The Transport Game (UK)

[InterCity:125]

We then board the 00:16 arriva Wales 52 to Rhyl bus station arriving at 00:20 on Sunday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

We stay the night here. Later on Sunday, we board the first train of the day, the 09:54 Arriva Trains Wales service to Shotton, arriving there at 10:18 on a Sunday.

 

[InterCity:125]

We board the 10:21 arriva train wales service which takes us to hope at 10:38 on a Sunday.

 

[Esker-pades]

Having had some fun looking at the village of Hope, Flintshire (not the one in England), we board the next train, which is the 11:21 Arriva Trains Wales service to Bidston, arriving there at 12:06 on a Sunday.

 

[DanTrain]

We then leave the station and board the 12:25 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 38A to Port Sunlight, adj Sandringham Close, arriving at 12:55 Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1306 Arriva North West service 464 to Liverpool (Castle Street), arriving there at 1338 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

Walking 0.5 miles (11 mins) to Lime Street, we then board the 14:25 Northern service 2O96 to Flixton, arriving at 15:17 Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the bus stops at Flixton Village outside the station, we then board the 1526 Stagecoach Manchester service 255 to Trafford Bar Metrolink, arriving there at 1557 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[InterCity:125]

We walk 3mins to Trafford bar and board the 16:12 stagecoach Manchester 256 Service to flixton, town gate arriving at 16:48 on a Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Again, why have we returned to where we've just come from?

We then board the 1714 Stagecoach Manchester service 15 to Manchester (Chinatown/Portland Street), arriving there at 1805 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Again, why have we returned to where we've just come from?

It appears that the first time a train was used to travel to Flixton railway station and the second time a bus was used to travel to Town Gate in Flixton.

Are those two parts of Flixton near to each other?

 

[DanTrain]

It appears that the first time a train was used to travel to Flixton railway station and the second time a bus was used to travel to Town Gate in Flixton.

Are those two parts of Flixton near to each other?

Not far, and it's odd to return to the settlement you've just come from, we've been doing that a lot lately.

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We now walk 0.4 miles (7 mins) to Piccadilly, where we board the 18:26 TransPennine Express service 1S83 to Lockerbie, arriving at 20:32 Sunday evening.

 

[Esker-pades]

Gameplay

The Aim of the game is to travel around the country using public transport in a pseudo-realistic fashion.

I think we can quite easily invoke this part of the gameplay. It is not realistic to go blasting all the way to Manchester from Wales, only to return there straight away. Neither is it realistic to go from Flixton to another place and directly back to Flixton. In situations such as these, I think it is perfectly reasonable to point out the above section of text, and continue play from a previous post.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Unlike in previous versions of this game, we do not have any one appointed person(s) who have a role to police the rules of the game, instead we leave this down to community judgement.

It comes down to the community to point out any rule breaches, however this shouldn't hold up game play and it may not be necessary to return to the previous post, especially where there has been more than five moves (or 24 hours has elapsed) since the posting in question.

Good to see that we are able to make sensible decisions between "the community" and to highlight points where certain "to and fro" postings cause annoyance.

 

[Esker-pades]

We now walk 0.4 miles (7 mins) to Piccadilly, where we board the 18:26 TransPennine Express service 1S83 to Lockerbie, arriving at 20:32 Sunday evening.

Having had a good time watching the freight and other fast services race by, we board the 21:34 TransPennine Express service to Motherwell, arriving at 22:21 on a Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the bus stop outside the station, we then board the 2235 First Glasgow 'Lanarkshire Connect' service 240 to Bellshill (Fire Station), arriving there at 2247 on Sunday evening.

 

[InterCity:125]

We then board the 22:50 first Glasgow lanarkshire connect 250 to Bellshill neilson street arriving at 22:53 on a Sunday.

 

[DanTrain]

Entering Bellshill station, we then board the 23:26 Scotrail service 2B91 to Glasgow Central, arriving at 23:44 Sunday evening.

 

[InterCity:125]

We walk 8mins to queen street to Board the 23:30 scotrail Service to haymarket arriving at 00:18 the next day (Monday morning)

 

[Esker-pades]

We walk 8mins to queen street to Board the 23:30 scotrail Service to haymarket arriving at 00:18 the next day (Monday morning)

We arrived at Glasgow Central at 23:44, so getting a train from Queen Street at 23:30 is not possible.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 22:50 first Glasgow lanarkshire connect 250 to Bellshill neilson street arriving at 22:53 on a Sunday.

Also is this valid as it is a different service?

 

[DanTrain]

Also is this valid as it is a different service?

Well, it seems to change it's number, so I'd say so, yes.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well, it seems to change it's number, so I'd say so, yes.

Fair enough.

Seeing as that move from Queen Street to Haymarket was invalid, we stay overnight near Central and return for the 0422 TransPennine Express service 1M90 to Preston, arriving there at 0745 on Monday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We then walk 0.5 miles to the Lancaster Road, where we board the 08:15 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 1 to Grimsargh, o/s Plough Inn, arriving at 08:34 Monday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0847 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 1 to Longridge (Post Office) that arrives there at 0858 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0911 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 1 to Preston (Bus Station), arriving there at 0941 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I think we can quite easily invoke this part of the gameplay. It is not realistic to go blasting all the way to Manchester from Wales, only to return there straight away. Neither is it realistic to go from Flixton to another place and directly back to Flixton. In situations such as these, I think it is perfectly reasonable to point out the above section of text, and continue play from a previous post.

Can I respond to this by citing the onward posting that I made using service 1 above to take us onwards from Grimsargh to Longridge, in the knowledge that Preston Bus run their service 35 from Longridge to Blackburn bus station, via Ribchester, Salesbury and Wilpshire, was supposed to be a way of avoiding a third consecutive journey on the very same number 1 bus back to the Preston area. I only now post infrequently upon this thread, but when I do so, I try to adhere to the spirit of the thread.

 

[InterCity:125]

We then board the 0911 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 1 to Preston (Bus Station), arriving there at 0941 on Monday morning.

Longing to see the sea we wait an hour for the 10:50 national express service to Blackpool central coach station arriving at 11:30 on a Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking around the corner to New Bonny Street, we then board the 1144 Blackpool Transport service 5 to Victoria Hospital (Entrance), arriving there at 1209 on Monday afternoon.

 

[InterCity:125]

We then board the 12:14 Blackpool transport 5 service to Blackpool market street arriving at 12:30 on Monday.