The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the seven-minute minimum connection time that applies here, we next board the 2315 Transport for Wales service to Carmarthen that arrives there at 0153 on Friday morning.

 

[A0]

Overnight break time. We'll walk the 6 mins / 0.3 miles to Carmarthen bus station where we'll board the First Cymru T1X at 0530 Friday morning, which we'll take all the way to Aberystwyth Bus Station arriving there at 0720 Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wishing to complete a long south to north Welsh journey that the last bus made a good distance on, we next board the 0735 Lloyds Coaches service T2 to Bangor (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1110 on Friday morning.

 

[A0]

In for a penny, in for a pound, we decide to stretch the journey a little further and take the 1145 Arriva Wales 62 to Amlwch o/s Recreation Grounds arriving there at 1248 Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We continue the Ynys Mon travelogue by next boarding the 1305 Lewis y Llan service 61 to Penrhos (the bus stop before the Toll House on Holyhead Road) that arrives there at 1351 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A0]

A short wait until 1433 for the Arriva Wales X4 service to Holyhead Railway Station arriving there at 1442 Friday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We enter the station and take the 15.38 TfW service to Birmingham International alighting at Shrewsbury at 18.29 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1853 Transport for Wales service to Abergavenny that arrives there at 2014 on Friday evening.

 

[A0]

And we'll head out of Abergavenny on the 2020 TFW service which is heading to Holyhead, but as we've been there today, we'll instead alight at Wrexham General at 2222 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 23.04 TfW service to Manchester Piccadilly alighting at Warrington Bank Quay at 23.50 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We wait overnight and return for the 0542 Northern service to Ince & Elton arriving at 0603 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Crikey, we've gone a long way since my last move! Including a very long detour from Swansea to Cardiff and all the way back to Carmarthen!

We exit Ince & Elton station and take the eight minute walk to the Wheelwright Arms, where we board the 0648 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 2 to Palace Fields (Halton Lea South), arriving there at 0720 on Saturday morning.

 

[A0]

We'll move to Halton Lea North (7 min walk) and leave on the 0730 Arriva NW service 2 which we'll take to Eanley Wood - Runcorn East arriving there at 0740 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to Murdishaw Centre, where we next board the 0755 Arriva North West service 79C to Belle Vale (Interchange), arriving there at 0904 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0931 Arriva Merseyside service 89 to Speke (John Lennon Airport) that arrives there at 0959 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

We then take the 10.19 Arriva Merseyside service 80A to Liverpool South Parkway arriving ay 10.37 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1054 Merseyrail service 2S20 to Blundellsands & Crosby, arriving there at 1128 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and board the 1054 Northern service 2S20 to Blundellsands & Crosby, arriving there at 1128 on Saturday morning.

How long have Northern been running services on this line

 

[ValleyLines142]

How long have Northern been running services on this line

Northern and Merseyrail merged together about ten minutes ago in a multi-million pound deal

 

[transportphoto]

How long have Northern been running services on this line

Let’s continue game play, although I have just chuckled reading the suggestion of a merger

We enter the station and board the 1054 Northern service 2S20 to Blundellsands & Crosby, arriving there at 1128 on Saturday morning.

Walking six minutes to Harlech Road bus stop, on Bridge Road, we board the 11:43 Arriva Merseyside service 53 departure - alighting at Bootle, Strand Shopping Centre at 12:07 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to Bootle New Strand station and take the 12.21 Merseyrail service to Southport arriving at 12.55

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Remembering that the quiz day of the week is Saturday.....

We next board the 1305 Northern Trains service to Gathurst that arrives there at 1331 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[A0]

We'll take the 1359 Northen service which is heading to Stalybridge, but we'll alight at Bolton, 1425 Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1435 Northern Trains service to Blackburn that arrives there at 1503 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[A0]

A 3 min / 0.2 mile walk to Blackburn Bus Station which gets us there in time for the 1510 Blackburn Bus Company service 2 to Chorley Bus Station arriving at 1601 Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1637 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 347 to Crossens (the bus stop adjacent to Rathmore Crescent on Preston New Road) that arrives there at 1741 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1815 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service X2 to Penwortham (Tesco), arriving there at 1847 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A pity that we had to miss a bus as there was only three minutes to spare, so we wait for the next one and board the 1950 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 2 to Tarleton (the bus stop opposite the Cock and Bottle on Church Road) that arrives there at 2013 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I notice an X2 at 1935? I'm not sure if that serves all stops in Tarleton though - I'd imagine not being an X-lettered route but could have been an option.

Either way, we're still stuck on the 2 route, so to avoid doubling back once more we return on the 2022 Stagecoach M&SL service 2 to Preston (Bus Station), arriving there at 2055 on Saturday evening.

 

[A0]

Plenty of time to catch the 2115 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancs service to Lancaster Bus Station arriving there at 2217 Saturday.

I know I haven't put a route number on - Bustimes isn't clear whether it's a 40, 40A or 41....