Shack Attack 2016 (The Hammerhead Strikes Back)

[noddy1878]

6/9/16
Maidstone East
Maidstone West
Rochester
Chatham
Rainam
Queenborough

7/9/16
Longfield
High Brooms
Deal
Martin Mill
Sandwich
Walker
Broadstairs

8/9/16
Kensington Olympia (LU)
Turnham Green (LU)
Sudbury Town (LU)
Park Royal (LU)
Gloucester Road (LU)
Hyde Park Corner (LU)

13/9/16
Corpach
Lochielside
Banavie

14/9/16
Corrour
Rannoch
Spean Bridge

15/9/16
Upper Tyndrum
Tyndrum Lower
Ardlui

16/9/16
Muir of Ord
Kyle of Lochalsh
Plockton
Duncraig
Beauly

YTD: 324

 

[Kite159]

We could have bumped into each other yesterday Noddy

16/9:
Lochluichart
Achnasheen
Garve
Achanalt
Keith

17/9:
Elgin
Forres
Nairn
Plockton
Duncraig
Strathcarron
Stormeferry
Achnashellach

Kyle of Lochalsh line cleared

 

[Cletus]

17/09/16
Kensal Green
Haggerston
Dalston Junction
Hoxton
Shoreditch High Street
Wapping

Westferry (DLR)
Poplar (DLR)
West India Quay (DLR)
South Quay (DLR)

Catford
Beckenham Hill
Bellingham

 

[noddy1878]

We could have bumped into each other yesterday Noddy

16/9:
Lochluichart
Achnasheen
Garve
Achanalt
Keith

17/9:
Elgin
Forres
Nairn
Plockton
Duncraig
Strathcarron
Stormeferry
Achnashellach

Kyle of Lochalsh line cleared

I think we were on the same train. I saw someone get off at Achnasheen and then later I saw your picture on Twitter. First time I'd even been on the line so I was off to the end and then managed a couple of other shacks with a walk in between with the missus. I'm a long way to clearing the line for shacks but at least I've made a start!

 

[Kite159]

I think we were on the same train. I saw someone get off at Achnasheen and then later I saw your picture on Twitter. First time I'd even been on the line so I was off to the end and then managed a couple of other shacks with a walk in between with the missus. I'm a long way to clearing the line for shacks but at least I've made a start!

That might have been me, 2nd Kyle train of the day (158714)? Called unusually at the remote and mostly featureless Lochluichart

I'm guessing you did the walk from Plockton to Duncraig via the castle and a long hill?

 

[noddy1878]

That might have been me, 2nd Kyle train of the day (158714)? Called unusually at the remote and featureless Lochluichart

I'm guessing you did the walk from Plockton to Duncraig via the castle and a long hill?

Yes that was the train. We went into Plockton for lunch and then did walk round to Duncraig. Weather was amazing that day too which helped!

 

[Techniquest]

Congratulations Kite on clearing the Kyle of Lochalsh line! Not to be outdone this month:

18/09/2016

Ash
Betchworth
Blackwater
Chilworth
Crowthorne
Dorking West
Earley
Farnborough North
Gomshall
North Camp
Sandhurst
Shalford
Wanborough
Winnersh
Winnersh Triangle

Not bad for a Sunday! Reading to Redhill (and beyond!) now cleared

19/09/2016

Ascot
Bracknell
Kintbury
Longcross
Martins Heron
Midgham
Sunningdale

YTD: 316

Paddington to Plymouth now cleared! 48 GWR shacks to go, 44 of which are in Devon and Cornwall!

 

[noddy1878]

20/9/16
Busby
Newton
Kirkhill
Hamilton West
Coatbridge Central
Coatbridge Sunnyside
Dalmarnock
Hairmyres
Thornton Hill

21/9/16
St Enoch (Glasgow Subway)
Partick (Glasgow Subway)
Bridge Street (Glasgow Subway)
Shields Road (Glasgow Subway)
West Street (Glasgow Subway)
Winning Park (Glasgow Subway)
Ibrox (Glasgow Subway)
Cessnock (Glasgow Subway)
Govan (Glasgow Subway)
St George's Cross (Glasgow Subway)
Kelvinbridge (Glasgow Subway)
Hillhead (Glasgow Subway)
Kelvinhall (Glasgow Subway)

YTD: 360

 

[Techniquest]

Quite the clearout there Noddy! I really need to get back to Glasgow to have an enormous clearout. Oh look, another idea for my week off in January!

