The Transport Game (UK)

[RDP]

We next take the 22.54 Stagecoach North East service 11 alighting at, Newcastle, Westgate Road at 23.08 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gameplay

• If arriving by bus or coach then you should name the area in addition to the stop name.

Does this section of the quiz rules still apply?

 

[RDP]

entry corrected

 

[ValleyLines142]

Does this section of the quiz rules still apply?

In fairness I was able to work out where we were....

We next take the 22.54 Stagecoach North East service 11 alighting at, Newcastle, Westgate Road at 23.08 on Sunday.

We stop off for the night and return in the morning, taking the five minute walk to the railway station, for the 0451 TransPennine Express service 9M05 to Manchester Victoria, arriving there at 0722 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 07.43 Northern service to Clitheroe alighting at Blackburn at 08.34 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In fairness I was able to work out where we were....

That may well be the case, but when the forum quizmaster team re-wrote the quiz rules prior to the second incarnation of this particular thread, that item was made an entry in order to obviate a matter such as a named road which had occurred in the past and existed as such in two areas very local to each other.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next take the 07.43 Northern service to Clitheroe alighting at Blackburn at 08.34 on Monday.

We leave the station and at the adjacent interchange stances, we next board the 0855 Rosso Irwell Line service 481 to Shuttleworth (the bus stop opposite Park Farm on Manchester Road) that arrives there at 0954 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.19 Blackburn Bus Company service X41 to Accrington, King Street arriving at 10.59 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That may well be the case, but when the forum quizmaster team re-wrote the quiz rules prior to the second incarnation of this particular thread, that item was made an entry in order to obviate a matter such as a named road which had occurred in the past and existed as such in two areas very local to each other.

Appreciated, but in life you'll find we have to sometimes fend for ourselves to get the answer you need/want....

We next take the 10.19 Blackburn Bus Company service X41 to Accrington, King Street arriving at 10.59 on Monday.

Not sure if this is our first visit here since its opening, but we take the four minute walk to the railway station and board the 1127 Northern service 2K67 to Headbolt Lane, arriving there at 1338 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

Not sure if this is our first visit here since its opening, but we take the four minute walk to the railway station and board the 1127 Northern service 2K67 to Headbolt Lane, arriving there at 1338 on Monday afternoon.

It is.

We continue on the 14.11 Merseyrail service to Liverpool Central arriving at 14.32 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the five minute walk to Queen Square bus station and board the 1448 Arriva North West service 18 to Croxteth Park (Oak Lane North/Fir Tree Drive South), arriving there at 1533 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.55 Cumfybus service 214 alighting at Walton Vale, Sydney Street at 16.33 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk around the corner to Warbreck Moor, where we board the 1653 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 20 to Tower Hill (Epsom Grove), arriving there at 1735 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1752 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 217 to Huyton (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1842 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 19.10 Arriva Merseyside service 7 to Warrington Bus Interchange arriving at 19.44 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was just on the 217 from Headbolt Lane to Huyton!

We next board the 1952 Go North West Salford Reds service 100 to Salford (Shopping Centre), arriving there at 2111 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 21.16 Go North West service 8 to Bolton Interchange arriving at 21.51 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2200 Go North West service 582 to Leigh (Town Hall) that arrives there at 2227 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2210 Go North West service 20 to Barton-upon-Irwell (Barton Bridge), arriving there at 2316 on Monday evening.

Typical - nothing for 2 and a half hours then two of us within seconds of each other!

We next board the 2315 Go North West service 35 to Monton (Monton Green), arriving there at 2343 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.41 Warrington's Own Buses service 28A to Warrington Bus Interchange arriving at 23.23 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next take the 22.41 Warrington's Own Buses service 28A to Warrington Bus Interchange arriving at 23.23 on Monday.

Not possible when we arrived at 2343.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not possible when we arrived at 2343.

I think that it goes back to the posting of Leigh bus station, as the service 28A goes nowhere near either Barton-upon-Irwell or Monton.

 

[RDP]

From Monton Church (bus stop A) we take the 23.59 Go North West service 20 to the Trafford Centre Bus Station arriving at 00.20 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taking advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0452 Diamond Buis North West service 132 to Wigan (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0545 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I think that it goes back to the posting of Leigh bus station, as the service 28A goes nowhere near either Barton-upon-Irwell or Monton.

Yes but we had made a journey on the 35 from Leigh to Monton, as per post #39709. We are back on track now anyway.

Taking advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0452 Diamond Buis North West service 132 to Wigan (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0545 on Tuesday morning.

We take the five minute walk to Wigan Wallgate, where we board the 0607 Northern service 2W40 to Ashton-under-Lyne, arriving there at 0700 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

We make our way to the nearby bus station and take the 07.15 Stagecoach Manchester service 237 to Glossop, Henry Street arriving at 08.09 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the short walk up the hill past the Co-op and enter the railway station where we next board the 0822 Northern Trains service to Guide Bridge that arrives there at 0842 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.34 Northern service to Rose Hill Marple arriving at 09.53 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and cross the road and board the 1034 D&G Bus service 385 to Mellor (the bus stop near Moor End on Moor End Road) that arrives there at 1056 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

With no other bus routes anywhere near we have no option but to back track so we take the 11.07 D&G Bus service 385 to Stockport, Mersey Square arriving at 12.00 on Tuesday.