The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

Is Bath such an unusual place, as the last few postings all have incurred a walk, prior to boarding a bus service?

Yes, many of the bus services, particularly the local town services, depart from various different points in the city centre.

 

[-Colly405-]

Yes, many of the bus services, particularly the local town services, depart from various different points in the city centre.

And the majority of routes are radial too, with not many orbitals...

We take the eight minute walk to the Westgate Buildings and there board the 1624 First Bristol, Bath and the West Bath City service 4a to Weston (Top of Eastfield Avenue), arriving there at 1642 on Saturday afternoon.

This is tricky, the clockwise hourly (orbital) Big Lemon 20 we miss by 1 minute after a half-mile walk, the anti-clockwise one is over 0.5 mile away. Our only real option therefore is to stay with the 4 group, so we walk (8 min, 0.4 mile) to Deanhill Lane to board the 1653 First West of England Bath City service 4 from which we alight at Odd Down (The Beeches) at 1731 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1744 First West of England service 172 to Whitchurch Village (The Witheys on Bristol Road) that arrives there at 1858 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

And the majority of routes are radial too, with not many orbitals...

What's the difference between radial and orbital?

We next board the 1744 First West of England service 172 to Whitchurch Village (The Witheys on Bristol Road) that arrives there at 1858 on Saturday evening.

We take the eight minute walk to the Charnwood Road stop, where we board the 1915 First West of England service 73 to Stoke Gifford, Sainsburys, arriving there at 2024 on Saturday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

What's the difference between radial and orbital?

Radial = spokes of a wheel,
Orbital = tyre of a wheel.

We take the eight minute walk to the Charnwood Road stop, where we board the 1915 First West of England service 73 to Stoke Gifford, Sainsburys, arriving there at 2024 on Saturday evening.

Walking through Sainsbury's car park to the Great Stoke Way bus stop, we depart at 2106 on Stagecoach West's thrice-daily service 10 at 2106.
We alight at Avonmouth Trading Estate, St Andrews Rd Station at 2154 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way onto the railway station and there board the 2207 Great Western Railway service to Montpelier that arrives there at 2234 on Saturday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Walking 1 minute to the Belvoir Rd stop on Cromwell Rd we depart on Firt WoE service 70 at 2247. We alight as the bus enters Hengrove Park, Hengrove Depot at 2330 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2335 First West of England service 75 to Cribbs Causeway (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0058 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We have a little overnighter and return for the thrice daily 0520 First West of England service 15 to Avonmouth Trading Estate (Smoke Lane), arriving there at 0546 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Pipped on the same move...
Nice to see the new 15 getting some love ..

We depart at 0610 on First WoE service 41, alighting at Lawrence Hill Station at 0654 in Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0710 First West of England Citylines East service 43 to Cadbury Heath (Tower Road South), arriving there at 0732 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's walk one stop south along Tower Rd South to the northbound Rogers Close stop. There we await First WoE Bath City service 19 at 0814, from which we alight at Stoke Gifford, Bristol Parkway Station at 0910 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1009 First West of England South Glos Lynx service Y6 to Henleaze (Henleaze Park Drive), arriving there at 1053 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We head off in a big U, leaving at 1109 on First WoE service 77. We alight at Horfield Common, Muller Rd Top at 1157 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1249 First West of England service 17 to Longwell Green (Court Farm Road), arriving there at 1350 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 2 minute walk to the westbound stop and we board First WoE Citylines East service 45 at 1430. We alight at Cabot Circus, Bond St S6 at 1507 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Feeling it's time to move on from Bristol, we take the five minute walk to the bus station and board the 1545 National Express service 104 to Birmingham (Coach Station), arriving there at 1750 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's depart at 1800 on National Express service 134, alighting at Leeds, Dyer St at 2100 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the adjacent City bus station we next board the 2145 First Leeds service 28 to Adel (Sir George Martin Drive/East Moor Lane), arriving there at 2213 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2220 First Leeds service 28 to Headingley (Arndale) that arrives there at 2230 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2247 First Leeds service 6 to Holt Park (Ralph Thoresby School), arriving there at 2312 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taking advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0616 First Leeds service 6 to Woodhouse (Clarendon Road) that arrives there at 0646 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0616 First Leeds service 6 to Woodhouse (Clarendon Road) that arrives there at 0646 on Monday morning.

There is a service at 0511 we could have utilised.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There is a service at 0511 we could have utilised.

If such information as that you mention is not shown on the website source that I use, how am I expected to know that such an earlier service on the route exists?

 

[ValleyLines142]

If such information as that you mention is not shown on the website source that I use, how am I expected to know that such an earlier service on the route exists?

It is on Bus Times and the First website. Not sure what source you use.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It is on Bus Times and the First website. Not sure what source you use.

Indeed you are most correct. Up until recently, I had been using bustimes.org as my master information, but I recall a problem cropping up which caused me to look elsewhere. I will therefore strike through that incorrectly-made posting.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2247 First Leeds service 6 to Holt Park (Ralph Thoresby School), arriving there at 2312 on Sunday evening.

This is the last valid posting.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Indeed you are most correct. Up until recently, I had been using bustimes.org as my master information, but I recall a problem cropping up which caused me to look elsewhere. I will therefore strike through that incorrectly-made posting.

Or, you could amend it to the 0511 arriving there at 0538? Seeing as the move you made is valid.

 

[-Colly405-]

To move us forward let's use @Xenophon PCDGS move in the revised earlier timings suggested by @ValleyLines142 , so we next board the 0511 First Leeds service 6 to Woodhouse (Clarendon Road) that arrives there at 0538 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0552 First Leeds service 6 to West Park (Kepstorn Road) that arrives there at 0601 on Monday morning......amended from service 28.

Just to confirm that I will no longer be using that other source that caused the recent problem and will revert back to using bustimes.org.