 

[Segedunum]

24/9/16

Dalston
Braystones
Sellafield
Seascale
Drigg
Ravenglass
Bootle
Millom
Green Road

Just Wigton, Silecroft, Foxfield, Kirkby and Askam needed to finish Carlisle-Barrow!

 

[D841 Roebuck]

22/9/16

Adlington (Lancs)


24/9+16

Church Fenton

 

[Techniquest]

Just Wigton, Silecroft, Foxfield, Kirkby and Askam needed to finish Carlisle-Barrow!

Nice! None of them are super limited frequencies either from memory!

 

[Segedunum]

Nice! None of them are super limited frequencies either from memory!

Indeed not. I could have got Wigton and Silecroft as well yesterday but I wasn't up for a super early finish.

I had a choice of Wigton or Braystones as well, and of course I picked the one with a limited service. My logic is that Wigton can be scooped up easily from the Carlisle direction, and the rest can be picked up from the Barrow and Lancaster end (I need everything Lancaster to Barrow as well) so no more slow albeit scenic slogs around the coast for the foreseeable!

 

[adrock1976]

24 September

Dalston (Cumbria)
Newtongrange (cleared all along Borders Railway)
Longniddry
Wallyford
Prestonpans
Livingston North

 

[Kite159]

24/9

Rishton
Hapton
Burnley Central
Huncoat
Whalley
Ramsgreave & Wilpshire
Clitheroe
Langho
Squires Gate

Blackpool Tramway:
Tower
St Chad's Road
South Pier
Pleasure Beach
Burlington Road West
Harrow Place
Manchester Square
Central Pier
Pleasant Street
Wilton Parade
Gynn Square
Cliffs Hotel
(Uncle Tom's) Cabin
Lowther Avenue
Cavendish Road
Bispham
Sandhurst Avenue
Norbreck
Norbreck North
Little Bispham

(Making the use of the ~7 minute frequency due to the lights)

25/9

Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Moss Side
St Annes-on-the-Sea
Lytham
Ansdell & Fairhaven

Blackpool Trams
Anchorsholme Lane
Cleveleys
West Drive
Thornton Gate
Rossall Beach
Rossall School
Rossall Square
Broadwater
Heathfield Road
Lindel Road
Stanley Road
Fisherman Walk
London Street
Victoria Street

(Blackpool tramway cleared, sadly tram 006 escaped me, but as they are due to get a couple more trams next year, it can wait until the extension to North Station is built)

Blackpool South - Colne complete, plus Blackburn to Clitheroe, another part of the Northern empire cleared

 

[Peter Mugridge]

24/9
(Blackpool tramway cleared, sadly tram 006 escaped me, but as they are due to get a couple more trams next year, it can wait until the extension to North Station is built)

If I recall correctly, the additional two are due for delivery in late 2017 so it may be wise to await the seasonal service increase at Easter 2018 before attempting to bash those two. Remember, in the off season there's only about six trams out daily...

 

[Kite159]

If I recall correctly, the additional two are due for delivery in late 2017 so it may be wise to await the seasonal service increase at Easter 2018 before attempting to bash those two. Remember, in the off season there's only about six trams out daily...

I noticed that with the timetable dropping to 4 trams an hour during the winter months. I did well making use of the enhanced timetable for the lights towards Little Bispham, and on the Sunday making use of some of the tiny distances between stops to grab two for the price of one (to save waiting around for ~10 minutes at stops)

 

[noddy1878]

28/9/16
Mainline
Kew Gardens
South Acton
Gunnersbury
Acton Main Line

LU
Southfields
Wimbledon Park
Putney Bridge
East Putney
Parsons Green
Fulham Broadway
Chiswick Park
Stamford Brook
Gunnersbury
Kew Gardens
Goldhawk Road
Shepherd's Bush Market
Wood Lane
Latimer Road
Ladbroke Grove

YTD:379

I now only need 7 LU stations to clear the lot. 2 on the District line and 5 on the Met line.

