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ValleyLines142

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We exit the station and take the seven minute walk to the bus stop on Warrington Road, where we board the 0802 Arriva service 320 to St Helens (Bickerstaffe Street), arriving there at 0842 on Saturday morning.
 

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From the nearby St. Helens Central station we take the 08.56 Northern service to Blackpool North alighting at Preston at 09.33 on Saturday.
 

ValleyLines142

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We exit the station and board the 1138 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Lakes Connection service 555 to Lancaster (Bus Station), arriving there at 1339 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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Having had enough of the north of England we take the eight minute walk to the railway station and take the 13.57 Avanti West Coast service to Glasgow Central arriving at 16.03 on Saturday.
 

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From the bus station next door we take the 18.23 Stuarts Coaches service 191 to Biggar, John Street arriving at 18.52 on Saturday.
 

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Not a great deal of choice here, so we next board the 1955 Stuarts Coaches service 191 to Thankerton (Station Road), arriving there at 2010 on Saturday evening.
 

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As we do not wish to get stranded here we take the 21.55 Stuarts coaches service 191 to Lanark Bus Station arriving at 21.24 on Saturday.
 

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We cross over to the railway station and next board the 2153 ScotRail service 2B87 to Uddingston, arriving there at 2228 on Saturday evening.
 

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Time for an overnight break but with there being very few Sunday buses and no early morning trains we eventually take the 10.35 ScotRail service to Glasgow Central arriving at 11.10 on Sunday.

See below
 
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ValleyLines142

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Time for an overnight break but with there being very few Sunday buses and no early morning trains we eventually take the 10.35 ScotRail service to Glasgow Central arriving at 11.10 on Sunday.
The 240 bus runs from 0613 in the morning to Glasgow on a Sunday?
 

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The 240 bus runs from 0613 in the morning to Glasgow on a Sunday?
Didn't spot that one.

After an overnight break we take the short walk to Alexander Street and take the 06.14 First Glasgow service 240 to Glasgow, Buchanan Bus Station arriving at 07.35 on Sunday.
 

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We next take the 09.33 Scottish Citylink service 909 to Causwayhead alighting at Stirling Bus Station at 10.52 on Sunday.
 

ValleyLines142

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We enter the railway station opposite and board the 1108 ScotRail service 2P40 to Linlithgow, arriving there at 1133 on Sunday morning.
 

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We walk (1 min) to the Station Road stop where we board McGills Scotland East (t/a Eastern Scottish or midland Bluebird) service X38 at 1142. We alight at Falkirk, Gala Bingo at 1208 on Sunday.
 

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Time to head south so we take the eight minute walk to Grahamston station and take the 12.52 LNER service to Kings Cross arriving at 17.47 on Sunday.
 

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Not the best of places to finish up on a Sunday evening so we take the 21.39 Northern service to Leeds arriving at 22.13 on Sunday.
 

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We’ll take the advantage of an overnight break and return on Monday morning for the TransPennine Express service at 04:59 to Liverpool Lime Street arriving at 07:32 on Monday
 

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