The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We are afforded a welcome opportunity here to escape the North, as we take the eight minute walk to the railway station and board the 1639 Avanti West Coast service 1M15 to London Euston, arriving there at 1912 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 15-minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 1930 Avanti West Coast service to Penrith North Lakes that arrives there at 2236 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Of all the places we could have gone....we end up back in Lancashire/Cumbria....

Unsurprisingly stuck here for the remainder of the day, we return in the morning for the 0559 Avanti West Coast service 1R22 to London Euston, arriving there at 0914 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The reason that I chose Penrith is that there are quite a number of bus services that are accessible from the railway station and Penrith is a very long way from the Merseyside area we have been frequenting of late.....remember my very short recent bus ride on the Wirral?

 

[ValleyLines142]

The reason that I chose Penrith is that there are quite a number of bus services that are accessible from the railway station and Penrith is a very long way from the Merseyside area we have been frequenting of late.....remember my very short recent bus ride on the Wirral?

Ah, unfortunately there wasn't any remaining bus services that late into the evening, and it was too early to take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule.

Not to worry!

 

[-Colly405-]

the 0559 Avanti West Coast service 1R22 to London Euston, arriving there at 0914 on Thursday morning.

Mindful of the 15 minute minimum connection time, we depart at 0956 on West Midlands Trains 1Y25 service towards Birmingham. We alight at Northampton at 1055 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1110 West Midland Trains service to Birmingham New Street that arrives there at 1214 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[methethpropbut]

Fancying some haggis, we board the 1303 CrossCountry to Edinburgh, arriving at 1807 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the five minute walk to South Bridge, where we board the 1817 Lothian Buses service 3 to Dalkeith (Primrose Terrace), arriving there at 1856 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1927 Borders Buses service 51 to St Boswells (Main Street) that arrives there at 2032 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2041 Borders Buses service 67 to Galashiels (Transport Interchange), arriving there at 2120 on Thursday evening.

 

[methethpropbut]

Annoyed at having just missed the Edinburgh train, we instead jump on the 2136 Scotrail to Tweedbank, arriving at 2140 on Thursday

 

[ValleyLines142]

You'd think the buses would connect with the train!

There are no more buses here, so we next board the 2219 ScotRail service 2T69 to Gorebridge, arriving there at 2248 on Thursday evening.

 

[SouthEastBuses]

You'd think the buses would connect with the train!

There are no more buses here, so we next board the 2219 ScotRail service 2T69 to Gorebridge, arriving there at 2248 on Thursday evening.

We then get Lothian Buses route 31 to Edinburgh, The Mound (foot) (Stop MB), arriving at 23:40 on Thursday evening.

 

[methethpropbut]

After once again narrowly missing a service (the last tram!), we instead rest for the night and board the first Edinburgh Tram from Princes Street at 05:35, reaching Edinburgh Airport at 06:07 on Friday

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0612 Lothian Buses service 100 to Haymarket railway station (Stop HB) that arrives there at 0628 on Friday monng.

 

[methethpropbut]

We then get the 0652 Scotrail to Dunfermline City, arriving at 0721 Friday

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0754 Stagecoach East Scotland service X51 to Livingston (Bus Terminal), arriving there at 0846 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0901 Lothian Country Buses service X28 to Bathgate (Morrisons Supermarket on Linkston Way) that arrives there at 0948 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1002 Lothian Country service X27 to Sighthill (Post Office), arriving there at 1132 on Friday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart on Lothian Buses service 35 at 1143, alighting at North Leith, Ocean Terminal (stop OF) at 1239 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1250 Lothian Buses service 36 to South Gyle (Gyle Centre on Gyle Avenue) that arrives there at 1415 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave at 1437 on McGills Scotland East, t/a Eastern Scottish, service 20, alighting at Ratho Station (Station Rd) at 1449 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1600 McGills Scotland East service 63 to Balerno (Cockburn Crescent), arriving there at 1642 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1654 Lothian Buses 44 takes us to Musselburgh (High St, stop A), arriving at 1821 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1901 Prentice Coaches service 111 to Haddington (Market Street) that arrives there at 1944 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The afternoons run late in Scotland!

We next board the 2006 East Coast Buses service X7 to Meadowbank (Meadowbank House), arriving there at 2037 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The afternoons run late in Scotland!

We next board the 2006 East Coast Buses service X7 to Meadowbank (Meadowbank House), arriving there at 2037 on Friday evening.

Been through quite a few Southern-area settlements with fourteen hour mornings in the past on this quiz....

We next board the 2116 East Coast Buses service X7 to Dunbar (the bus stop near the Post Office on High Street) that arrives there at 2211 on Friday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to the railway station (4 mins) where we board LNER's 2222 departure towards Newcastle. We alight at Morpeth at 2320 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was so confused for a minute....then realised it's a Friday-only service!

We stop off for the night and return in the morning for the 0638 London North Eastern Railway service 1Y14 to York, arriving there at 0758 on Saturday morning.