The Transport Game (UK)

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Pipped, on the same move

We depart from bay 11 at 1630 on Stagecoach East service X5. We alight at Buckingham, High St at 1730 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We were only round the corner from the railway station.

Apologies, considering it's my local area I should've considered that!

 

[Andy Pacer]

Pipped, on the same move

We depart from bay 11 at 1630 on Stagecoach East service X5. We alight at Buckingham, High St at 1730 on Sunday.

We continue with the 1831 Stagecoach East service X5 to Milton Keynes Railway Station arriving at 1856 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We enter the station and take the 19.24 Avanti West Coast service to Manchester Piccadilly arriving at 21.06 on Sunday..

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading down to the undercroft, we next board the 2124 Metrolink service to Langworthy, arriving there at 2155 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.22 Stagecoach Manchester service 33 to Eccles Interchange arriving at 22.30 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2237 Stagecoach Manchester service 67 to Cadishead (Glaze Estate/Fir Street), arriving there at 2304 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2237 Stagecoach Manchester service 67 to Cadishead (Glaze Estate/Fir Street), arriving there at 2304 on Sunday.

Are all other bus routes...and Glazebrook railway station...out of range?

 

[RDP]

Are all other bus routes...and Glazebrook railway station...out of range?

Appears so.

Time for an overnight break returning for the 05.11Stagecoach Manchester service 67A to Shudehill Interchange arriving at 06.13 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0625 The Burnley Bus Company service X43 to Burnley (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0741 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the three minute walk to the Culvert stop opposite the bus station for the 0746 Rosso Irwell Line service 483 to Bury (Interchange), arriving there at 0908 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0915 Rosso Irwell Line service 481 to Royal Blackburn Hospital that arrives there at 1025 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.33 Blackburn Bus Company service 22 to Clitheroe Interchange arriving at 11.37 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1220 North Yorkshire Council service 11 to Settle (Market Place) that arrives there at 1337 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

Unfortunately this just misses connections to both Skipton and Kirkby Lonsdale so we take the five minute walk to the railway station and take the first available train the 14.19 to Carlisle arriving at 15.58 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1608 ScotRail service to Dumfries that arrives there at 1648 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 17.10 Stagecoach West Scotland service 500 to Stranraer, Port Rodie arriving at 19.46 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That appears to cut our Monday evening options either by bus or train to nil, so wanting a rest after that long journey from Dumfries, we just have to bide our time until we next board the 0750 Scottish Citylink service 923 to Ayr (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0920 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0945 Stagecoach West Scotland service 4 to Shawlands (The Granary), arriving there at 1138 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1144 First Greater Glasgow service 38E to Glasgow, Martha Street arriving at 1215 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the eleven minute/0.5 mile walk to Glasgow Central station and board the 1240 Avanti West Coast service 1M13 to Wigan North Western, arriving there at 1513 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1521 Northern service to Wavertree Technology Park arriving at 1559 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 1612 Arriva North West service 60 to Walton (Queens Drive/Stanley Park Avenue North), arriving there at 1639 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1655 Arriva Merseyside service 81 to Speke, Eastern Avenue arriving at 1756 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From East Mill Wood Road around the corner, we next board the 1851 Arriva North West service 81 to Childwall (Childwall Park Avenue/Stand Park Road), arriving there at 1925 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1955 Arriva Merseyside service 81 to Bootle New Strand station that arrives there at 2035 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 2051 Merseyrail service 2S59 to Birkdale, arriving there at 2118 on Tuesday.

 

[RDP]

Observations.

That appears to cut our Monday evening options either by bus or train to nil, so wanting a rest after that long journey from Dumfries, we just have to bide our time until we next board the 0750 Scottish Citylink service 923 to Ayr (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0920 on Tuesday.

There was still a bus at 20.30 to Portpatrick although that would have been a dead end.

There was also a train to Glasgow at 07.04 (Port Rodie is close to the railway station) which would have got us to Ayr at 08.27.

Continuing the game.

We enter the station and board the 2051 Merseyrail service 2S59 to Birkdale, arriving there at 2118 on Tuesday.

Too late in the day for a round of golf so we take the 21.33 Merseyrail service to Southport arriving at 21.40 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we take the six minute walk to Nevill Street and board the 2150 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 2 to Preston (Bus Station), arriving there at 2255 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Observations.

There was still a bus at 20.30 to Portpatrick although that would have been a dead end.

Observational response.

That I was aware of but did not want to be accused of leaving everyone stranded there. I was unsure of the actual distance from the Port Rodie Tesco store where that last arrival there had left us to the railway station, so I decided to use the Scottish Citylink service 923 which I knew was departing from the location we were actually at. I don't think you can compare buses and trains noting a possibility of one leaving slightly before the other, as they are two different modes of transport going to two totally different locations. I am sure that some years ago, a member of the forum quizmaster team made that very point.

At least there were better Tuesday morning options from where we were at Port Rodie Tesco than from Portpatrick and we don't often visit Ayr.