The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

Possibly the longest walk I've seen between two "consecutive" bus stops, we walk the 0.3 mile (6 min) to Clatterbridge Hospital Stop A, where we await Arriva North West service 487 at 1340. This takes us to Neston (Railway Station) at 1353 on Tuesday.

This southbound bus stop is on Ladies Walk, but on Google Maps is only shown via road markings on satellite view, there is no blue marker...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the railway station to find we have missed the service to Wrexham by just a few minutes, so content ourselves by boarding the 1414 Transport for Wales service to Bidston that arrives there at 1433 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1451 Merseyrail service 2W33 to Moorfields, arriving there at 1505 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1511 Merseyrail service to Southport that arrives there at 1555 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to the Chapel St (ED) stop (4 min / 0.2 miles) where we board Arriva North West service 375 at 1619. We alight at Skelmersdale (Concourse, stand 5) at 1732 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1758 Arriva North West service 310 to Walton (Denbigh Road), arriving there at 1912 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (2 mins) to the Moor Lane stop on Queens Drive, where we board Arriva North West service 81A at 1925. We alight at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (atop 2) at 2015 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2027 Arriva North West service 86A to Toxteth (Upper Parliament Street/Bedford Street South), arriving there at 2102 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2113 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 86 to Liverpool (the bus stop adjacent to Liverpool ONE on Hanover Street) that arrives there at 2123 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Entering Liverpool ONE, we head to Stand 3 where at 2205 Arriva North West service 7 takes us to Warrington, Town Hall. We arrive at 2315 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2325 Arriva North West service 7 to Huyton (Bus Station), arriving there at 2359 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and next board the 0531 Arriva North West service 61 to Runcorn (High Street Bus Station) that arrives there at 0648 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0714 Arriva North West service 82A to Aigburth (Brabant Road), arriving there at 0835 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0714 Arriva North West service 82A to Aigburth (Brabant Road), arriving there at 0835 on Wednesday morning.

Is that Brabant Road stop in Otterspool?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Is that Brabant Road stop in Otterspool?

No, Aigburth, on Aigburth Road a little east of St Anne’s Chuch.

I can see Otterspool Promenade, but that’s almost a mile away.

Seems to be one of those situations once again where your source has specified a location that isn’t geographically accurate.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No, Aigburth, on Aigburth Road a little east of St Anne’s Chuch.

I can see Otterspool Promenade, but that’s almost a mile away.

Seems to be one of those situations once again where your source has specified a location that isn’t geographically accurate.

I use bustimes.org for the majority of my bus postings and have had no problems in the past.

The problem in past times was with rail-based postings and under advice, I changed over to RTT and have had no problem since then.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I use bustimes.org for the majority of my bus postings and have had no problems in the past.

The problem in past times was with rail-based postings and under advice, I changed over to RTT and have had no problem since then.

Bustimes.org is great for listing every service and time from said stops, but sometimes it'll class a stop as being in different location (such as Brabant Road).

 

[-Colly405-]

I always use bustimes...
I think it uses the official local authority-specified locations, rather than locally known...

Looking at the timings of the 82A, the stop in question is on bustimes (and therefore I believe the government-led Naptan database) as Otterspool, Brabant Rd.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (10 mins / 0.5 mile) to Aigburth station, from where we depart at 0859 on Merseyrail's 2S12 toward Southport. We alight at Formby at 0937 on Wednesday.

 

[transportphoto]

Bustimes.org is great for listing every service and time from said stops, but sometimes it'll class a stop as being in different location (such as Brabant Road).

I always use bustimes...
I think it uses the official local authority-specified locations, rather than locally known...

Looking at the timings of the 82A, the stop in question is on bustimes (and therefore I believe the government-led Naptan database) as Otterspool, Brabant Rd.

What we’re trying to achieve is a shared understanding of where each move takes us.

BusTimes.org, as noted above, describes the stop as it is officially registered.

In this world of hypothetical game play, I guess we need to apply some common sense and try not to stress out about these things too much. If there’s a little bit of confusion, we can suss it out.

 

[ValleyLines142]

What we’re trying to achieve is a shared understanding of where each move takes us.

BusTimes.org, as noted above, describes the stop as it is officially registered.

In this world of hypothetical game play, I guess we need to apply some common sense and try not to stress out about these things too much. If there’s a little bit of confusion, we can suss it out.

My thoughts exactly. We're all very good at specifying exact locations so there was no real reason for Brabant Road to be queried, as it was quite self-explanatory where it was.

We walk (10 mins / 0.5 mile) to Aigburth station, from where we depart at 0859 on Merseyrail's 2S12 toward Southport. We alight at Formby at 0937 on Wednesday.

Plodding along, we exit the station and board the 1006 Arriva North West service 44 to Southport Hospital (which is in Southport, believe it or not!), arriving there at 1034 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (8 min / 0.4 mile) to the stop on Scarisbrick New Rd imaginitively called "opposite no. 226". There, at 1055, we board Arriva North West service 385, alighting at Wigan North Western railway station (stop D) at 1234 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the two minute walk uphill to Wigan Wallgate station and on entering it, find we have plenty of time to board the 1249 Northern Trains service to Hebden Bridge that arrives there at 1415 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We exit to railway station stop HB1 where at 1510 we board Transdev Blazefield, t/a The Keighley Bus Company, service Bronte Bus B3.
We alight at Haworth (Station Rd, stop P) at 1542 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1602 The Keighley Bus Company service B1 to Keighley (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1620 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart from stand G at 1625 on Transdev Blazefield, t/a The Keighley Bus Company, service Dalesway 66, alighting at Skipton General Hospital at 1704 on Wednesday.

 

[A Challenge]

We walk the 8 minutes (0.4 miles) to the Bus Station and get the 17:20 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 280 to Clitheroe (Interchange (Stand 4)), arriving at 18:15 Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1820 Rosso Ribble Country service 64 to Burnley (Bus Station), arriving there at 1908 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1928 The Blackburn Bus Company Hotline service 152 to Feniscowles (the bus stop adjacent to the Three Arches PH on Preston Old Road) that arrives there at 2030 on Wednesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

I think this is the Three Arches, in which case we walk 6 minutes / 0.3 miles to the Primary School stop on Livesey Branch Rd, where we await Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lance service 2 at 2132. We alight at Chorley, Railway Station at 2201 on Wednesday.