The Transport Game (UK)

[Springs Branch]

It's just under 0.5 mile walk to the bus stop on South Gyle Broadway, where we catch the 2122 Lothian Buses service 12 to Edinburgh City Centre (George St), arriving at 2151 Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2220 Lothian Buses service 16 to Silverknowes (Silverknowes Parkway), arriving there at 2252 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

We cross the road to Muirhouse Parkway and return to the city centre by an alternative route - the 2306 Lothian Buses service 37, alighting at North Bridge / Waverley Station at 2330 Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking around the corner to the bus stop on Princes Street, we then board the 2349 Lothian Buses service 25 to Riccarton (Sports Centre), arriving there at 0020 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Another change of bus route now, to Lothian Buses service N34 departing at 0112, alighting at The Waldorf Astoria Edinburgh (formerly The Caledonian Hotel) at 0132 Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the bus stop at the West End, we continue through the night as we board the 0151 Lothian Buses service N11 to Ocean Terminal, arriving there at 0212 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

An opportunity is now afforded to travel the entire route of one of these iconic night buses, so we board the 0241 Lothian Buses service N11 to Hyvots Bank that arrives there at 0323 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We try and squeeze in one more night bus before it is early enough to use the normal day time services, so we board the 0405 Lothian Buses service N7 to Newhaven (Craighall Road), arriving there at 0435 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next catch the first of the morning buses which is the 0440 Lothian Buses service 7 to Hillside (Elm Row) that arrives there at 0454 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This very convenient location is just 0.3 miles away from York Place tram stop, so we take this short walk and finally change transport methods as we board the 0529 Edinburgh Trams service to the Gyle Centre, arriving there at 0559 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0610 Edinburgh Trams service to theEdinburgh Airport tram stop that arrives there at 0620 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Exciting and exotic destinations can be reached from Edinburgh Airport. We travel to one of these by boarding the ...

0630 Citylink Air coach to Glasgow Buchanan St Bus Station, arriving at 0726 Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heading westerly to a marine location, we next board the 0830 Scottish Citylink service 923 to Cairnryan (Stena Terminal) that arrives there at 1040 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1050 McLean's Taxi and Coach Hire service 350 to Stranraer (Charlotte Street), arriving there at 1105 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the three-minute walk to the bus stop at Port Rodie where we board the 1140 Stagecoach West Scotland service 367 to Portpatrick (Post Office) that arrives there at 1159 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This is the only bus that serves this settlement, so we have no option other than to board the 1310 Stagecoach West Scotland service 367 back to Stranraer (Port Rodie), arriving there at 1332 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[johnnychips]

We then cross the road to Tesco and take the 1350 923 Scottish Citylink Service to Ayr Bus Station arriving 1540 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1600 Stagecoach West Scotland service 585 to Skelmorlie (Eglington Terrace) that arrives there at 1750 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1806 McGill's Buses service 901 to Greenock (Bus Station), arriving there at 1841 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

After a long spell of mainly rubber-tyred transport, we take the 0.3 mile, six minute walk to Greenock West Station.

We catch the 1914 ScotRail train to Paisley Gilmour Street arriving at 1943 Wednesday evening.

 

[Bodie]

Time to visit an interestingly named station.

We board the next train out of the station at 1952 the Wemyss Bay service and alight at IBM at 2023 on Wednesday evening

 

[Springs Branch]

It's just over ¼ mile to the bus stop on Inverkip Road, where we board the 2122 McGills service 906 to Largs (Main Street / Manse Court), arriving 2144 Wednesday evening.

 

[Bodie]

A quick dash up main street has us aboard 2T52 2152 to Glasgow Central arriving at 2254 Wednesday night

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

After making allowances for the 15 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we still have time to board a late night stopping train service and board the 2312 Abellio ScotRail service to Dumfries that arrives there at 0115 on Thursday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

We call it a night in Dumfries, before continuing the following morning.

Outside Dumfries railway station we board the 0528 Stagecoach West Scotland service 81 to Lockerbie (High St / Crown Inn), arriving at 0557 Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Just enough time to board the 0602 Stagecoach West Scotland service 382 to Stanwix (Waverley Road) that arrives there at 0708 on Thursday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Having arrived back in England, we realise we still have a couple of Scottish £5 notes to spend, so we reverse direction North of the Border.

We cross the road to the bus stop near Morrisons and board the 0722 Stagecoach in Cumbria service 79 to Annan, Butts St, arriving 0803 Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0830 McCalls Coaches service 875 to Collin (Mouswald Banks) that arrives there at 0850 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This is a fairly isolated area, so we have no option other than to board the 1029 McCalls Coaches service 385 to Dumfries (Lochar Moss/Catherinefield Road), arriving there at 1036 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We continue our area travelogue by boarding the 1050 Stagecoach West Scotland service 81 to Lockerbie (Dryfesdale Cemetery) that arrives there at 1109 on Thursday morning.