The Transport Game (UK)

[AndrewR232]

We then take the 0840 Central line service to Theydon Bois, arriving 0912 on Monday morning.

 

[me123]

Not many other options from the station, with the infrequent hourly bus service being our only non-tube transport option. Given that that route basically shadows the Central Line, we take the Central Line back at 09:22, arriving at Leytonstone at 09:43 on Monday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We exit the tube station and, from stop W of the adjoining bus station, board the 0956 London General service 257 to Stratford bus station, arriving 1017 on Monday morning.

 

[me123]

We transfer to the mainline station, and at 10:38, we get on the Greater Anglia service 1P20 to Norwich, where we arrive at 12:27 on Monday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

After our PNB, we board the 1258 Greater Anglia service to Lowestoft, arriving 1335 on Monday afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

We decide to head westward, and board the 1407 AGA service to Ipswich. We arrive at 1536 Monday afternoon.

 

[me123]

Then a change onto the 14:16 Greater Anglia service 1N24 to Thorpe-le-Soken, arriving at 14:35 on Monday afternoon.

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[ValleyLines142]

I do not wish to unduly rain of your parade, but having arrived at 1419 at the bus station in St Austell, a cursory glance would tell you that bus services from there are still running long before your 1559 departure from the railway station stated above.

I will give you one such example...the 1445 First in Devon and Cornwall service 101 to Bodeiva (The Eden Project) that arrives there at 1504 on Sunday afternoon.

Perhaps DasLunatic did not wish to remain in Cornwall. Everyone is allowed to move freely; it would defeat the object of the game otherwise!

If this had happened in a big city such as London or Birmingham then that'd be understandable, but a Sunday service in mid-Cornwall isn't quite as 'selective', shall we say?

We decide to head westward, and board the 1407 AGA service to Ipswich. We arrive at 1536 Monday afternoon.

We then board 2E80, the 1601 Greater Anglia service to Peterborough, arriving there at 1736 on Monday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

Up next, the 1808 VTEC service to Hull, arriving 2004 on Monday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

However, our intense dislike of Hull forces us to board the 2057 Northern service. We alight at Doncaster, the time being 2147 on Monday night.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sorry I missed Doncaster. Bear with....

Actually, we can still go to my original destination of Meadowhall, on 2R50, the 2213 Northern stopper. It arrives at Meadowhall at 2242 on Monday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

We then board the 2330 Northern service to Darton, arriving 2356 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There are no more services out of Darton now, so we call it a night before boarding 2L08, the 0638 Northern service to Castleford, arriving there at 0701 on Tuesday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We wait for 2F04, the 0738 Northern service and take this to Leeds, where we arrive at 0801 on Tuesday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

Taking heed of the transfer time, we board the 0817 Virgin EC service to London King's Cross, arriving at 1038 Tuesday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

It's straight back down the ECML as we then take the 1121 Grand Central service to Thirsk, arriving 1337 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 1P43, the 1404 First TransPennine Express service to Huddersfield, arriving there at 1509 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

Next we board the 1530 First TransPennine Express service to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving 1659 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

We wait around for a bit before boarding the 1747 Virgin WC service to London Euston, arriving at 2007 Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Allowing for the minimum connection time at Euston, we then board 1H75, the 2040 Virgin Trains service to Wilmslow, arriving there at 2228 on Tuesday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

We next take the 2256 Northern service to Heald Green, arriving 2312 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

When posting moves, please do endeavour that they are realistic, whilst complying with the set rules at the same time.

For example, it wouldn't be reasonable nor realistic, for someone to post a move which involves waiting at Clapham Junction for an hour and a half; trains pass through here much more frequently... whilst waiting two hours at a station such as Stowmarket would be more realistic as the station doesn't see frequent services.

I therefore seek clarification of a "Sunday" matter where the quiz has reached a bus station in early afternoon, which has some bus services running and available to use within half-an-hour of arrival there.

Are you allowed to ignore these bus services altogether just because you want to move away to another area, then having to walk to a railway station and wait for over an hour and a half for a train, when there was a choice of onward bus services at the bus station within half-an-hour of arrival there.
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We next take the 2256 Northern service to Heald Green, arriving 2312 on Tuesday evening.

We leave the station and walk up the station approach road to the bus stop on Finney Lane where we next board the 2330 Stagecoach Manchester service 369 to Edgeley (Cheadle Old Road) that arrives there at 2345 on Tuesday evening.

 

[me123]

And we're done for the night, so the tents go up. No more buses for a good wee while in a half-mile radius.

We wake up bright and early in time for the 05:39 Stagecoach Manchester number 11 service, which we take to its terminus at Altrincham Interchange, at 06:30 on Wednesday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We take the 0644 Northern service to Knutsford, arriving at 0658 on Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

We leave the station and join the GSA coaches 07:27 service 27A to Macclesfield Bus station, where we arrive at 08:15 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

We board Arriva North West service 130 departing at 0830, alighting at Alderley Edge, (NatWest Bank) at 0908 Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

We double back for a four minute walk to the railway station, which leaves us enough time to catch the 09:23 Northern service 2A93 to Crewe, arriving at 09:45 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1023 ATW service to Chester that arrives there at 1046 on Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

Then into Wales with the Arriva in Wales' service X55, leaving at 11:15. We take the service to its terminus at Mold bus station, arriving at 12:11 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1230 GHA Coaches service DB1 to Hope (St Cynfarch's church on Hawarden Road) that arrives there at 1302 on Wednesday afternoon.