The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2130 First Potteries service 25 to Hanley (Bus Station) that arrives there at 2155 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A0]

Jump straight onto the 2200 First Potteries 25 which is heading to Keele, but we'll alight at Stoke Railway Station at 2207 Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and let the stopper to Manchester depart first, and board the 2227 Avanti West Coast service 1H44 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 2307 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A0]

A short wait - long enough for a coffee - before we board the 2332 Northern service to Blackpool North, but we'll only take it as far as Bolton arriving there at 2351.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Christ have you got a death wish drinking coffee at the time of day

There is another train to Blackpool within half an hour, but we've been to Blackpool fairly recently so we exit the station and head to the bus station where we board the 0024 Diamond Bus North West service 501 to Johnson Fold Estate (Lightbounds Road/Johnson Fold Terminus), arriving there at 0042 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

That was an interesting round trip from Manchester to, um, Manchester since I last checked!

*THURSDAY* morning, I do believe...

... And Bustimes shows that journey as being operated by Vision Bus...

 

[ValleyLines142]

That was an interesting round trip from Manchester to, um, Manchester since I last checked!

*THURSDAY* morning, I do believe...

That's because @A0wen keeps forgetting the day so I just guess willy nilly

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 0500 on Diamond Bus North West service 501, alighting at Farnworth Bus Station at 0548 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0629 Vision Bus service 513 to Radcliffe (Bus Station), arriving there at 0707 on Thursday morning.

 

[A0]

That's because @A0wen keeps forgetting the day so I just guess willy nilly

Sorry - senior moment....

 

[A0]

Fortunately Radcliffe Metrolink station is only 0.4 miles / 8 mins away, so we'll walk there arriving at 0715 which means we can get the 0724 Metrolink to Altrincham arriving 56 minutes later at 0820, Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0830 Arriva North West service 245 to Trafford General Hospital, arriving there at 0909 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0924 Arriva North West service 247 to Partington (Moss Lane) that arrives there at 0950 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Just the 247 that serves here, so we next board the 1006 Arriva North West service 247 to Trafford Centre (Bus Station), arriving there at 1039 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1050 Diamond Bus North West service 126 to Leigh (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1125 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1135 First Manchester Vantage service V1 to Chorlton-upon-Medlock (Oxford Road/Manchester Royal Infirmary), arriving there at 1234 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I was actually at this same stop in real life not so very long ago when I had an appointment with a hospital consultant there and noticed that the V1/2 and the 18 services have a dedicated bus stance.....

We next board the 1246 Go North West service 18 to Middleton (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1336 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1349 Stagecoach Manchester service 156 to North Manchester General Hospital, arriving there at 1409 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1435 Vision Bus service 94 to Unsworth (Medical Centre on Parr Lane) that arrives there at 1505 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[A0]

A mere 5 minute wait for the 1510 Go North West service 97, heading to Bury Interchange arriving there at 1525 Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1604 Rosso Irwell Line service 483 to Towneley (the bus stop by Rock Lane on Todmorden Road) that arrives there at 1706 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1721 Rosso Irwell Line service 483 to Rawtenstall (Bus Station), arriving there at 1751 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[A0]

Now we take the 1838 Rosso service 8 to Bacup Market Street arriving at 1913 Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Now we take the 1838 Rosso service 8 to Bacup Market Street arriving at 1913 Thursday evening.

I am sure that the Rosso service 8 does not operate in Rawtenstall, but from the timings that you have shown, it looks to be the Rosso service 7.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1941 Rosso service 464 to Rochdale (Interchange), arriving there at 2005 on Thursday evening.

 

[A0]

I am sure that the Rosso service 8 does not operate in Rawtenstall, but from the timings that you have shown, it looks to be the Rosso service 7.

You're right - fat fingers on my part......

 

[A0]

We'll leave on the 2019 Metrolink service which we'll take as far as Oldham Mumps arriving at 2041 Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There is a small but extremely useful tram/bus interchange at Oldham Mumps, so we next board the 2125 Stagecoach Manchester service 350 to Tameside General Hospital that arrives there at 2219 on Thursday evening,

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2226 Stagecoach Manchester service 389 to Stalybridge (Armentieres Square), arriving there at 2239 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2319 First Manchester service 348 to Buckton Vale (the bus stop near Bank Road on Buckton Vale Road) that arrives there at 2336 on Thursday evening.