Transcontinental Speedrun
The transcontinental speedrun is a speedrun that requires the runner to circumnavigate the world using rail or boat, returning to their original location. Runs that take more than 80 days are considered invalid.
Rules
The run begins upon setting foot on a vehicle while within any city
The run ends upon setting foot in the city you started in after having circumnavigated the world once.
The only methods of transportation permissible are by rail (including subway and tram services), and ferry/ocean liner/cruise services.
There are several optional game mechanics:
- Penny (start from $0.01)
- Penny but difficult (featuring game mechanics from Ryan Trahan's series)
- Jet Lag (featuring game mechanics from Jet Lag: The Game)
History
1522-09-06: Juan Sebastián Elcano and crew, originally led by Ferdinand Magellan, arrive in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, and become the first people ever to circumnavigate the world.
1872-12-21: Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout arrive in London, England and set a world record time of 80d. This would therefore make all previous runs invalid.
1890-01-25: Nellie Bly sets a world record time of 72d.
1890-05-24: George Francis Train arrives in Tacoma, Washington and sets a world record time of 67d12h3m.
1891-07-12: George Francis Train arrives in Fairhaven, Washington and sets a world record time of 64d, breaking his old record.
1913-08-06: Andre Jaeger-Schmidt, Henry Frederick, and John Henry Mears reach New York and set a world record time of 36d.
2023-04-24: Big Boy's Story Mode entry, revolving around a run to be accomplished by him, is created. If successful, Big Boy would become the first steam locomotive ever to circumnavigate the world.
Routing
The route Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout took is to begin in London, 
England and make the following trips, updated to the present day:
- Trains to
Paris, 
Turin, and Brindisi
Taking the train from London to Brindisi via Paris and Turin is still possible today. For the trip to Paris, you'll have to make the following trips:- Eurostar high-speed train to Gare du Nord
- Walk to Gare de Lyon
- TGV high-speed train to Torino Porta Susa
- Walk to Torino Porta Nuova
- Frecciabianca high-speed train to Brindisi
- Steamship to
Suez, 23x15px Aden, and 23x15px Mumbai - Trains to 23x15px Prayagraj and 23x15px Kolkata
- Steamer to 23x15px Singapore and 23x15px Hong Kong
- Steamers to 23x15px Shanghai and
Yokohama - Steamer to
San Francisco - Trains to
Salt Lake City, 23x15px Medicine Bow, 23x15px Kearney, 23x15px Omaha, 23x15px Chicago, and 23x15px New York
Despite American trains not being as sleek as their European counterparts, it is still possible to go from San Francisco to New York, by making the following trips:- BART Blue Line to Oakland Coliseum
- Amtrak Capitol Corridor to Emeryville
- Amtrak California Zephyr to Chicago
- Amtrak Lake Shore Limited to New York
- Steamer to
Cobh and trains to Dublin, 
Liverpool, and London
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A route partially inspired by this page is to begin in Chicago, 23x15px Illinois, 
United States and make the following trips:
- Amtrak Lake Shore Limited to New York, 23x15px New York, United States
- Cunard transatlantic crossing to Southampton, England aboard Queen Mary 2
- South Western Railway train to Horsham
- Thameslink train to St. Pancras, London
- Eurostar high-speed train to Brussels South,
Belgium - ICE high-speed train to Cologne,
Germany - DB train to Hamburg
- SJ EuroNight train to Stockholm,
Sweden via Copenhagen, 
Denmark - Walk or subway to port
- Ferry to Turku,
Finland via Mariehamn, 23x15px Åland - VR train to Toijala
- VR train to Helsinki
- Lev Tolstoy train to Leningradsky station, Moscow,
Russia - Walk to Yaroslavsky station
- China Railway K4 train to Beijing, 23x15px China
- China Railway high-speed train to Shanghai
- Walk to port
- Ferry to Osaka, Japan
- Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed train to 23x15px Tokyo
- Any transpacific cruise to Vancouver, 23x15px British Columbia,
Canada - Amtrak Cascades to Seattle, 23x15px Washington, United States
- Amtrak Empire Builder to Chicago, 23x15px Illinois, United States
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Transit Relay
The first World Transit Relay, which could be the first Transit Relay in general, takes place along a route inspired by Fogg et al.'s 80-day circumnavigation. There are 23 legs, and stationed in each of the checkpoints will be 23 teams of 4 that will pass a harbor seal plush in exchange for a baton. Once the group finishes the leg, they are free to tour the city. This run wouldn't count, though, as planes are used; besides, it isn't meant to be a speedrun. The checkpoints are:
- Piccadilly Circus, London
- Eiffel Tower, Paris
- Parco del Valentino, Turin
- Colonne Romane, Brindisi
- Suez Stadium, Suez
- Gateway of India Mumbai, Mumbai
- Chandrashekhar Azad Park, Prayagraj
- Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
- Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong
- The Bund, Shanghai
- Yamashita Park, Yokohama
- Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
- Temple Square, Salt Lake City
- Public Park, Medicine Bow
- Alley Rose, Kearney
- Heartland of America Park at The RiverFront, Omaha
- Wrigley Field, Chicago
- Washington Square Park, New York
- St. Colman’s Cathedral, Cobh
- St Stephen’s Green, Dublin
- Anfield, Liverpool