The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

It's like deja vu! We did the Tunbridge Wells to Maidstone route a few days back!

There's surprisingly quite a large gap in services here, and we're too far away from Queenborough station, so we stop off in the Morrisons cafe and wait for the 1522 Travelmaster service 370W (no idea what the W signifies!) to Sheerness-on-Sea (Railway Station), arriving there at 1556 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

Let's depart at 1250 on Arriva Kent & Surrey service 334, alighting at Queenborough (Morrisons) at 1348 on Tuesday.

Only just got in with that one as the Maidstone-Sheerness service is being withdrawn from 23rd July.

We next take the 16.33 Arriva Kent & Surrey service 334 alighting at Sittingbourne Bus Hub at 17.27 on Tuesday

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station opposite and make use of an evening peak service out of Cannon Street, as we board the 1747 Southeastern service 1G85 to Shepherds Well, arriving there at 1831 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1900 Southeastern service to Selling that arrives there at 1927 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Surprisingly, we appear to be bus-less here!. We therefore depart on 1P64, South Eastern's 1956 service, from which we alight at itts destination of London Victoria at 2121 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the minimum connection time permutations that apply at this large station and wishing to return to the south coast, we next board the 2140 Southeastern service to Ramsgate that arrives there at 2335 on Tuesday evening.

 

[RDP]

Time for some overnight train spotting before heading to the bus stop for the 06.17 Stagecoach South East Thanet Loop service alighting at Margate, Cecil Street at 06.36 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from the Kent area, we next board the 0707 Southeastern service 1G89 to London Cannon Street, arriving there at 0856 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the ten-minute minimum connection at this large station, we next board the 0911 Southeastern service to Dartford that arrives there at 1004 on Wednesday orning.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 10.14 Arriva Kent Thameside Fasttrack B alighting at Bluewater Bus Station at 10.32 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1040 Arriva service 428 to Erith Town Centre (Riverside), arriving there at 1132 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1137 Stagecoach London service 180 to North Greenwich station that arrives there at 1242 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.04 Stagecoach London service 161 alighting at Mottingham Station at 16.59 on Wednsday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and next board the 1711 Southeastern service to London Waterloo East that arrives there at 1736 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 18.02 Southeastern service to Ramsgate alighting at Paddock Wood at 18.48 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1858 Southeastern service 2W62 to London Bridge, arriving there at 1937 on Wednesday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 19.48 GTR (Thameslink) service to Rainham alighting at Chatham at 21.06 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Becoming immensely fed up of Kent now, we next board the 2138 Thameslink service 9P86 to West Hampstead Thameslink, arriving there at 2323 on Wednesday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 23.40 GTR (Thameslink) service to Brighton arriving at 01.24 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There are 24/7 buses in Brighton, but we've used these a lot of late, so let's start on a new day as we board the 0500 Southern service 1S04 to Portsmouth & Southsea, arriving there at 0619 on Thursday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 06.55 SWR service to Waterloo vis Eastleigh alighting at Winchester at 07.54 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0807 South Western Railway service to Poole that arrives there at 0923 on Thursday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.43 SWR service to Weymouth arriving at 10.23 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stance, we board the 1029 First Wessex, Dorset and South Somerset service 12 to Lanehouse (Fiveways on Chickerell Road) that arrives there at 1039 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1103 First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset service 8 to Chickerell (East Street), arriving there at 1111 on Thursday morning.

 

[RDP]

Little choice here but to back track so we board the 12.14 first Wessex service 8 to Weymouth, Commercial Road arriving at 12.38 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Little choice here but to back track so we board the 12.14 first Wessex service 8 to Weymouth, Commercial Road arriving at 12.38 on Thursday.

There is an earlier service at 1144, arriving at 1208? Could we take that?

 

[RDP]

Little choice here but to back track so we board the 12.14 first Wessex service 8 to Weymouth, Commercial Road arriving at 12.38 on Thursday.

Corrected to depart at 11.44 and arrive at 12.08

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

OBSERVATION

When we were at Chickerell on East Street at 1111, did anyone notice there was an 1141 First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset service X52 from Meadow Close on Chickerell Road to Bridport bus station arriving there at 1237.. I am not too sure of the distance from East Street to the X52 stop, so I ask if anyone can assist, please.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Corrected to depart at 11.44 and arrive at 12.08

Fabulous!

From here, we take the five minute back to stop K5 of Kings Statue, where we board the 1220 First Wessex, Dorset & South Somerset Jurassic Coaster service X54 to Hamworthy (Ashmore Avenue), arriving there at 1355 on Thursday afternoon.