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A few weeks before the sports vacation (week
9), I got the idea of taking on the challenge of taking all of SL's
"Stomlinje" which are basically buses that are painted in blue and meant
to be bones of the bus network in Stockholm County.
I remember how I tried to fit in the times for a trip like this a few
years ago, but no matter how I tried, I couldn't fit in the times. And
when I tried to fit in the times this time, it didn't work either, so I
was forced to cheat and allowed the use of other bus lines than stomlinjer
and also the subway network (note that the last time I tried to plan it,
bus 173, 176, 471, and 474 either didn't exist or didn't belong to the
stomlinje-network).
But after about three tries, I managed to fit in the times and the only
condition was that this trip had to be executed on a Friday since the last
bit of the challenge, 676 to Norrtälje, has it's last departure at 02:10
instead of the regular 01:10 (even though that didn't matter which we'll
see later on). After having made the schedule, I asked one of my friend
whether he wanted to complete the challenge with me and he answered a
direct yes.
Generally speaking, the trip went according to schedule until Skarpnäck
with 173 when we managed to catch the previous 172, i.e. making us 15
minutes ahead of schedule. Then at Gustavsbergs centrum on the way to
Orminge, we managed to be another 15 minutes ahead of schedule when we
caught the previous 422. And eventually we arrived at Norrtälje busstation
exactly 60 minutes ahead of schedule. After having arrived at Norrtälje,
it was "just" 3 hours waiting time until the first bus to Stockholm
(Danderyd) would depart...
For the complete schedule, click
here!
For a simple map I drew of the Stomlinje-network, click
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