The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1949 First Bradford service 622 to Bradford (Stand D...Interchange) that arrives there at 1957 on Tuesday evening,

 

[A0]

Long enough to grab a coffee, we then board the 2015 Northern service to Blackpool North, which we alight from at Poulton le Fylde at 2158 Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was just in the middle of making a journey on the 72.

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to St Chads Church, where we board the 2230 Blackpool Transport service 2 to Normoss (Newton Drive East), arriving there at 2239 on Tuesday evening.

 

[A0]

I was just in the middle of making a journey on the 72.

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to St Chads Church, where we board the 2230 Blackpool Transport service 2 to Normoss (Newton Drive East), arriving there at 2239 on Tuesday evening.

As it looks like nothing is running and all stations are more than 0.5 miles from where we are, we'll take the overnight here and board the Transpora North West service across the road at Grange Park by Normoss Avenue heading to Fleetwood Bold Street at 0803 on Wednesday morning, arrival at Fleetwood 0908

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Was that last bus a service number 24?

We next board the 0915 Blackpool Transport service 14 to Layton (the bus stop by Rossall Road on Talbot Road) that arrives there at 1002 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Problems with my computer at present.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Was that last bus a service number 24?

We next board the 0915 Blackpool Transport service 14 to Layton (the bus stop by Rossall Road on Talbot Road) that arrives there at 1002 on Wednesday morning.

We next board the 1018 Blackpool Transport service 5 to Halfway House, arriving there at 1054 on Wednesday morning.

 

[A0]

We next board the 1018 Blackpool Transport service 5 to Halfway House, arriving there at 1054 on Wednesday morning.

Wait here until 1119 when we board Blackpool Transport route 7 to Cleveleys, alighting at Cleveleys Crescent at 1214 Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1226 Blackpool Transport service 4 to Mereside (Langdale Road Shops), arriving there at 1320 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[A0]

We next board the 1226 Blackpool Transport service 4 to Mereside (Langdale Road Shops), arriving there at 1320 on Wednesday afternoon.

Walk the 0.3m to Preston New Road bus stop and wait for the 1346 Stagecoach 61 to Preston arriving at Preston Bus station at 1440 Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1545 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 41 to Morecambe (Arndale Centre), arriving there at 1739 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1809 Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire service 5 to Carnforth (the bus stop by Coniston Road on Dunkirk Avenue) that arrives there at 1832 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We're just too far away from the station, so we walk around the corner to Highfield Shops and there board the 1841 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 5 to Heysham (Towers), arriving there at 1925 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A0]

We're just too far away from the station, so we walk around the corner to Highfield Shops and there board the 1841 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 5 to Heysham (Towers), arriving there at 1925 on Wednesday evening.

<pondering> ..... can we get to the Isle of Man..........

 

[ValleyLines142]

<pondering> ..... can we get to the Isle of Man..........

Unfortunately not!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

RULES

• The playing area includes only mainland Great Britain. This includes any landmass connected to Great Britain by bridge or tunnel (excluding the Channel Tunnel). Domestic ferry services to outlying islands, such as the Isle of Wight and the Scottish Islands are also acceptable (with due regards to the note in the etiquette post below).

The above extract from the quiz rules shows that travel to and from the Isle of Man is not allowed on this quiz.

 

[A0]

The above extract from the quiz rules shows that travel to and from the Isle of Man is not allowed on this quiz.

Question - "Domestic ferry services to outlying islands, such as the Isle of Wight and the Scottish Islands are also acceptable" - is there a reason why, for example Orkney or Shetland would be OK, which are much more remote, where the IoM isn't ?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Question - "Domestic ferry services to outlying islands, such as the Isle of Wight and the Scottish Islands are also acceptable" - is there a reason why, for example Orkney or Shetland would be OK, which are much more remote, where the IoM isn't ?

Because Orkney and Shetland are archipelagos of Scotland, which in turn is part of Great Britain. The Isle of Man is a self-governing British Crown Dependency.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We're just too far away from the station, so we walk around the corner to Highfield Shops and there board the 1841 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 5 to Heysham (Towers), arriving there at 1925 on Wednesday evening.

We next board the 1935 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 1 to Lancaster (the bus stop opposite the Royal Lancaster Infirmary on South Road) that arrives there at 2020 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2135 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 42 to  Layton (Layton Square), arriving there at 2246 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2306 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 42 to Churchtown (the bus stop opposite Horns Inn on The Avenue) that arrives there at 2341 on Wednesday evenng.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well that's us stuffed for the rest of the night, so we have no choice other than to return in the morning for the 0605 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 42 to Blackpool (Abingdon Street), arriving there at 0648 on Thursday morning.

 

[A0]

Walk 3 minutes to North Pier Tram stop and at 0717 we'll board the tram to Fleetwood arriving at Fleetwood Ferry at 0758 Thursday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

As we are here, let's board the 0815 'Knott End to Fleetwood Ferry', alighting at Knott End ferry terminal at 0820 on Thursday.

 

[A0]

From where we catch the 0830 Blackpool Transport service 2C, which we take to Poulton le Fylde (St Chads church) where we arrive at 0910, Thursday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to the railway station (5 mins0 where we board 1B22, Northern's 0925 service towards York. We alight at Burnley Manchester Rd at 1021 on Thursday.

 

[A0]

From there we walk to Burnley bus station (11 mins) and wait until 1120 for The Burnley Bus Company M6 to Skipton where we arrive at 1239 Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (8 min / 0.4 mile) to Skipton Bus Station, where we kick ourselves for being a slow walker. We wait 58 minutes for the hourly Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches service 580 which next departs from stand 2 at 1345. We alight at Settle, Chapel at 1424 on Thursday.

 

[A0]

Walking for 5 minutes gets us to Settle Market Square, where we have a bit of a wait until 1530 when we board the Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches 581 service which takes us to Kirkby Lonsdale arriving at 1613 Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

That looks to be the stop outside Booth's...?

We walk to the New Road stop (3 mins), where we await Stagecoach Cumbria service 567 at 1745. We alight at Kendal (South) (Westmorland General Hospital) at 1810 on Thursday.