular city in a similar period of time. Possible in
some cities in Europe, though not all!

Very easy to do in both Amsterdam and Rotterdam on the same day, and have
plenty of time for sightseeing on top of that.
:-)

Now I think about it, you could probably visit all the underground
stations in the UK north of Watford in one day, including the train
trips between cities!

All the Metro stations in Helsinki would be very easy.

Probably so, but does Helsinki offer any interesting sightseeing
highlights apart from the subway stations?

Define "interesting".

I find Helsinki interesting. But not as a tourist "here's another
photo trophy for the slide show" sort of way.

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* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *