The Transport Game (UK)

[backontrack]

We then board the 22:38 Northern Rail Replacement Bus service to Whalley (Rail Station), arriving there at 23:47 on Thursday evening.

Whalley, therefore, is where we are now.

 

[A Challenge]

We get the 06:36 Northern service 2H50 to Clitheroe, arriving at 06:44 Friday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We walk to the interchange and board the 06:52 Preston Bus route 280 service to Preston (Percy Street), arriving there at 07:34 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking across to the bus station, we then board the 0745 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 68 to Blackpool (Central Pier), arriving there at 0910 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0920 Blackpool Transport service 11 to Lytham (Square stand 1, Clifton Street) that arrives at 1000 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1019 Blackpool Transport service 7 to Bispham (Roundabout), arriving there at 1128 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1141 Blackpool Transport service 9 to Layton (Westcliffe Drive, outside the Layton Institute) that arrives there at 1154 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1204 Blackpool Transport service 14 to Thornton-Cleveleys (Four Lane Ends), arriving there at 1223 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1238 Blackpool Transport service 14 to Carleton (Blackpool Old Road, opposite Fairway) that arrives there at 1248 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1316 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 42 to Blackpool (Abingdon Street), arriving there at 1332 on Friday afternoon.

 

[backontrack]

We walk to Blackpool North station and board the 13:40 Northern train service to Preston, arriving there at 14:03 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

What service does this?

 

[backontrack]

What service does this?

Blackpool North to Preston? Many train services!

 

[ValleyLines142]

They're all replacement buses until 25th March.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think the confusion is caused by the fact that the Preston to Blackpool South line section is once again operational, but NOT the line section from Kirkham and Wesham to Blackpool North

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We then board the 1316 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 42 to Blackpool (Abingdon Street), arriving there at 1332 on Friday afternoon.

This is where matters should be continued from.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This is where matters should be continued from.

Could you continue for us perhaps, Paul?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Could you continue for us perhaps, Paul?

After the number of postings to resolve a matter and feeling not at all well, plus the fact that I would be having to be at hospital for most of Thursday having an MRI scan and numerous tests, I had hoped by showing where we were, someone might have made a follow-up posting, but this appears not to be the case. I will venture therefore the following:-

We next board the 1401 Blackpool Transport service 2 to Hardhorn (Hardhorn Road opposite to Beech Drive) that arrives there at 1421 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1431 Preston Bus service 75 to Preston (Railway Station), arriving there at 1520 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 15:37 Northern service 1B27 to York, arriving at 18:00 Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The 8-minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station does not affect our travel plans and we board the 1835 Cross Country service to Southampton Central that arrives at 2320 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2359 South Western Railway service 2W84 to Southampton Airport Parkway, arriving there at 0009 in the early hours of Saturday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to head north and allowing for the overnight travel relaxation rule, we board the 0516 Cross Country service to Macclesfield that arrives at 0901 on Saturday morning.

 

[johnnychips]

We take the 0915 High Peak 58 service to Buxton Market Place, arriving at 0948 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1028 High Peak service 442 to Ashbourne (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1140 on Saturday morning.

 

[kevconnor]

From King Edward Street Adj Bus Station, we take Trent Barton SWI service at 12:25 to Ashbourne Road Opp Sutton Close, Markeaton where we arrive at 12:56 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We decide to head north and allowing for the overnight travel relaxation rule, we board the 0516 Cross Country service to Macclesfield that arrives at 0901 on Saturday morning.

That trip down south didn't last long

From King Edward Street Adj Bus Station, we take Trent Barton SWI service at 12:25 to Ashbourne Road Opp Sutton Close, Markeaton where we arrive at 12:56 on Saturday afternoon.

We then board the 1326 Trent Barton 'Swift' service to Uttoxeter (Bus Station), arriving there at 1440 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That trip down south didn't last long

Yes, but it was just part of a more scenic route from York to our local "big town" of Macclesfield...

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We then board the 1326 Trent Barton 'Swift' service to Uttoxeter (Bus Station), arriving there at 1440 on Saturday afternoon.

We next board the 1515 Midland Classic service 402A to Beam Hill (the bus stop adjacent to Bearn Close) that arrives there at 1618 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From Harehedge Lane around the corner, we then board the 1627 Midland Classic service 401 to Burton-upon-Trent (New Street), arriving there at 1645 on Saturday afternoon.