The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still time for a local service onwards, so we board the 2319 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 4 to Bath bus station that arrives there at 2322 on Wednesday evening.

 

[bnsf734]

We then await the arrival of the National Express service 404 at 0140 and alight at Exeter, Bus Station where we arrive bleary-eyed at 0410 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the eleven minute walk to Central Station, we then board the 0514 South West Trains service 1L20 to Basingstoke, arriving there at 0757 on Thursday morning.

 

[bnsf734]

We then take the 0820 Southwest Trains service to Wareham where we arrive at 1008 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1028 SWT service to Weymouth that arrives there at 1106 on Thursday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

We alight from the train, but remembering the doctor's advice of walking no more than half a mile in one go, we walk to the New Look in Weymouth to buy summer clothes for our trip to the Channel Islands. The walk takes nine minutes, so we arrive at 1115 on Thursday morning.

We decide on a trip to the Channel Islands, but seeing how the ferry terminal is 0.7 miles away, we have to go to the nearest bus stop (Weymouth Bus Garage) and await the 1115 First in Wessex and Dorset 501 bus to take it one stop to Weymouth, Kings Statue, arriving at 1116 Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We alight from the train, but remembering the doctor's advice of walking no more than half a mile in one go, we walk to the New Look in Weymouth to buy summer clothes for our trip to the Channel Islands. The walk takes nine minutes, so we arrive at 1115 on Thursday morning.

A walk is not included as a transport mode. You can walk up to half a mile in order to catch a service, but you cannot include just a walk as a transport mode.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A walk is not included as a transport mode. You can walk up to half a mile in order to catch a service, but you cannot include just a walk as a transport mode.

I will add to this that the forum quizmasters ONLY gave their approval for the Isle of Wight to be used on this quiz and the rule that a FIXED LINK to the UK Mainland still so applies. NO OTHER OFFSHORE ISLAND CAN BE USED AS A DESTINATION.

Between us, we may have helped to resolve this last impasse.
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We have to go to the nearest bus stop (Weymouth Bus Garage) and await the 1115 First in Wessex and Dorset 501 bus to take it one stop to Weymouth, Kings Statue, arriving at 1116 Thursday morning.

A visit to a notable landmark now affords itself, so we board the 1136 First in Wessex and Dorset service 501 to Portland Bill (Lighthouse) that arrives there at 1230 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[bnsf734]

After a lunch stop at the Lighthouse Cafe (I assume there is one!) we continue on the First Wessex & Dorset service 501 departing at 1335 and alight at Fortuneswell, High Street where we arrive at 1352 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The very impressive number 1 bus in the area runs every 6-7 minutes (24 hours on Fridays!), so we do not have long to wait before we board the 1404 First in Wessex and Dorset service 1 to Weymouth (King's Statue), arriving there at 1432 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[James Wake]

From stop K5 we next board the 1505 First Wessex Dorset and South Somerset service X53 to Poole Bus Stn, arriving at 1636 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[bnsf734]

Beaten.....

We then take the infrequent First Wessex & Dorset service 14 departing at 1450 to its destination of Poundbury, Mansell Square where we arrive at 1526 on Thursday afternoon.

Lets try again..

We then take the Morebus service 40 departing at 1730 to Swanage, Bus Station arriving there at 1840 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1925 Morebus service 50 to Bournemouth (Railway Station), arriving there at 2025 on Thursday evening.

I believe this service involves the use of the Sandbanks Ferry.

 

[James Wake]

We then board the 1925 Morebus service 50 to Bournemouth (Railway Station), arriving there at 2025 on Thursday evening.

I believe this service involves the use of the Sandbanks Ferry.

Quite right, I am hoping to one day use one of my SWT free tickets to Bournemouth, then buy a Network ticket for Morebus to do the 50 to Swanage, a round trip on the Swanage Railway, 40 to Poole, M1/2 to Bournemouth then X1/X2 to Lymington to cover that branch and head home.

Anyway back to the game, after just 6 minutes, we board the 2031 Morebus service 13 to Colehill, Post Office, arriving at 2106 on Thursday evening.

 

[bnsf734]

We then take the returning Morebus service 13 at 2132 to Parley Cross, Crossroads where we arrive at 2150 on Thursday evening.

 

[James Wake]

We then board the Morebus 13 on its last trip towards Wimborne at 2249, but alight at Stapehill, Uddens Cross at 2300 on Thursday evening.

 

[bnsf734]

There is one last journey left tonight so we catch the familiar Morebus service 13 now we are on first-name terms with the drivers. Our bus departs at 2328 and we ride to the destination of Bournemouth, Square where we arrive at 0003 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Luckily, Bournemouth is blessed with night buses, so we wait for the 0100 more Bus service N2 to Poole (Bus Station), arriving there at 0124 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

We're still able to find a service in Poole, so we board the 0300 NatEx 205 coach to Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5), arriving at 0515 Friday morning.

How about a trip on the ulTRA PRT?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

How about a trip on the ulTRA PRT?

What sort of train, bus or coach is that, which will meet the requirements of the rules of this particular quiz?

 

[ValleyLines142]

What sort of train, bus or coach is that, which will meet the requirements of the rules of this particular quiz?

It's the Urban Light Transit, a personal rapid transit system linking Terminal 5 to the business car park.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It's the Urban Light Transit, a personal rapid transit system linking Terminal 5 to the business car park.

I am indeed most grateful to you for expanding my knowledge base on that particular matter.

 

[bnsf734]

I have now read up on Heathrow PODs to the business car park but cannot find a timetable, although according to the Heathrow website they run all 24 hours and a POD arrives with 10 secs of pressing the call button.

Anyway, back to the game, we descend to the Heathrow Express platforms and catch the Heathrow Express service departing at 0542 and ride to the buffer stops at London Paddington where we arrive at 0603 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Being ever mindful of the 15 minute minimum connection time that so applies at this large station, we are fortunate indeed in being able to board the fast, rather than the slow, train to our destination, so we board the 0620 FGW service to Oxford that arrives there at 0722 on Friday morning.

 

[bnsf734]

We leave the railway station and make our way to bus stop R5 from where we catch Arriva the Shires service 280 which departs at 0753 to Headington, Brookes University where we arrive at 0811 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0837 Red Rose Travel service 275 to Bledlow Ridge (Loxboro Hill) that arrives there at 0933 on Friday morning.

 

[bnsf734]

We then take the Red Rose Travel 275 once more, departing at 0959 and alight at Chinnor Village Hall where we arrive at 1016 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of both operator and service number sees us next boarding the 1105 Carousel Buses service 40 to Thame (Upper High Street) that arrives there at 1120 on Friday morning.

 

[bnsf734]

We cross the road and take another Carousel service 40 departing at 1130 to High Wycombe Bus Station where we arrive at 1223 on Friday afternoon.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 1255 Carousel service A40 to Uxbridge, Belmont Road Stop D, arriving at 1337 on Friday afternoon.