The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

There's surprisingly quite a variety of bus services from this location, and to avoid sticking to somewhere on the 172 route, we instead return in the morning for the 0803 First West of England Mendip Explorer service 178 to Arnos Vale (Arnos Court), arriving there at 0842 on Saturday morning.

* All services start later on a Saturday anyway.

 

[-Colly405-]

Having sustained ourselves with a quick snack from the Shell garage (as Burger King isn't yet open!) we return to Arnos Court (Stop D) and board First West of England citylines service 1 at 0907, alighting at Clifton Down (Clifton Down Station) at 0928 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1000 First West of England service 72a to Cheswick Village (The Square), arriving there at 1023 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We wait 58 minutes for the 1121 Stagecoach West service 10 to Thornbury (Eastland Rd) arriving at 1228 on the Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to the bus stop opposite Castle Upper School, where we board the 1244 First West of England South Glos Lynx service T1 to Bradley Stoke (Savages Wood Roundabout), arriving there at 1304 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk 0.5 mile / 8 mins to Bradley Stoke (Manor Farm Rbt), departing at 1314 on Stagecoach West service 10, arriving at Avonmouth (McLaren Rd) at 1427 on the Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1435 Stagecoach West service 10 to Thornbury (Health Centre), arriving there at 1628 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We escape the thrills of the 'Greater Bristol' bus network by leaving Thornbury (Health Centre) at 1750 on Stagecoach West service 60, alighting at Draycott (o/s Cam & Dursley Rail Station) at 1854 on the Saturday.

This journey is shown as one column in the operator's own timetable, with guaranteed connection, through fares available, at Dursley Bus Station.

 

[ValleyLines142]

It is yes.

There aren't any buses left from here now and it's just rail, so we enter the station and board the 1913 Great Western Railway service 2V74 to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, arriving there at 1956 on Saturday evening.

 

[DerekC]

We exit the station and wait for the 20:08 Stagecoach West service 41 to Tewkesbury (Boots) where we alight at 20:29 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I believe the 41 is the only bus that stills runs in the evening, so we then board the 2124 Stagecoach West service 41 to Kingsditch (Retail Park), arriving there at 2139 on Saturday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We now walk 0.5 mile to Cheltenham Arle (after Merrivale Rd) to pick up the 2212 Stagecoach West service A, alighting at Cheltenham Hesters Way (o/s Coronation Sq Shops) at 2216 on the Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Only thing we can do here other than go back into Cheltenham on the A is to take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk along Princess Elizabeth Way to the bus stop outside GCHQ on Gloucester Road, and board the 2242 Stagecoach West Gold service 94 to Longlevens (University of Gloucestershire/ Oxstalls Campus), arriving there at 2258 on Saturday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Gosh, isn't it nearly bedtime? But before that, let's head 0.3 miles to Gloucester, "opp Denmark Rd" and join Stagecoach West service 10, at 2316. It is such a comfy ride on one of the brand spanking new yellow double deckers that we fall asleep, and wake up at the end of the big terminus loop, just in time to alight at Lower Tuffley (nr Emerald Close) at 2347 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

They're alright, nothing hugely special about them.

Well that appears to be it for the rest of the evening, so in the morning we return for the 0800 Stagecoach West service 10 to Shurdington (Roundabout), arriving there at 0858 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We cross the road, and pick up Stagecoach West service 66 at 0954, alighting at Stroud (Merrywalks - Stop L) at 1025 on the Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

To save getting the 63 back to Gloucester, we take the five minute walk to the railway station and board the 1132 Great Western Railway service 1L50 to Reading, arriving there at 1231 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take the 1327 Great Western Railway 1C83 from Reading to Plymouth, arriving at 1616 on the Sunday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 1622 Great Western Railway service 2C31 to Penzance, arriving at 1812 Sunday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take the 2 min walk to Penzance Bus Station and board the 1830 First / Cornwall by Kernow U4 from Stand E to Porthleven Bus Shelter, arriving at 1909 on the Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That appears to be have been the last bus of the evening, so we return in the morning for the 0804 First Kernow service U4 to Falmouth (The Moor), arriving there at 0920 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Both Falmouth stations are too far to walk to from the Moor, so instead we board the 1105 Transport for Cornwall service 42, operated by OTS, to Camborne (bus station) arrivING at 1217 on the Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to the railway station and board the 1235 Great Western Railway service 1A88 to Exeter St Davids, arriving there at 1512 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We board 1L60, the 1525 South Western Railway service, alighting at Yeovil Junction at 1628 on the Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and board the 1635 South West Coaches service 68 to Yeovil (Bus Station), arriving there at 1644 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's leave Yeovil using First, Buses of Somerset, service 58, departing the Bus Station at 1715. We alight in Templecombe, near Station Road at 1755 Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1844 South Western Railway service 1L68 to Clapham Junction, arriving there at 2053 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Having started the day in Mr Brunel's territory we pass through his nearby tunnel by taking 9H64, the 2115 London Overground service, alighting at Wapping at 2143 on the Monday.

 

[miklcct]

Having started the day in Mr Brunel's territory we pass through his nearby tunnel by taking 9H64, the 2115 London Overground service, alighting at Wapping at 2143 on the Monday.

We board a London Overground service to West Croydon at 21:50, getting off at the next station, Rotherhithe at 21:51 Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and board the 2200 Abellio London service 381 to Peckham (Bus Station), arriving there at 2232 on Monday evening.