Hey Melbourne,
In the month of September I walked roughly 600km. I walked from the end of each metro train line, to Flinders Street (except for the Stony Point line). I went past 220 stations along the way, and walked for roughly 104 hours. I made it a goal to not walk along the tracks, but along footpaths and streets adjacent to the railway.
If you’re interested in seeing my progress along the way, you can see updates at the Instagram page @fredos.trainline.trek
Here are some quick stats: the hilliest line was Hurstbridge, the flattest was Upfield, my favourite to walk was Belgrave, the longest walk was Pakenham (68km), the shortest was Alamein (16km)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask 😀
Posted by slothfredo
28 Comments
Did you only walk during the day? Which station is the sketchiest in your opinion?
Wow man, AWESOME effort ! I am impressed.
Better than sitting on your arse all day doing fuck-all like a lazy cunt – speaking for myself.
Next project: Walk all of vline
Nice, thats an average of 6kph
Is Melton/Sunshine not a metro line?
What are the most interesting things you saw while walking?
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What’s the best line and why is it the Hurstbridge line?
how was the wear and tear on your shoes?
It would have been easier to just catch the train. All jokes aside, that’s an awesome effort.
Are you very tired? I am just thinking about it.
Would have been easier to just jump on the train
Truly inspiring.
What was your level of fitness like before?
What did you do for preparation – physically and planning-wise?
Gear list?
How’d you not get bored all that way?
What did you do when you couldn’t complete the walk before night time?
What was walking the Stony Point line like? Part of me misses it down there.
you’re like the train-related version of tony martin!
The intersection of walking enthusiasts and rail enthusiasts. Fantastic.
Which apps were the most useful for planning and/or tracking your progress?
so radial it hurts
So you’re the trespasser they keep talking about
That’s more steps than my entire steptember team of 4. Impressive
Were there many places where the roads don’t run very close to the railways beyond the access points to the stations?
So you’re the reason for so many operational disruptions to services… 🙂
Super effort. I tell myself one day that I will ride all these lines on the train and get off at every station. But you’ve taken it to a whole other level. Impressive.
Have you considered making this a competitive/fundraising event?
Plus bring [Beau Miles](https://m.youtube.com/beaumiles) along for the documentary… drink out of suspect Gatorade bottles at train stations, while collecting 10cent recycling cans, planting a tree every 100 metres, in a homemade kayak made out of roadside recycled materials…
Is this real ? Holy moly
This has got some real lockdown energy
I used to walk the train tracks around my area with my friends from 12 years old to 16 very regularly, particularly hurst bridge line. Some of the best memories of my life..
Damn. That’s seriously impressive. During the last lockdown my office forced all of us into Steptember challenge teams. I was going out of my mind so was happy to have a reason to be out walking. I did over 500,000 steps during the month and by the end my feet were killing me. You must have done 700,000+. I can’t imagine how smashed they must be.
Found the trespasser who shut down the lines in September!