 

[adrock1976]

28 September

Girvan
Barrhill
Maybole
Newton-on-Ayr
Ardrossan Town
Ardrossan South Beach
Stevenston
West Kilbride
Fairlie

All in KA postcode cleared

 

[Cletus]

01/10/16

Peterborough
Whittlesea

 

[adrock1976]

30 September

Bredbury
Reddish North
Reddish South
Denton
Hyde Central
Strines

All three routes (via Hyde Central, via Bredbury, and via Stockport) from Manchester Piccadilly to Chinley cleared. Plus the direct route between Stockport and Guide Bridge too.

 

[Kite159]

1st October

Hellifield (previously have visited on a railtour break)
Armathwaite
Langwathby
Lazonby & Kirkoswald
Appleby

 

[185143]

1st October

Northallerton
Yarm

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[D841 Roebuck]

7/10/2016

Blackrod
Ladywell (Metrolink shacks cleared )

 

[crehld]

I've been offline for a while so here's an update covering most of September:

4 September 2016
Barnetby
Edmonton Green
Kirk Sandall
Long Eaton
Loughborough
Skegness


5 September 2016
National Rail
Brimsdown
Stamford Hill

London Underground
Mile End
Stratford


7 September 2016
National Rail
Angel Road
Bruce Grove
Bush Hill Park
Cambridge Heath
Enfield Lock
Enfield Town
Lea Bridge
Silver Street
Southbury
Stoke Newington
Turkey Street
White Hart Lane

London Underground
Bethnal Green

24 September 2016
Feltham

25 September 2016
National rail
Camden Road
Hatch End
Headstone Lane
Homerton
Kenton
North Wembley
South Kenton
Stonebridge Park
St Margarets (London)

London Underground
Camden Town
Edgware Road (Bakerloo line)
Harlesden
Harrow and Wealdstone
Kenton
Kilburn Park
Mornington Crescent
North Wembley
South Kenton
Stonebridge Park

26 September 2016
National rail
Caledonian Road and Barnsbury
Kensal Rise
Kew Gardens

London Underground
Kew Gardens

27 September 2016
Belgian national rail
Bruxelles-Luxembourg
Bruxelles-Schuman

28 September 2016
Brussels metro
De Brouckère

5 October 2016
Birchwood
Rochdale
Smithy Bridge
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1st October

Hellifield (previously have visited on a railtour break)

Sorry I wasn't about to say "hi"

 

[Cletus]

08/10/16
Brookmans Park
Welham Green
Garston
Watford North
South Kenton
North Wembley
Harlesden
Kilburn Park (Underground)
Maida Vale (Underground) (cleared the Bakerloo line & stations north to Watford Junction)
Queensway (Underground)
Holland Park (Underground)
Notting Hill Gate (Underground)
Bayswater (Underground) (cleared the old circular part of the Circle line)

 

[Kite159]

8/10

Ruswarp
Great Ayton
Grosmont
Battersby
Kildale
Egton
Glaisdale
Commondale
Castleton Moor
Sleights

9/10

Lealholm
Danby

Whitby line cleared

 

[55013]

September 2016 (Late due to being on my jollies):

NR:
Brentwood
Emerson Park
Goodmayes

DLR:
Canary Wharf
Cutty Sark
Greenwich
Lewisham
Stratford High Level
Stratford High Street
West India Quay

LU:
Embankment
Warren Street

 

[Techniquest]

Congratulations on clearing the Whitby line shacks Kite

Expecting to post quite the list on this thread next week after Tech's October Fest, although the post I plan to make on 2017's Shack Attack thread in January will be even better

 

[FQ]

Kite, that really is... either incredibly dedicated or completely crazy! Congrats!

I was just wandering, what's the largest station that people need in terms of number of trains serving it and the smallest station people have had, again in terms of number of services that serve it. I think my largest is probably Glasgow Central but I've no idea on my smallest.