The Transport Game (UK)

[AndrewR232]

We change to the 2339 Stagecoach London service 48 to Walthamstow Central (Station), where we arrive at 2353 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then enter the station and board the 0009 London Underground Victoria Line service to Euston, arriving there at 0026 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

It's back to the buses as we walk to bus stop H to board the 0041 London General service 390 to Lancaster Gate station, arriving 0101 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0126 Metroline service N207 to Uxbridge (Belmont Road), arriving there at 0229 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

At this point, we're rather tired and decide to take a few hours' rest. We then head to the Underground station and board the 0620 Piccadilly line service to Finsbury Park, arriving 0736 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from the capital now, we head to the mainline platforms and board 2V16, the 0751 Great Northern service to Welwyn Garden City, arriving there at 0827 on Thursday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We continue North with 2P06, the 0902 Great Northern service to St Neots, where we arrive at 0941 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1014 GN service to Peterborough that arrives at 1039 on Thursday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

Next, we take the 1116 VTEC service to Northallerton, arriving 1254 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1340 First TPE service to Middlesbrough that arrives there at 1412 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 1P47, the 1427 First TransPennine Express service to Manchester Airport, arriving there at 1712 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

Onwards with the Barrow-in-Furness portion of the 1729 First TransPennine Express service to Blackpool North & Barrow-in-Furness. We alight at the terminus, Barrrow-in-Furness, at 2004 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 1N37, the 2015 First TransPennine Express service to Preston, arriving there at 2134 on Thursday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

We then wait for the 2205 Northern service to Ormskirk, arriving 2235 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 2G38, the 2250 Merseyrail service to Orrell Park, arriving there at 2307 on Thursday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

Half an hour later, we continue on the 2337 Merseyrail service to Kirkdale, arriving 2341 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 2K60, the 0004 Merseyrail service to Kirkby, arriving there at 0013 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[me123]

And no more public transport, so we call it a night.

We find the buses start before the trains do in the morning, so we catch the first bus of the morning, the 05:04 Stagecoach Merseyside number 21 service towards Liverpool. We alight at Liverpool Queens Square Bus Station at 05:40 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make a four minute walk to the bus stop on Sir Thomas Street and board the 0551 Arriva service 56 to Netherton (Glovers Lane) that arrives there at 0625 on Friday morning.

 

[me123]

Then we switch onto the Arriva service 63, which arrives at 06:37. We travel to Fazakerley Station, arriving at 07:02 on Friday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We take the 0716 Merseyrail service to Liverpool Central, arriving 0731 on Friday morning.

 

[me123]

Then it's over to Platform 2, in time to catch the 07:38 Merseyrail service 2S06 to Southport. We arrive at Southport at 08:23 on Friday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We then take 2J70, the 0857 Northern service to Wigan Wallgate, arriving 0927 on Friday morning.

 

[me123]

Allowing for the five minute interchange and one minute walk between the stations, we should have plenty of time to get to North Western station where we board the 09:43 First Transpennine Express service 1S40 towards Glasgow. We alight in Lockerbie at 11:29 on Friday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We leave the station and walk to the bus stop on Bridge Street outside the Town Hall. Here, we board the 1147 Houstons Minicoaches service 381 to Dumfries, Whitesands Bus Station, where we arrive at 1220 on Friday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We have a quick, but manageable change at the rather scenic Whitestands bus station, overlooking the Nith. We transfer onto the 12:30 Stagecoach West Scotland service 502 to Castle Douglas (Carlingwark Street), arriving at 13:02 on Friday afternoon.

Number added in retrospect

 

[AndrewR232]

We have a quick, but manageable change at the rather scenic Whitestands bus station, overlooking the Nith. We transfer onto the 12:30 Stagecoach West Scotland service to Castle Douglas (Carlingwark Street), arriving at 13:02 on Friday afternoon.

Could you add the service number please?

 

[me123]

Done, cheers for reminding.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We have a quick, but manageable change at the rather scenic Whitestands bus station, overlooking the Nith. We transfer onto the 12:30 Stagecoach West Scotland service 502 to Castle Douglas (Carlingwark Street), arriving at 13:02 on Friday afternoon.

Leaving one "Castle" named settlement for another, we next board the 1405 Stagecoach West Scotland service 500 to Castle Kennedy (Hamilton Road) that arrives there at 1540 on Friday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

We explore the area for a couple of hours before taking the 1750 Stagecoach West Scotland service 500A to Stranraer, Port Rodie (Ferry Terminal). We arrive there at 1755 on Friday afternoon.