Fisher attempts new bus record

A Leicester man is attempting to create a new record for travelling on our network in the fastest recorded time to help round off Catch the Bus Month. 

Adham Fisher, is an extreme commuting enthusiast and has been so since 2004. He has attempted, and succeeded in many cases, to set records for his hobby around the globe and has now set his sights on Reading. 

Adham held the Guiness World Record for the fastest time to travel to every London Underground station, and has also travelled on every Greater London bus route within 16 days. Extreme commuting involves trying to use all public transport in particular areas such as when Adham rode all the L-Trains in Chicago in 9 hours, 36 minutes, 33 seconds.

This new, unofficial, record attempt will see him attempt to traverse our urban bus network in the quickest possible time. This involves having to get on every different route and ride through every stop on each route. There will be certain caveats, such as where some routes have slight deviations on certain journeys, these will be exempt as the record will be for the core route on each service. 

The bold idea came about after Adham was visiting family in the area and noticed that there was a set of serviced apartments bearing his family name. He contacted House of Fisher on a whim and soon the idea gathered pace to look at setting a record in Reading. Reading Buses and REDA (Reading’s Economic and Destination Agency) became involved to help support and sponsor the attempt. 

record attempt

The record attempt will take place over the days of Friday 26 September until around Monday 29 September, with Adham expecting it to take between 48-72 hours total. The attempt is to coincide with Bus Users UK Catch the Bus Month (September) that encourages people to ditch their cars and try out the bus to help improve air quality, congestion and to show non-users how easy and effective catching the bus is. 

As there is no official record, once completed, Adham hopes others will attempt it and help shine a spotlight on his hobby.