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because TFA clearly states that in reality you need to take a train between Moorgate and Barbican: "Moorgate and Barbican stations are not connected by public

by ABS 4y ago

because TFA clearly states that in reality you need to take a train between Moorgate and Barbican: "Moorgate and Barbican stations are not connected by public passageway, only by train, but I'm going to argue that technically it's OK if you walk along that train while you're riding it."

bombcar 4y ago
Exactly. I was hoping it was something cool connecting the stations, but it was just “enter one station from the far end and exit the next from the far end”. There’s got to be better.
jdlshore 4y ago
True or not, I found it an enjoyable read. I came to the comments to hear from other enthusiasts of urban exploration. Instead, I got a pedantic killjoy. So I guess we’re both disappointed.
- ABS 4y ago
  the read was fine and I read it exactly because I enjoy "urban exploration" which is why I was disappointed to discover it is in fact NOT possible to do what the title says. The title is clickbait as a matter of fact
tialaramex 4y ago
Yeah, even though it's S-stock and so there's actually a reasonable walk inside the train of about a hundred metres (the S-stock are continuous inside, passengers can and do easily walk from one carriage to the next, the deeper Tube trains aren't yet like this although a future new stock for the deeper lines will also be continuous) this is cheating. If I say I walked from Waterloo to Clapham Junction in five minutes, that's astonishing, but if I "walked" inside a 12-car configuration of Desiro 450s (a four car multiple unit that is designed so that you can assemble two or three together into a single train, passengers can walk the entire length of the resulting train) then the claim to have "walked" was bullshit.
Johnny555 4y ago
Yeah, I don't think that he technically did what he said he did since he took a train. I could walk up and down the aisles of a BART train and "walk" underground from Oakland to San Francisco.

by ABS 4y ago

bombcar 4y ago

Exactly. I was hoping it was something cool connecting the stations, but it was just “enter one station from the far end and exit the next from the far end”. There’s got to be better.

jdlshore 4y ago

True or not, I found it an enjoyable read. I came to the comments to hear from other enthusiasts of urban exploration. Instead, I got a pedantic killjoy. So I guess we’re both disappointed.

ABS 4y ago
the read was fine and I read it exactly because I enjoy "urban exploration" which is why I was disappointed to discover it is in fact NOT possible to do what the title says. The title is clickbait as a matter of fact

tialaramex 4y ago

Yeah, even though it's S-stock and so there's actually a reasonable walk inside the train of about a hundred metres (the S-stock are continuous inside, passengers can and do easily walk from one carriage to the next, the deeper Tube trains aren't yet like this although a future new stock for the deeper lines will also be continuous) this is cheating. If I say I walked from Waterloo to Clapham Junction in five minutes, that's astonishing, but if I "walked" inside a 12-car configuration of Desiro 450s (a four car multiple unit that is designed so that you can assemble two or three together into a single train, passengers can walk the entire length of the resulting train) then the claim to have "walked" was bullshit.

Johnny555 4y ago

Yeah, I don't think that he technically did what he said he did since he took a train. I could walk up and down the aisles of a BART train and "walk" underground from Oakland to San Francisco.