The Transport Game (UK)

[FQ]

We then walk to Newport railway station and take the 08:09 FGW service to Reading getting there at 19:26 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then walk to Newport railway station and take the 08:08 service to Reading getting there at 19:26 on Wednesday evening. (If allowed could we make it get to Reading at 21:37 due to someone being hit by a train between Didcot Parkway and Reading). Could you please tell me if this is allowed?

Unfortunately it isn't allowed and we must go on the normal timetable, not taking into account any engineering works and/or disruption.

Also, you say 0808 from Newport. Do you mean the 1809 to London, which gets into Reading for 1926?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Unfortunately it isn't allowed and we must go on the normal timetable, not taking into account any engineering works and/or disruption

This takes me back to the original quiz where one member with a most creative mind tried to produce scenarios of the most amazing kind of the "what if" variety....all of which, of course, were ruled invalid.
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Gameplay...In your post you should clearly state the time your service departs, the company who's service you are using and the time and day of arrival at your chosen destination.

I have highlighted another matter in this extract from the quiz rules to add to the first query raised regarding the time of departure.

 

[FQ]

Unfortunately it isn't allowed and we must go on the normal timetable, not taking into account any engineering works and/or disruption.

Also, you say 0808 from Newport. Do you mean the 1809 to London, which gets into Reading for 1926?

Yep, sorry. Edited now.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yep, sorry. Edited now.

Cool stuff.

You may need to edit your departure time to 1809 as opposed to 0809 too

We then walk to Newport railway station and take the 08:09 FGW service to Reading getting there at 19:26 on Wednesday evening.

We then board 1C28, the 1959 First Great Western service to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving there at 2115 on Wednesday evening.

 

[FQ]

We then attempt to go to hell and board the 22:00 XC service to Birmingham New Street getting there at 23:43 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From Edmund Street, just around the corner from New Street, we then take the 2355 National Express West Midlands service 87 to Dudley (Bus Station), arriving there at 0040 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Fortunate we are (as Yoda would have said) that there is a very early morning departure from the bus station within the two-our allocated period and we next board the 0150 National Express service 210 to Coventry (Pool Meadow bus station) that arrives there at 0325 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0519 National Express Coventry service 8 to Potters Green (Ringwood Highway), arriving there at 0540 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crossing over the road to the bus stop outside the primary school, we then board the 0552 NXWM service 8 to Coventry railway station that arrives there at 0627 on Thursday morning.

 

[alex17595]

We then take 2Y50 the 0646 LM service to Northampton arriving 0724 Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We continue southwards by boarding the 0738 LM service to Milton Keynes Central that arrives at 0753 on Thursday morning.

 

[FQ]

We then take the 08:19 LM service to Rugby getting there at 08:41 on Thursday morning. (Platform 2).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0912 LM service to Watford Junction that arrives there at 1030 on Thursday morning.


Note the correct day.

 

[FQ]

We then take the 10:37 VT service to Coventry getting there at 11:22 on Tuesday Morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deciding to head northwards. we next board the 1142 Virgin service to Carlisle that arrives there at 1458 on Thursday afternoon.

Please note the CORRECT quiz day of the week.

 

[FQ]

We get a few numbers at Carlisle before deciding to take the 15:39 TPE service to Manchester Airport getting there at 17:45 on Thursday evening.

 

[alex17595]

We skipped a few days on the previous page but we will continue anyway.

We then take the 1803 to Burscough Bridge arriving at 1919 Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We then take the 08:19 LM service to Rugby getting there at 08:41 on Tuesday morning. (Platform 2).

This is the FIRST of the incorrectly day-stated posting that followed on from a posting that saw an arrival time on from the Thursday of the previous week.


The quiz day of the week is ..... T H U R S D A Y.

 

[FQ]

This is the posting that followed on from a posting that saw an arrival time on from the Thursday of the previous week.

Sorry, I have changed it now.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We skipped a few days on the previous page but we will continue anyway.

We then take the 1803 to Burscough Bridge arriving at 1919 Tuesday evening.

No, let us put matters right and say Thursday evening
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We next board the 1934 Northern service to Westhoughton that arrives there at 2002 on Thursday evening.

 

[FQ]

We then take the 20:53 NR service to Southport arriving at 21:42 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Changing to 3rd rail traction, we next board the 2158 Merseyrail service to Cressington that arrives there at 2254 on Thursday evening.

 

[FQ]

We then take the 23:09 MR service to Hunts Cross arriving at 23:17 on Thursday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We change TOC and board the 2356 Northern service to Sankey for Penketh that arrives there at 0011 on Friday morning

 

[FQ]

Since there are no other services we board the 06:07 NR service to Liverpool Lime Street getting there at 06:45 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not too long to wait until we board the 0704 LM service to Acton Bridge that arrives there at 0732 on Friday morning.

 

[FQ]

Now that is mean.

We then take the 07:52 LM service back to Liverpool Lime Street arriving at 08:20 on this horrible Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The thought of a long journey with a different TOC attracts us and we board the 0852 EMT service to Thetford that arrives there at 1339 on Friday afternoon.

 

[FQ]

Yep, but not on a 158.
We all throw up and go to the Thetford Tesco Express to get some pain killers before walking back to the station and catching the 14:52 GA service to Norwich getting there at 15:28 on Friday afternoon.