The Transport Game (UK)

[Esker-pades]

Having crammed as much chocolate into our bag as we can, we walk (slightly impeded by our comically swollen chocolate stomach) to the station where we board the 23:06 West Midlands Trains service to Bromsgrove, arriving there at 23:26 on a Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly, as we are outside of the Birmingham conurbation, that is it for the remainder of the evening, so we stop off overnight and return for the 0633 West Midlands Railway service 2P05 to Erdington, arriving there at 0718 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Here, we wait for the 08:15 National Express West Midlands service 66 to Sutton Coldfield, adj Manor Hill, arriving at 08:36 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0850 National Express West Midlands service 5 to Pheasey (Church), arriving there at 0907 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Here, we board the 09:25 National Express West Midlands service 997E to Alexander Stadium, adj Perry Locks, arriving at 09:38 Saturday morning.

Bus stop on Aldridge Rd, other side of M6 from the stadium.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I'm so glad you mentioned that because I was very confused for a second!

We then board the 0943 National Express West Midlands service 997 to Rushall (Lichfield Road/Daw End Lane), arriving there at 1023 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We now board the 10:41 Diamond Bus service 35 to Lichfield, opp Library, arriving at 11:19 Saturday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

We take the 5 minute walk to Lichfield City where we board the 11:32 West Midlands Trains service to Lichfield Trent Valley, arriving there at 11:35 on a Saturday.

 

[DanTrain]

Here we board the 12:17 LNWR service 1U31 to Stone, arriving at 12:51 Saturday afternoon.

 

[Esker-pades]

With the bus stops a little too far away, we board the 13:36 London NorthWestern Railway service to Milton Keynes Central, arriving there at 15:14 on a Saturday.

 

[DanTrain]

Next, we board the 15:41 Virgin Trains service 1D89 to Chester, arriving at 17:11 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then exit the station and board the 1716 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service X8 to Liverpool (Hood Street), arriving there at 1836 on Saturday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Walking the 0.2 miles to Lime Street, we then board the 18:56 TransPennine Express service 1E49 all the way to Scarborough, arriving at 21:35 Saturday evening.

 

[johnnychips]

Deleted, sorry.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walking the 0.2 miles to Lime Street, we then board the 18:56 TransPennine Express service 1E49 all the way to Scarborough, arriving at 21:35 Saturday evening.

We next board the 2146 Transpennine Express service to Dewsbury that arrives at 2312 on Saturday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Walking the 0.2 miles to the bus station, we now find the 23:26 Arriva Yorkshires service 203 to Beeston Hill, Dewsbury Road/Hunslet Hall Rd, arriving at 23:56 late Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

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[ValleyLines142]

We stop off overnight and return for the 0646 First Leeds service 2 to Roundhay Park (Princes Avenue), arriving there at 0722 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0728 First Leeds service 12 to Middleton (Middleton Arms PH ... stop reference 45010017) that arrives there at 0808 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0837 First Leeds service 13A to Gledhow (Lidgett Lane/Brackenwood Drive), arriving there at 0923 on Sunday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 09:40 First Leeds service 13 to Belle Isle, nr War Memorial, arriving at 10:16 Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1037 First Leeds service 13 to Leeds (New Briggate), arriving there at 1057 on Sunday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Walking 0.5 miles (10 mins) to Leeds bus station, we now board the 11:15 Transdev York service 840 'Coastliner' to Goathland Bus Shelter, arriving over three hours later at 14:18 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking 0.5 miles (10 mins) to Leeds bus station, we now board the 11:15 Transdev York service 840 'Coastliner' to Goathland Bus Shelter, arriving over three hours later at 14:18 Saturday afternoon.

We're on Sunday not Saturday, also the only 840 from Leeds on a Sunday is at 1615 to Thornton-le-Dale.

 

[DanTrain]

We're on Sunday not Saturday, also the only 840 from Leeds on a Sunday is at 1615 to Thornton-le-Dale.

Oops sorry!

Having rechecked both our calendar and our timetable, we instead find the other Coastliner is running, the 11:15 Transdev York service 843 'Coastliner' to Malton Bus Station, arriving at 13:09 Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Long winter Sunday mornings in Malton.....

We next board the 1336 Transdev York "Coastliner" service 843 to Tadcaster (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1452 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1552 Transdev York Coastliner service 843 to Seacroft (The Green), arriving there at 1613 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

Long winter Sunday mornings in Malton.....

Indeed...it would seem my perception of time is somewhat warped recently

We're now finally able to board the 840 I tried to find earlier, boarding the 16:30 Transdev York service 843 'Coastliner' to Pickering, The Royal Oak, arriving at 18:48 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Being mindful of the fact that the last 840 journeys are coming up soon, we head to a settlement where both onward bus and rail connections are available, and so we board the 1903 Transdev York Coastliner service 840 to Malton (Bus Station), arriving there at 1927 on Sunday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Switching transport modes, we now board the 20:11 TransPennine Express service 1F80 to Huddersfield, arriving at 21:23 Sunday evening.