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kevconnor

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We walk 0.5 miles (10 mins) to Hastings Town Centre, Priory Meadow, Stop K (on Queen's Road) where at 2044 we take Stagecoach in Hastings Bus 26A to St Helens, o/s Conquest Hospital (on Hospital Grounds) where we arrive at 2059 on Monday night.
 

kevconnor

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We take the short 0.2 mile (2 minute) walk to the stop at Silverhill (Hastings), Asda from where we are just in time at 2122 to board Stagecoach in Hastings - Hastings Arrow 20 service and travel as far as Hastings Town Centre, Pelham Place (Stop U) where we arrive at 2145 on Monday evening
 

ValleyLines142

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We then board the 2250 Stagecoach Hastings 'Hastings Arrow' service 20 to Ore (Crowborough Road), arriving there at 2301 on Monday evening.
 

kevconnor

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That appears to be it for the evening, so having taken an overnight break we next go to the stop at Ore, Rye Road Red Lake Terrace where at 0603 we board Stagecoach in Hastings - the Wave 100 service as far as Rye, Railway Station (Stop B) where we arrive at 0627 on Tuesday morning.
 

ValleyLines142

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Entering the station, we say farewell to East Sussex as we board the 0646 Southern service 2D06 to Ashford International, arriving there at 0708 on Tuesday.

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ValleyLines142

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We go into the railway station and board the 06:46 Southern service to Ashford International, arriving there at 07:08 on a Tuesday.

Snap!

In that case I'll play forward, as we board the 0716 Southeastern service 1J81 to St Pancras International, arriving there at 0754 on Tuesday morning.
 

Esker-pades

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Weeping at the fact we can't board the Eurostar, we opt for the next best thing: the 08:34 East Midlands Trains service (HST operated, I think) to Nottingham, arriving there at 10:16 on a Tuesday.
 

kevconnor

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Whilst observing the minimum 8 min connection time for this station we are still able to board 1026 2W08 East Midlands Trains service as far as Mansfield where we arrive at 1057 on Tuesday morning.
 

ValleyLines142

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Taking the three minute walk along Station Road to the bus station, we then board the 1150 Stagecoach East Midlands service 53 to Manor Top (Eastern Avenue), arriving there at 1311 on Tuesday afternoon.
 

ValleyLines142

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We then board the 1350 First South Yorkshire service 8 to Ecclesfield (Monteney Crescent), arriving there at 1508 on Tuesday afternoon.
 

DanTrain

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Now we board the 15:35 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 7 to Neepsend, opp Boyland Street, arriving at 16:00 Tuesday afternoon.
 

InterCity:125

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We walk 8mins to infirmatry road and board the 16:15 yellow line service to Meadowhall interchange arriving at 16:42 on a Tuesday.
 

ValleyLines142

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We then board the 1648 First South Yorkshire 'Steel Link' service X1 to Maltby (Quilter Road), arriving there at 1750 on Tuesday afternoon.
 

DanTrain

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Stretching our legs, we take the 10 minute, 0.5 mile walk to Birks Holt Drive, where we board the 18:34 First South Yorkshire service X1 'Steel Link' to Sheffield Centre Moor Market (Stop ES3), arriving at 19:48 Tuesday evening.
 

ValleyLines142

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We then board the 2000 First South Yorkshire service 75 to Jordanthorpe (Ormond Road), arriving there at 2027 on Tuesday evening.
 

DanTrain

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We then board the 20:35 First South Yorkshire/Stagecoach Yorkshire service 1 to Chapeltown, adj Burncross Road, arriving exactly one hour later at 21:35 Tuesday evening.
 

ValleyLines142

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Changing operators, we then board the 2211 TM Travel service 135A to Rotherham (Corporation Street), arriving there at 2231 on Tuesday evening.
 

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Crossing the bridge to Forge Island bus station, we then board the 22:45 Stagecoach East Midlands service 19a to Dinnington Interchange, arriving at 23:23 Tuesday evening.
 

ValleyLines142

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We stop off overnight and return for the 0443 First South Yorkshire service X5 to Handsworth (Handsworth Road/Top of Richmond Road), arriving there at 0519 on Wednesday morning.
 

johnnychips

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We walk the half mile to Sheffield station and take the 0708 TPE train to Cleethorpes arriving at 0854 on Wednesday morning.
 

ValleyLines142

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We then board the 0926 TransPennine Express service 1B73 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 1207 on Wednesday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1543 CrossCountry service 1O88 to Southampton Airport Parkway, arriving there at 1708 on Wednesday afternoon.
 

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We walk 5mins to post office city centre and board the 17:13 unilink u1c Service to Southampton, platform tavern arriving at 17:58 on a Wednesday.
 

ValleyLines142

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Walking around the corner to the bus stop outside Queens Park, we then board the 1813 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport 'Solent Ranger' service X5 to Lee-on-the-Solent (High Street), arriving there at 1939 on Wednesday evening.
 

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