The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

We depart on Borders Buses X95 at 2050, from which we alight at Selkirk, Market Place at 2106 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2136 Borders Buses service X95 to Teviotdale Leisure Centre, arriving there at 2154 on Wednesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Other than 1 minute-long journeys to Mart Street, that's it in Hawick for the night; we therefore return in the morning. As the first bus out of town is at 0510, we work out that we can move away from the X95 and still be rule-compliant by walking to Mart St (3 mins) where we await service 20 at 0646. We alight at Kelso (Bridge St) at 0734 on Thursday morning.

 

[RDP]

Time to return to England so we take the short walk to W. H. Smith and take the 08.15 Borders Buses service 67 to Berwick upon Tweed Railway Station arriving at 09.10 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 0934 LNER service 1W02 to Haymarket, arriving there at 1033 on Thursday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Cross Country's 1V60 towards Penzance at 1050 takes us to Redruth where we alight at 2109, glad to stretch our legs!

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and after a wander around return for the 22.45 Go Cornwall service 34 to The Lizard alighting at Helston, Tesco at 23.15 on Thursday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Taking advantage of the overnight rule, we depart on National Express service 504 at 0510. We alight at Newquay, Bus Station at 0645 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 07.10 First Kernow service U1A to Truro Bus Station arriving at 08.50 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1005 National Express service 504 to Plymouth (Coach Station), arriving there at 1150 on Friday morning.

 

[RDP]

We take the seven minute walk to the railway station and take the 12.14 GWR service to Penzance arriving at 14.20 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1550 Great Western Railway service 1G77 to Gloucester, arriving there at 2055 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 21.24 GWR service to Worcester Shrub Hill arriving at 22.08 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2216 West Midlands Railway service 2H35 to Jewellery Quarter, arriving there at 2312 on Thursday evening.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break returning for the 06.42 WMT (WMR) service to Stratford upon Avon arriving at 07.43 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to the Natwest bank, where we are in perfect time to board the 0754 Stagecoach Midlands service X20 to Shirley (St James' Church), arriving there at 0839 on Friday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.00 National Express WM service 76 to Northfield alighting at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital at 09.42 on Friday

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1032 NXWM service 20 departs from stop QA, taking us to Bromsgrove, Bus Station at 1127 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1225 Diamond service 202 to Woodgate (Bartley Green Lodge), arriving there at 1302 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1310 Diamond service 002 departs, taking us to Halesowen, Bus Station at 1328 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 14.20 Diamond Bus service 192 to Kidderminster Bus Station arriving at 14.55 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1543 Diamond service 125 to Stourbridge (Plough & Harrow), arriving there at 1603 on Friday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.21 National Express WM service 7 to Dudley Bus Station arriving at 17.31 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1741 National Express West Midlands Platinum service 8 to Parkfields (Parkfield Road), arriving there at 1805 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 18.26 National Express WM service X8 to Wolverhampton Bus Station arriving at 18.38 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There was a service at 1816 but not to worry.

We next board the 1847 National Express West Midlands service 2 to Bushbury Hill (Moreton Primary School), arriving there at 1901 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

With no other services anywhere near at this time of day we take the 19.10 National Express WM service 2 to the University of Wolverhampton arriving at 19.23

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1933 National Express West Midlands service 3 to Castlecroft (Castlecroft Hotel), arriving there at 1948 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

Again no choice but to back track so we take the 20.21 National Express WM service 3 alighting at Wolverhampton, Tower Street at 20.37 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to the bus station and next board the 2055 National Express West Midlands service 32 to Northwood Park (Carisbrooke Road), arriving there at 2108 on Friday evening.