The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We continue our travels across West Yorkshire as we board the 0843 Arriva Yorkshire 'Sapphire' service 110 to Kettlethorpe (Fairbrook Road/Handsworth Road), arriving there at 0907 on Wednesday morning.

 

[godfreycomplex]

There being no other way of escaping our current locale other than the service we just arrived on; we sprint up Fairbrook Road to Standbridge Lane (Standbridge Garth); hoping desperately for a means of escape. As if by magic; the Globe Holidays of Barnsley 96 wafts into view at 09:15. After a journey pondering if Globe Holidays offer any more exotic destinations than Barnsley (Wombwell; for instance); we see an Aldi out of our left window. Being unable to resist some mass produced food substitute we alight at Gawber (Barugh Green Road/adj Claycliffe avenue) at 09:43 on this Wednesday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0953 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 95 to Barnsley (Interchange), arriving there at 1009 on Wednesday morning.

 

[godfreycomplex]

Seeking something on rails for the first time since yesterday; we march over to the rail part of Barnsley Interchange. Alas it's the booked 142 that greets us on 2L23 (with departure of 10:24) and having had our bone marrow vibrated about as much as we can stand we alight at Meadowhall at 10:45 on this Wednesday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1100 First South Yorkshire service X78 to Conisbrough (Church Street/Wellgate), arriving there at 1141 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

Hopefully it isn't too much effort to walk to Conisbrough railway station, where we board the 12:12 Northern service to Lincoln arriving there at 14:04 Wednesday Afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

The walk to Conisbrough station is 0.6 miles away which is just over the permitted limit of 0.5 miles but it's okay for now

We then board the 1436 East Midlands Trains service 2L68 to Leicester, arriving there at 1619 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

Waiting for the 16:30 East Midlands Train service to York, you are are dismayed to see a Meridian not an HST and you wish you got the 16:25 but you missed it as you got a coffee. (To add insult to injury, you discover it was a tea anyway!) You get off at Loughborough, the next station, after 10 minutes of torture, though you do admit it wasn't as bad as the food from Aldi!

This is 16:40 Wednesday at Loughborough!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station, we then board the 1647 Kinchbus service 9 to the very cute sounding settlement of Bunny (Primary School), arriving there at 1700 on Wednesday afternoon to a field of rabbits!

 

[kevconnor]

The only service from these parts is the Kinchbus 9 Service so after half an hour wait in Bunny we hop back on the 17:30 service as far as Trent Bridge, o/s County Hall where we arrive at 17:46 on Wednesday evening.

Anyone for Cricket?

 

[Trainfan344]

Realising that we don't have time for cricket (oh darn, what a shame), we flag down the 17:55 Nottingham City Transport Navy line 2 service to Nottingham Railway Station (Stop S6). We arrive there bang on time at 18:01 Wednesday Evening.

 

[kevconnor]

Heading into the station, we choose to take the 1817 East Midlands Trains service 2L81 to its terminus at Lincoln Central where we arrive at 1922 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Ooh, bit of déja vu there!

We then board the 1831 East Midlands Trains service 2K62 to Doncaster, arriving there at 1925 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 20:03 First Hull Trains service to London Kings Cross, arriving at 21:46 (Wednesday evening)

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station to Grays Inn Road, we then board the 2155 London United service 10 to High Street Kensington Station, arriving there at 2237 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 22:43 London Underground District Line service to Wimbledon, arriving at 23:05 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the Tramlink platform, we then board the 2315 Tramlink service 1 to Wellesley Road, arriving there at 2343 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 23:47 Tramlink 3 service to Beckenham Junction, arriving at 00:17 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Moving to the heavy rail platforms at the joint station, we next board the 0830 SE service to Orpington that arrives at 0848 on Thursday morning.

Sorry, mistook an 0 for an 8 in the arrival time

 

[godfreycomplex]

Stirred and enlivened by Nicholas Owen shouting at us for the past hour; we are ready for further enjoyment. In search of thrills we; of course; head for Orpington on 2M60 (the 0021 Southeastern service); arriving into that particular den of iniquity at 00:37 on Thursday morning

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 00:51 London Bus N199 to Trafalgar Square (Stop K), and get off there 100 stops later (luckly you didn't actually have to stop at them all) at 02:15 Thursday, and wonder how long the night is!

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0220 Tower Transit service N550 to Poplar (Bazely Street), arriving there at 0309 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 03:26 London Busses route 108 to Lewisham DLR Station (Stop A), arriving at 03:51 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0430 London Central service 185 to Dulwich (Library), arriving there at 0449 on Thursday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

After disappointingly but not surprisingly finding out the library is closed, we board the 04:57 Arriva London service 176 to Waterloo (Tenison Way) arriving there at 05:17 Thursday Morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That particular service arrives at Waterloo at 0517. I did think seven minutes from Dulwich Library was a bit optimistic!

From Waterloo Road we board the 0538 Abellio London service 188 to North Greenwich Station, arriving there at 0621 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the tube station and board the 0631 Jubilee Line service to Stanmore LU station that arrives there at 0721 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station, we then board the 0729 Metroline service H12 to Rayners Lane Station, arriving there at 0809 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the tube station and board the 0820 Metropolitan Line service to Uxbridge LU station that arrives there at 0834 on Thursday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 08:51 Piccadilly line service to Cockfosters, arriving at 10:32 on Thursday morning.