The Transport Game (UK)

[A Challenge]

We then get the 1650 morebus service X8 to Blandford Forum (Lidl Supermarket), arriving at 1739 Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then get the 1650 morebus service X8 to Blandford Forum (Lidl Supermarket), arriving at 1739 Wednesday afternoon.

That only appears to run to the Crown Hotel, or is it one of those services that turns into another half way through?

 

[A Challenge]

That only appears to run to the Crown Hotel, or is it one of those services that turns into another half way through?

Yes, sorry, it does - by the time we get off it is officially the return service

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rules

• You should use the first available service to reach your destination after allowing for the minimum interchange time.
  • An exception to this applies where the following service is formed of the same exact vehicle as the preceding service (applicable all day).

Useful to remember

 

[A0]

Yes, sorry, it does - by the time we get off it is officially the return service

Can I clarify - Bustimes suggests it arrives at 1728 - is that the time we're working for our next journey ?

X8 - Poole - Sturminster Marshall - Blandford

morebus

bustimes.org

 

[ValleyLines142]

Can I clarify - Bustimes suggests it arrives at 1728 - is that the time we're working for our next journey ?

X8 - Poole - Sturminster Marshall - Blandford

morebus

bustimes.org

That's at the Crown Hotel, but it then goes from Lidl at 1739.

I'm not quite sure what we're going to do here, as that was the last bus!!

 

[OxtedL]

Looks like there may be an option to go back to the town centre on a later bus?

But after that we'll have to wait until morning for a bus towards either Weymouth or Poole it looks like

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yeah all we can really do here is just board the 1835 Damory service X8 to Blandford Forum (Market Place), arriving there at 1846 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

As has been already stated, there seem to be no more buses after tea-time, so all we can do is to find a bed for the night after a good hearty evening meal at a local B&B......

We next board the 0733 Damory Coaches service X12 to Dorchester (Acland Road) that arrives there at 0817 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to Dorchester South station and board the 0833 South Western Railway service 1W52 to Pokesdown (for Boscombe), arriving there at 0925 on Thursday morning.

 

[A0]

Leave the station to pick up the 0944 Morebus service 33 to Christchurch Town Centre arriving there at 1006 Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1039 morebus service X2 to Lymington (Stanford Hill), arriving there at 1142 on Thursday morning.

 

[A0]

Cross the road to Priestlands Place where we'll board the 1146 Bluestar service 6 which is heading to Southampton, though we'll alight at Lyndhurst adj to Fire Station at 1221 Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1321 Bluestar service 6 to Millbrook (King George's Avenue), arriving there at 1352 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1452 Bluestar service 8 to Hythe (the bus stop by Deerleap Way on Langdown Lawn) that arrives there at 1539 on Thursday afternoon,

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1545 Bluestar service 9 to Southampton (WestQuay), arriving there at 1625 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1647 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport service X4 to Portchester (Precinct on Castle Street) that arrives there at 1803 in Thursday evening.

 

[A0]

We'll pick up the 1811 First Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport service 3 arriving at Portsmouth The Hard Interchange at 1900 Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1910 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport The Star service 8 to Waterlooville (Precinct), arriving there at 1946 on Thursday evening.

 

[A0]

Next take the 1954 First Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport service 8 to Cosham Health Centre arriving at 2009 Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2022 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport service 18 to Southsea (Southsea Shops), arriving there at 2051 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2112 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport service 3 to Fareham (Bus Station) that arrives there at 2219 on Thursday evening.

 

[A0]

Next up, the 2258 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport E1 which we'll take to Fareham station arriving at 2300 Thursday evening.

I did look at walking this, but Google maps reckoned 18 mins / 0.9 miles so outside the rules.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and next board the 2318 South Western Railway service to Portsmouth & Southsea that arrives there at 2342 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and cross over to City Shops South, where we board the 0012 Stagecoach South service 23 to Bedhampton (Forty Acres), arriving there at 0040 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and next board the 0439 Stagecoach South service 21 to Baffins (the bus stop adjacent to Milton Road on St Mary's Road) that arrives there at 0502 on Friday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Walking round the corner (1 min) to the Langstone Road stop on Milton Rd we board First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport service 2 at 0513, alighting at Hilsea, Lido at 0526 on Friday.

 

[A0]

We'll wait until 0608 when we can board the Stagecoach South 700 service which we'll take as far as Emsworth By Pass arriving there at 0628 Friday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to Emsworth railway station (6 min / 0.3 mile) where we await 1S09, Southern's 0654 service to Brighton. We alight at Hove at 0758 on Friday.

 

[A0]

Long enough for a coffee and bacon butty we'll then board the 0820 Southern service to London Victoria, which we'll take as far as East Croydon arriving there at 0912 Friday morning.