The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2120 Diamond Bus service 57 to Abbeydale (the bus stop opposite Meadowhaill Road on Easemore Road) that arrives there at 2128 on Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

The circular 57/58 being the only local bus at this time of day we decide not to visit another suburb, so head back at 2208 to Redditch Bus Station, arriving at 2212 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2120 Diamond Bus service 57 to Abbeydale (the bus stop opposite Meadowhall Road on Easemore Road) that arrives there at 2128 on Thursday evening.

I assume this is MeadowHill Road in Redditch?

The circular 57/58 being the only local bus at this time of day we decide not to visit another suburb, so head back at 2208 to Redditch Bus Station, arriving at 2212 on Thursday.

We cross over to the railway station and board the 2231 West Midlands Trains service 2G72 to Selly Oak, arriving there at 2302 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I assume this is MeadowHill Road in Redditch?

Thanks for bringing such a silly mistake by me to light and so this will not disrupt the smooth flow of this quiz to other contributors, I have now struck-through the posting that caused the said problem.

 

[Purple Train]

We next board the 2324 National Express West Midlands service 63 to Birmingham New Street Station (stop NS1), arriving at 2337 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting that a 12-minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, but trains are still available at this late hour, we make our way into the railway station with time to spare to board the 0002 West Midlands Trains service to Wolverhampton that arrives there at 0028 on Friday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Thanks for bringing such a silly mistake by me to light and so this will not disrupt the smooth flow of this quiz to other contributors, I have now struck-through the posting that caused the said problem.

Striking through the post does disrupt the flow as we now have a missing move. Can the move not just be corrected?

As the move has been struck through, surely this then means play returns to
"Winyates, Ibstock House arriving at 2056 on Thursday" ?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Striking through the post does disrupt the flow as we now have a missing move. Can the move not just be corrected?

I will have to leave it struck through out of respect to the contestant who felt it necessary to bring the attention of all contestants by making a posting about the faux pas involved rather than sending a message about the matter, which would have brought about the required correction.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I will have to leave it struck through out of respect to the contestant who felt it necessary to bring the attention of all contestants by making a posting about the faux pas involved rather than sending a message about the matter, which would have brought about the required correction. I have also struck-through a later-made posting as I am sure that too would have been challenged.

In which case, for the avoidance of doubt, play resumes from this post:

We continue with the 2043 Diamond service 58 to Winyates, Ibstock House arriving at 2056 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Striking through the post does disrupt the flow as we now have a missing move. Can the move not just be corrected?

As the move has been struck through, surely this then means play returns to
"Winyates, Ibstock House arriving at 2056 on Thursday" ?

I will have to leave it struck through out of respect to the contestant who felt it necessary to bring the attention of all contestants by making a posting about the faux pas involved rather than sending a message about the matter, which would have brought about the required correction. I have also struck-through a later-made posting as I am sure that too would have been challenged.

Yeah surely this causes further problems as it's only an incorrect spelling, not an invalid move?

Surely we can continue from Selly Oak as normal?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yeah surely this causes further problems as it's only an incorrect spelling, not an invalid move?

Surely we can continue from Selly Oak as normal?

The query was apparently raised, not because of the actual road that the bus was travelling along which was Easemore Road, but just a side road, which the bus in question did not travel upon, but that appeared to have been a bone of contention and not knowing how the query would have affected matters, I thought it best to strike the whole posting out.

Another contestant had made a posting after the referred posting of Selly Oak.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The query was apparently raised, not because of the actual road that the bus was travelling along which was Easemore Road, but just a side road, which the bus in question did not travel upon, but that appeared to have been a bone of contention and not knowing how the query would have affected matters, I thought it best to strike the whole posting out.

Another contestant had made a posting after the referred posting of Selly Oak.

I think it may have caused further problems to be honest as we're now back at Winyates and all other subsequent moves have to be cancelled now because you cancelled yours, when it was a perfectly valid move.

Team: Are we back at Winyates, or are we happy to continue on from Wolverhampton as per post #33936, as in fairness posts #33932, #33933, #33935 and #33936 were all valid and I think we ought to resolve this as quickly as possible?

 

[Andy Pacer]

I vote for Wolverhampton if Common Sense is allowed to provail.
I am quite disappointed after recently returning from some time away from the quiz that such pedantic occurances are still all too common.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Assuming we are continuing from Wolverhampton and in an effort to get the game back on the rails (pun) we will return a few hours later for the 0520 Avanti West Coast service to Lockerbie arriving at 0813 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I have now taken a sabbatical away from this quiz and have not left my past "bone of contention" queried posting in the current hiatus unstruck.,,,but for the sake of keeping matters on an even keel, I have unstruck the last one that I made to Wolverhampton, as that has been referred to in a follow-on posting by another thread contributor.

 

[-Colly405-]

Gosh, shame...

We walk to Bridge St (opposite the Town Hall) (2 mins) where we await Houston's service 380 at 0840. We alight at Newton Whamphrey Village (Station) at 0900 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Few options here, so we await the next Houston's service 380 at 1035. We will continue on to Moffat, High Street arriving there at 1050 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I vote for Wolverhampton if Common Sense is allowed to provail.
I am quite disappointed after recently returning from some time away from the quiz that such pedantic occurances are still all too common.

Agreed. There was a much simpler alternative, but never mind.

Few options here, so we await the next Houston's service 380 at 1035. We will continue on to Moffat, High Street arriving there at 1050 on Friday morning.

We next board the 1125 Stagecoach West Scotland service X74 to Hamilton (Bus Station), arriving there at 1230 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We cross to the platform at Hamilton Central station and wait for the 1243 Scotrail service to Rutherglen arriving at 1306 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to the bus stop on Farmeloan Road, where we board the 1322 First Glasgow service 46 to Castlemilk (Carmunnock By-Pass), arriving there at 1349 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1405 First Glasgow service 75 to Glasgow Central Station arriving at 1449 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We enter the station and head to the Low Level platforms, where we board 2S37, one of Scotrail's three departures from this station at 1504. We alight at Dalmuir at 1533 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1538 Scotrail service to Dumbarton Central arriving there at 1551 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the two minute walk to the bus stop at the end of Poplar Road, where we board the 1614 First Glasgow The One service 1A to Scotstoun (Duncan Avenue), arriving there at 1703 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1716 Avondale Coaches service 400 to Partick, Methodist Church arriving at 1722 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to the Subway station and board the 1730 Glasgow Subway Outer Circle service to St George's Cross, arriving there at 1737 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We make the 12 minute 0.5 mile walk to Charing Cross Station where we then catch the 1754 Scotrail service to Anniesland arriving at 1804 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the bus stop outside the station, we board the 1809 First Glasgow service 6 to East Kilbride (Bus Station), arriving there at 1932 on Friday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 2008 First Glasgow service 18 to Glasgow, Wilson Street arriving at 2044 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's walk to Queen St railway station (7 min / 0.4 mile) where at the high Level platforms we board 1A61, Scotrail's 2140 service towards Aberdeen.
We alight at Dundee at 2306 on Friday.