The Transport Game (UK)

[dzug2]

We make our way to the mainline station and take the 2352 Thameslink train to Harlington (Beds) arriving at 0046 Monday morning

(I think this is the regular timetable - but the engineering works one is only marginally different)

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0116 Thameslink service 2W85 to Bedford, arriving there at 0133 in the early hours of Monday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Regular participants will not be surprised to see us boarding another of Thameslink's all-night service ....

Bedford's 7 minute minimum connection time is enough for us to join the 0142 Thameslink train to East Croydon arriving at 0334 Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0346 London Central service N68 to Waterloo Station, arriving there at 0434 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way into the railway station and look for a slow local service with many stops and board the 0505 SWT service to Earley that arrives there at 0635 on Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0649 Reading Buses service 4 to Reading (St Mary's Butts), arriving there at 0705 on Monday morning.

 

[johnnychips]

We then walk to Reading Kings Rd (Stop Me) and take Reading Buses X4 service at 0721 to Wokingham Broad St arriving 0808 on Monday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

We take the 0.4 mile walk over to the railway station and purchase tickets to travel on the 08:43 First Great Western service to Gatwick Airport arriving there at 09:57 Monday Morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1009 SN service to Arundel that arrives at 1102 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to a popular seaside resort, we then board the 1129 Southern service 2B10 to Bognor Regis, arriving there at 1146 on Monday morning.

 

[James Wake]

Back to the buses as we join the 1120 Stagecoach SouthCoastliner700 to Worthing, Marine Parade arriving at 1229 on Monday afternoon.

Just beaten, the joys of trying to type on my phone.
We next board the 1200 Stagecoach South route 60 to Midhurst Bus Stand, arriving at 1324 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Just time enough to board the 1330 Stagecoach South service 1 to Petworth (Market Square) that arrives there at 1345 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We spend nearly an hour wandering about the town. Before deciding to head to Town Square to catch the Compass Travel 99 service at 14:45 to Chichester (Westgate Stop V), arriving there at 15:15 Monday Afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk to Chichester station, we then board the 1541 Southern service 2N77 to Fratton, arriving there at 1611 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make the three-minute walk to the bus stop on Orchard Street where we board the 1549 Stagecoach South service 60 to Cocking (The Croft) that arrives there at 1611 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

We then board the 1628 SWT train to Clapham Junction arriving at 1805 Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1839 Southern service 2M59 to Milton Keynes Central, arriving there at 2001 on Monday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

Outside the station, we board the Stagecoach X5 coach at 2020 to Bedford Bus Station arriving at 2116 Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the ten minute walk along Midland Road to the station, we then board the 2138 East Midlands Trains service 1F76 to Leicester, arriving there at 2220 on Monday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

5 mins minimum connection time applies at Leicester, so we just have time to catch the 2227 Cross Country train to Birmingham New St, arriving at 2322 Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting the 12 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 2354 LM service to Coventry that arrives there at 0016 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

We move outside and board the 00:33 National Express Coventry number 11 service to Coventry Pool Meadow Bus Station arriving there at 00:38 Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Coventry, despite being a fairly sizeable city, does not appear to have any night buses, so we let the hours pass in the incredibly drab Pool Meadow bus station before boarding the 0415 National Express West Midlands service 900 to Allesley Green (Parkhill Estate), arriving there at 0427 on Tuesday morning.

 

[johnnychips]

Not wishing to be sent to Coventry again, we mooch about the area in darkness for a bit, then take the next 900 NX West Midlands at 0522 to Birmingham Digbeth Coach Station arriving at 0608 on Tuesday morning. If we don't fall asleep we will have had good views of Birmingham airport, and Birmingham International station coming to life.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Grabbing a cup of coffee from Starbucks, we then board the 0700 National Express service 538 to Glasgow (Buchanan Bus Station), arriving there at 1435 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[johnnychips]

From there, we take the 1500 Scottish Citylink M8 service to Perth Leonard St Bus Station arriving 1635 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk to the railway station, we then board the 1702 Abellio ScotRail service 1L04 to Haymarket, arriving there at 1820 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1830 Abellio ScotRail service to Dunfermline Queen Margaret that arrives at 1901 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

Exiting the station to Whitefield Road, we board the 1924 Stagecoach in Fife service 81A to Lochgelly Railway Station, arriving at 1951 Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2016 Abellio ScotRail service 2G24 to South Gyle, arriving there at 2052 on Tuesday evening.