Two hundred and seventy-five stations in 24 hours - Barking ? - he certainly
is! In this week's Tube
programme, self-confessed 'hairy', Geoff Marshall attempts to visit every
station on the network from Acton to Woodside Park - in the fastest time possible.
See if he can beat the current record which is set at 19 hours, 18 minutes
and 45 seconds and earned Nottingham's Jack Welsby a well-deserved place in
the Guinness
Book of Records.
Geoff, 30 from Surrey, is not the only one involved in a race against time.
The Tube documentary features a gang of London Underground contract workers who
are up against the clock as they work through the night.
They must finish essential repair work to the tracks and tunnels before the
current
is switched on for the first train of the morning.
With 259 miles of track spanning the Underground and over 500
trains thundering through stations and tunnels, the small hours are precious
for enabling vital maintenance to be done and LU to provide customers with a
safe and efficient service.
Last week was the first screening of the six part series called the
Tube.
Over half a million viewers were glued to their TV screens despite one of the
UK's most popular soaps being shown on another channel.
Speaking yesterday on BBC London's Robert
Elms show, Geoff said: "I love the Underground system. It does annoy
me when people say they hate it. There's much more to it than an ageing, creaky
system. People should learn to love it."
Notes to Editors
The documentary is a six-part series, the first episode of which was broadcast
on http://www.thetube.com/content/pressreleases/0301/09.asp#tv
on the Carlton London network at 1930. It is running for six consecutive weeks.
For further information about London Underground staff featuring in the documentary,
please contact Charmaine Colvin on: 020 7918 4747. Pictures are available on
request.
