Do you know how many stations are in Greater London? That's Underground, Overground, DLR, Tramlink, TfL Rail, National Rail and Cable Car stops (basically, anything on the London's Rail & Tube Services map).
A couple of weeks ago, the seeds of an idea formed in my head. Had anyone, I wondered, been mad enough to visit every station in Greater London? Probably, I reasoned; that's not particularly crazy. However, I'll bet no-one's done it... alphabetically.
So back to the original question. Turns out there's 598 of them, from Abbey Road to Worcester Park. And I'm going to visit them all. When I say visit, I mean visit; I'm actually going to get off the train/tram/cable car and leave the station, to see what's around, what sort of environment the station sits in. You never know, I may even write about it.
As you may have guessed by now, this will not be a quick project. However, I'd like to get it done by the end of next year, 2018 (which is very optimistic I know!). I'll be documenting my progress on here and on Twitter (what do you mean you didn't know I have a Twitter account?), so you can follow my gradual breakdown in excruciating detail.
I'm hesitant to put a start date as I rarely seem to be able to stick to them, but provisionally this is going to kick off on Friday 17th November. See you at Abbey Road...
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