The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take a four minute walk to the bus stop at Beaumont Road and board the 2249 Stagecoach Warwickshire service 55 to Nuneaton (George Elliot Hospital main entrance) that arrives there at 2316 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The only problem with being deposited at George Eliot Hospital is that, very surprisingly and inconveniently, there appear to be no services on Sunday, and the 2316 arrival was the last bus. Therefore, unless Paul extends his previous move into the centre of Nuneaton for further onward connections the only move we can do is to wait until Monday morning. There are some stops just outside of the hospital but they are well outside of the permitted half a mile walk to onward connections.

Therefore, going on that basis, we see if we can hire a hospital bed for two nights and board the 0646 Stagecoach in Warwickshire service 55A to Nuneaton (Bus Station), arriving there at 0653 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0709 Stagecoach Warwickshire service 48 to Leicester (Haymarket bus station) that arrives there at 0839 on Monday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We next board the 0709 Stagecoach Warwickshire service 48 to Leicester (Haymarket bus station) that arrives there at 0839 on Monday morning.

From St Margaret's bus station, we board the 10:05 National Express route 310 coach service to Bradford Interchange, arriving there at 13:55 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the railway station, we then board the 1414 Northern service 2M50 to Manchester Victoria, arriving there at 1515 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

We change to the 1546 Northern service 2F73 as far as Atherton, arriving at 1609 Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Having spent quite a while in the Wigan/South Lancashire area a few days back, we exit this area as we board the 1644 Northern service 2E89 to Morley, arriving there at 1825 on Monday evening.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 18:50 Northern Rail service to Cottingley, arriving there at 18:54 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the nine minute walk to the Old Road bus stop on Elland Road, we then board the 1910 First Leeds service 51 to Moor Allerton (Moor Allerton Centre), arriving there at 1956 on Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taking the nine minute walk to the Old Road bus stop on Elland Road, we then board the 1910 First Leeds service 51 to Moor Allerton (Moor Allerton Centre), arriving there at 1956 on Monday evening.

Just a general query to ask if the Moor Allerton Centre is actually in Moortown

 

[ValleyLines142]

Just a general query to ask if the Moor Allerton Centre is actually in Moortown

I think so but buses actually display Moor Allerton on the blinds so I assumed that was the destination?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taking the nine minute walk to the Old Road bus stop on Elland Road, we then board the 1910 First Leeds service 51 to Moor Allerton (Moor Allerton Centre), arriving there at 1956 on Monday evening.

We next board the 2027 First Leeds service 51 to Beeston (Elland Road/Mount Heath) that arrives there at 2103 on Monday evening.

 

[kevconnor]

We take the 10 minute (0.5 mile) walk to the stop at Beeston, Town Street Kirk Beeston Close and take 21:29 First Leeds 1 service as far as West Park, Lawnswood School where we arrive at 22:06 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2215 First Leeds 'Skyline' service 6 to Holt Park (Holt Park Centre, just off Holt Park Rise, terminus of service 6), arriving there at 2233 on Monday evening.

 

[kevconnor]

From Holt Park, Centre, stop B we then take 22:41 First Leeds 6 as far as Leeds City Centre, Woodhouse Lane, stop L5 where we arrive at 23:17 on Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the seven minute walk to the nearest bus stop on Wellington Bridge Street where we next board the 2330 First Leeds service 72 to Laisterdyke (Leeds Road/Manse Street) that arrives there at 2357 on Monday evening.

 

[kevconnor]

That is it for the evening so we take the 0.5 mile (10 minute) walk to the stop at Bradford Moor, La Page Middle School, opp and take First Bradford 611 Service at 05:04 as far as Bradford City Centre, Interchange, Stand J where we arrive at 05:15 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0605 Keighley and District service 662 to Keighley bus station that arrives there at 0643 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the six minute walk to the railway station, we then board the 0707 Virgin Trains East Coast service 1A13 to London Kings Cross, arriving there at 0957 on Tuesday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 12:00 Virgin Trains East Coast Highland Chieftain service to Kingussie, arriving there at 19:15 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Somehow I had a feeling that would happen....

We then board the 1946 Abellio ScotRail service 1B44 to Haymarket, arriving there at 2214 on Tuesday evening.

 

[backontrack]

So we board the 23:14 ScotRail service to Ladybank, arriving there at 00:11 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The only move we can make, even though we'll be stranded overnight, is the 0029 Abellio ScotRail service to Perth, arriving there at 0054 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

[backontrack]

On Wednesday morning, we board the 06:00 ScotRail service to Aberdeen, arriving there at 07:50.

Ready?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yes, I've always wanted to do this!

We embark on the longest direct train journey in the country, the 0820 CrossCountry service 1V60 to Penzance, arriving there at 2143 on Wednesday evejing.

 

[kevconnor]

Yes, I've always wanted to do this!

We embark on the longest direct train journey in the country, the 0820 CrossCountry service 1V60 to Penzance, arriving there at 2143 on Wednesday evejing.

Much the same as the other week I was gutted as we found ourselves at Stockport at 7am on a Friday, just outside the two hour window for the Stockport - Stalybridge parly train.

we then take 2210 CrossCountry service to Plymouth where we arrive at 0001 on Thursday morning.

 

[backontrack]

So we next board the 05:20 CrossCountry service to Edinburgh Waverley, arriving there at 14:10 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I would have just done it anyway, the 2 hour time scale usually goes out of the window on this game....

We then board the 1508 CrossCountry service 1V68 to Cheltenham Spa, arriving there at 2052 on Thursday evening.

 

[kevconnor]

Hope springs eternal.

we next take the 2111 Arriva Crosscountry service to Birmingham New Street where we arrive at 21:51 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Indeed!

We then board the 2212 CrossCountry service 1V71 to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving there at 2340 on Thursday evening.