The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We then decide to embark on Manchester's only cross city route, which is the 2239 Stagecoach Manchester service 50 to MediaCity UK (Lowry Shopping Outlet), arriving there at 2328 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

Because the previous train seems to be scheduled to arrive at 1438, not 1445 http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C10619/2014/04/23/advanced we are able to catch the 1446 TPE service to Ulverston, arriving at 1641 on a Wednesday afternoon.

The MCT at Manchester Piccadilly is 10 minutes though

Carry on though - it's too late to object

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Since we are at the bus service terminus and find we have missed the Manchester Metrolink last tram, we next board the 2341 Stagecoach Manchester service 50 to Salford Crescent railway station that arrives there at 2353 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

After deep research, I can't seem to find any other bus or train service at this time of the night, so we check into a hotel and the following morning we change bus operators, boarding the 0621 First Manchester service 100 to the Trafford Centre (Bus Station), arriving there at 0645 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the Stagecoach Manchester service 22 to Great Lever (Bradford Road/Minerva Road) that arrives there at 0753 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0816 First Manchester service 22 to Urmston (Queens Road), arriving there at 0907 on Thursday morning.

 

[dzug2]

It's a short walk to Urmston station for the 0927 Northern service to Liverpool South Parkway, arriving at 1006 Thursday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then continue southwards with 1L85, the 1015 London Midland service to Birmingham New Street, arriving there at 1147 on Thursday morning.

 

[transportphoto]

2N53, the 1203 London Midland service to Bournville, arriving there at 1214 this Thursday afternoon.

 

[higthomas]

We then board the NX East Midlands route 27, leaving Cadbury works at 12:34, arriving at Northfield Rail Station at 12:59 on a Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1318 National Express West Midlands service 27 to Yardley Wood (Bus Garage), arriving there at 1409 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I see that you have found the area of the Cross City line in your "chocolate" job at Bourneville, so I now expect to find intimate bus service knowledge now occurring in postings concerning that area of the West Midlands

Taking the short walk to the bus stop on School Road, we next board the 1416 NXWM service 3 to Billesley (Brook Lane fire station on Yardley Wood Road) that arrives there at 1428 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then embark on the famous Outer Circle, so we then board the 1439 National Express West Midlands service 11C to Handsworth (Soho Road), arriving there at 1546 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[higthomas]

We then wait until 1708, before boading the NX East Midland route 74, ariving at Dudley Bus station at 1808 on a Thursday Evening

We had this wait because the timetable actually says "at frequent intervals" during the day, so I felt I couldn't give an accurate time, what should one do in this case, and have I made an error in waiting until the schedule gave a definative time?

 

[Class20]

It might be worth looking at the times before it says "at frequent intervals" to get an idea of how often the service might be. ie, if the set of times shows the journey, for the last journey before "frequent intervals" starts, to start at 10:00 and the service before that is as 09:50 then you might expect the service to be every 10mins through out the day. Some timetables do show times before and after the "at frequent intervals" section of the timetable to give an idea of how often the buses are during that time.

It might not always be the case but that's what I'd look at.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then wait until 1708, before boading the NX East Midland route 74, ariving at Dudley Bus station at 1808 on a Thursday Evening

We had this wait because the timetable actually says "at frequent intervals" during the day, so I felt I couldn't give an accurate time, what should one do in this case, and have I made an error in waiting until the schedule gave a definative time?

It might be worth looking at the times before it says "at frequent intervals" to get an idea of how often the service might be. ie, if the set of times shows the journey, for the last journey before "frequent intervals" starts, to start at 10:00 and the service before that is as 09:50 then you might expect the service to be every 10mins through out the day. Some timetables do show times before and after the "at frequent intervals" section of the timetable to give an idea of how often the buses are during that time.

It might not always be the case but that's what I'd look at.

It's really vague when timetables say this. However, if you use sites such as Traveline West Midlands, they will list the exact times of every single service from every single stop, regardless of how frequent or infrequent the particular service runs.

We then board the 1815 National Express West Midlands service 222 to Merry Hill (Bus Station), arriving there at 1851 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Being at the terminal end of this service, we next board the NXWM service 222 to Dudley bus station that arrives there at 1940 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Paul - I hope you're aware we've just come from Dudley

We then board the 1955 National Express West Midlands service 126 to Bearwood (Hagley Road West), arriving there at 2019 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Paul - I hope you're aware we've just come from Dudley

I was unaware that Merry Hill bus station was the same as Dudley bus station, as being geographically unaware of this specific area, this matter was not clear to me.

 

[Temple Meads]

We then walk to Stanley Road (Brandhall) where we board the 20:35 NXWM Service 49 to West Bromwich Bus Station where we arrive at 21:01 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We now continue on the 2123 NXWM service 74 to Birmingham (Old Square) that arrives there at 2154 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

No Dudley and Merry Hill are two seperate places, about half an hour or so away from each other

We then board the 2218 National Express West Midlands service 935A to Streetly (Hardwick Arms), arriving there at 2248 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No, Dudley and Merry Hill are two seperate places, about half an hour or so away from each other

Thank heaven for that. I was wondering what had occurred when I made my earlier posting, which then you then followed up with a posting statement that really worried me at the time...:roll:

 

[ValleyLines142]

Thank heaven for that. I was wondering what had occurred when I made my earlier posting, which then you then followed up with a posting statement that really worried me at the time...:roll:

No it's fine, I just wondered why we went Dudley - Merry Hill - Dudley. It's perfectly valid, but was curious for the doubling-back

 

[dzug2]

We wait an hour for the next and last 935A bus out of Streetly, and travel to the end of the route at Brownhills West, adj Rising Sun on Watling Street, arriving at 0015 on Friday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0555 National Express West Midlands service 10A to Walsall (Bus Station), arriving there at 0625 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0635 NXWM service 6 to Sutton Coldfield (Lower Parade at Gracechurch Shopping Centre) that arrives there at 0710 on Friday morning.

 

[higthomas]

We then take the 0725 NXWM service 77 to Walsall Bus Station, arriving at 0806 on a Friday Morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Our next journey involves yet another NXWM bus, this time the 0839 service 997 to Perry Barr (Wellhead Lane), arriving there at 0937 on Friday morning.

 

[Class20]

It's really vague when timetables say this. However, if you use sites such as Traveline West Midlands, they will list the exact times of every single service from every single stop, regardless of how frequent or infrequent the particular service runs.

Problem with that is an issue we had the pervious version of the game in that Traveline and the operates own timetables don't always agree with their information. One person would make a journey using times/stops on Traveline which would fail to correspond to those shown on the operators timetable. I seem to recall, on the previous version, that it was decided which one of the two sources of information was always to be used, as this saved on the confusion when this problem occurred

Our next journey involves yet another NXWM bus, this time the 0839 service 997 to Perry Barr (Wellhead Road), arriving there at 0937 on Friday morning.

I can't find a Wellhead Road, just a Wellhead Lane in the Perry Barr area. I assume this is were we are? If so we make the following journey:

We wait at the stop 'Perry Barr, Wellhead Lane (opp)' before boarding the 09:42 Joe's Travel service 11A to Handsworth, Soho Road (Stop HB), arriving at 09:58 Friday morning.