The Transport Game (UK)

[DanTrain]

Finally leaving Cardiff behind, we now board the 21:37 GWR service 1B88 to Swansea, arriving at 22:30 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We've mainly been in the Valleys, not Cardiff!

Sadly, there are no bus services from Swansea this late on a Sunday (there usually are but not at the moment because of corona), so we'll have to wait for the 2331 Transport for Wales service 2B21 to Pyle, arriving there at 2358 on Sunday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

There doesn't in the current circumstances seem to be a particularly early start in the metropolis that is Pyle, but it does mean we can resume westward with the 0821 Transport for Wales service to Ferryside arriving at 0947 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Only thing we can do here is board the 0953 Transport for Wales service 2E05 to Gowerton, arriving there at 1021 on Monday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Only thing we can do here is board the 0953 Transport for Wales service 2E05 to Gowerton, arriving there at 1021 on Monday morning.

There was a 10:25 bus I was planning a move for but clearly took too long deciding where to go

From Gowerton, we now board the 11:19 First South and West Wales service 16 to Penyrheol, before Heol Elfed, arriving at 11:41 Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1217 First South & West Wales service 16 to Mayhill (Mayhill Turn), arriving there at 1304 on Monday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

We now wait here for the 14:13 New Adventure Travel service 43 to Tirdeunaw, before Visteon Club, arriving at 14:39 Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1512 First South & West Wales service 36 to Morriston (DVLA), arriving there at 1522 on Monday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

Ooh the DVLA in Swansea the location of the infamous Yes Minister joke

Not wishing to hang around here, we board the 15:55 New Adventure Travel service 43 to Morriston Hospital, o/s Hospital Main Entrance, arriving at 16:04 Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Indeed!

From one hospital to the other, we next board the 1629 First South & West Wales Metro service 4A to Singleton Hospital (Grounds on Sketty Lane), arriving there at 1725 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1749 NAT Group service 116 to Landimore, Turn arriving at 1845 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I think the next service is formed of the same bus, so we board the 1845 New Adventure Travel service 116 to Gowerton (Mansel Street), arriving there at 1936 on Monday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I think the next service is formed of the same bus, so we board the 1845 New Adventure Travel service 116 to Gowerton (Mansel Street), arriving there at 1936 on Monday evening.

That actually means we haven't got off, as the bus has yet to reach its terminus, it seems to be on a terminal loop, but useful to know that we can continue on a bus if we don't like where someone has sent us to!

 

[Andy Pacer]

I think the next service is formed of the same bus, so we board the 1845 New Adventure Travel service 116 to Gowerton (Mansel Street), arriving there at 1936 on Monday evening.

We take the 1942 First South & West Wales service to Waunarlwydd, Masons Arms arriving at 1948 on Monday.

 

[DanTrain]

We have little choice other than to reboard the 16 in the other direction on the 20:35 First South & West Wales service 16 to Pontarddulais Bus Station, arriving at 21:14 Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That actually means we haven't got off, as the bus has yet to reach its terminus, it seems to be on a terminal loop, but useful to know that we can continue on a bus if we don't like where someone has sent us to!

Oh, is this valid then?

 

[Andy Pacer]

Oh, is this valid then?

I think it's open to interpretation. I'm very dubious about the whole same vehicle thing anyway as I know from my own professional life that buses don't always do what appears logical!

 

[ValleyLines142]

I think it's open to interpretation. I'm very dubious about the whole same vehicle thing anyway as I know from my own professional life that buses don't always do what appears logical!

Fair enough, I shall continue, to avoid disrupting the game. In all honesty, I couldn't actually find a return working at all, and it only appears to run once a day.

We have little choice other than to reboard the 16 in the other direction on the 20:35 First South & West Wales service 16 to Pontarddulais Bus Station, arriving at 21:14 Monday evening.

That is it for the remainder of the day, and the Heart of Wales Line only has one service a day in each direction, so we return in the morning for the 0620 First South & West Wales Cymru Clipper service X13 to Swansea (Castle Square), arriving there at 0700 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 8 minute 0.4 mile walk to Swansea Railway Station and board the 0748 Transport for Wales service to Shrewsbury arriving at 1139 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1147 West Midlands Trains service 2G07 to Sandwell & Dudley, arriving there at 1243 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1255 Avanti West Coast service to Rugby arriving there at 1341 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly we are just (literally by 0.1 of a mile!) too far to make use of any of the local buses so instead we wait for the 1357 London North Western Railway service 2Y16 to Marston Green, arriving there at 1427 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Sadly we are just (literally by 0.1 of a mile!) too far to make use of any of the local buses so instead we wait for the 1357 London North Western Railway service 2Y16 to Marston Green, arriving there at 1427 on Tuesday afternoon.

I think we've had this problem before, which is bizarre as the 4 runs past the station. Perhaps there isn't a bus stop!

 

[Andy Pacer]

Sadly we are just (literally by 0.1 of a mile!) too far to make use of any of the local buses so instead we wait for the 1357 London North Western Railway service 2Y16 to Marston Green, arriving there at 1427 on Tuesday afternoon.

We take the 1453 London Northwestern Railway service to Hampton in Arden arriving at 1459 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I think we've had this problem before, which is bizarre as the 4 runs past the station. Perhaps there isn't a bus stop!

The 4 does serve the station but it only appears to run back and forth the town centre and a retail park.

We take the 1453 London Northwestern Railway service to Hampton in Arden arriving at 1459 on Tuesday.

From the bus stop outside the station, we next board the 1512 Johnsons Excelbus The Bard's Bus service X20 to Spon End (Alvis Retail Park), arriving there at 1537 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

The 4 does serve the station but it only appears to run back and forth the town centre and a retail park.

It goes out to Brownsover which I think is where we went on it last time the game visited Rugby, but it doesn't matter now!

 

[Alex365Dash]

We cross the road to board the 16:00 National Express West Midlands service X1 Platinum to Birmingham Airport (Bus Terminal), arriving for 16:29 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1703 National Express West Midlands Platinum service X12 to Chelmsley Wood (Bus Interchange), arriving for 1714 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1727 Claribels Service 94 to Ward End, Library arriving at 1755 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1810 National Express West Midlands service 55 to Birmingham (Woodcock Street), arriving there at 1823 on Tuesday evening.