The Transport Game (UK)

[higthomas]

I must admit I am getting somewhat fed up of Lancashire now

We next board the 2054 Lancashire United service 22 to Clitheroe (Station Road), arriving there at 2109 on Thursday evening.

Therefore we take the 2144 Northern service to Manchester Victoria, arriving at 2257 on a Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station and heading to the bus stop on the station approach, we then board the 2321 First Manchester service 100 to Pendleton (Eccles Old Road/Weaste Lane), arriving there at 2341 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There is not much still running in this area at this time of night, so we are forced to board the 2353 First Manchester service 100 to Manchester Shudehill Interchange that arrives there at 0014 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not many services (surprisingly) in Manchester exist at this time of night, with the last departures of many of the daytime routes per se having departed about twenty minutes or so earlier. However, by heading to Piccadilly Gardens, there is one service still running, which is the 0039 Stagecoach Manchester service 43, which we take as far as Sharston (Harper Road), arriving there at 0109 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

In the hope of finding an onward train service, we board the 0143 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Manchester Airport Interchange that arrives there at 0156 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Unfortunately the first train of the day isn't until 0425, so I think we have no option but to reboard a 43 service. This time we take the 0206 departure to Piccadilly Gardens, arriving there at 0250 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Unfortunately the first train of the day isn't until 0425, so I think we have no option but to reboard a 43 service. This time we take the 0206 departure to Piccadilly Gardens, arriving there at 0250 in the early hours of Friday afternoon.

I have a feeling that you meant to say.....Friday morning.
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We board the only available bus, being the 0309 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Wythenshawe bus station that arrives there at 0347 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

In the hope of finding a further rail connection (if people wish to), we then board the 0417 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Manchester Airport (Interchange), arriving at 0425 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0515 High Peak service 199 to Tunstead Milton (Hanging Gate) that arrives there at 0607 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Continuing on the same service, we then board the 0711 High Peak service 199 to Buxton (Market Place), arriving there at 0739 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Off by omnibus for a run over the tops next, as we board the 0748 High Peak service 58 to Walker Barn (The Settler Dog PH) that arrives there at 0805 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0858 High Peak service 58 to Macclesfield (Bus Station), arriving there at 0910 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0930 Vale of Llangollen service 27 to Knutsford (Queensway) that arrives there at 1008 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking around to the bus stop on Sugar Pit Lane, we next board the 1138 GHA Coaches service 289 to Northwich (Railway Station), arriving there at 1210 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are fortunate to know that a few of the Northwich area bus services actually stop outside the railway station so we make our way from the station to the bus stop and board the 1246 GHA Coaches service 45 to Higher Whitley (Birch and Bottle PH on Northwich Road) that arrives there at 1309 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1316 Network Warrington service 46 to Warrington (Interchange), arriving there at 1336 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Next we decide to visit a settlement that was famous for building steam locomotives and we board the 1348 Network Warrington service 22 to Vulcan Village (Manchester Row) that arrives there at 1429 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1535 Network Warrington service 22 to Newton-le-Willows (Cholmley Drive), arriving there at 1600 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taking the 5 minute walk to the bus stop on Southwold Drive, we next board the 1620 Arriva Merseyside service 34 to St Helens bus station that arrives there at 1650 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1712 Arriva North West service 10 to Liverpool (Lime Street/Lord Nelson Street), arriving there at 1806 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the 6 minute walk to the bus stop in Queen Square where we board the 1815 Arriva Merseyside service 47 to Crossens (Lexton Drive) that arrives there at 1931 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk to the bus stop opposite Larkfield Primary School, we then board the 1943 Arriva North West service 47 to Seaforth (Elm Drive), arriving there at 2037 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2047 Arriva North West service 53A to Buckley Hill (Fleetwoods Lane) that arrives there at 2109 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2139 Arriva North West service 53A to Aintree (Railway Station), arriving there at 2149 on Friday evening.

 

[johnnychips]

Then we take the Merseyrail train at 2205 to Sandhills, arriving 2214 on Friday evening.

Incidentally, do we just pretend Christmas doesn't exist on this game and use 'normal' times? I couldn't find anything in the rules.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Incidentally, do we just pretend Christmas doesn't exist on this game and use 'normal' times? I couldn't find anything in the rules.

The matter in question was addressed in the rules of the original quiz and I have sent a PM to the forum quizmaster who opened this new thread to ask that the rules of this quiz be added to with clarification of the matter you have so raised.
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Then we take the Merseyrail train at 2205 to Sandhills, arriving 2214 on Friday evening.

We next board the 2221 Merseyrail service to Cressington that arrives there at 2239 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then take the short hop on board 2U66, the 2254 Merseyrail service to Hunts Cross, arriving there at 2302 on Friday evening.

I must admit, it is rather impressive that the service frequency at this time of the day on this route is the same as it is in the day (i.e. every fifteen minutes). That is pretty good! On many other lines with a similar frequency drop down to half hourly or even hourly in the evening!

 

[FQ]

Hoping to find an onward connection, we take the 2309 NR service to Liverpool Lime Street arriving at 2328 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are indeed fortunate that the 10 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station enables us to board the 2338 Northern service to Sankey for Penketh that arrives there at 0011 on Saturday morning,

 

[trentside]

As the local buses and train services appear to have ceased for the night, we endure a wait on the platforms for the 0607 Northern service to Widnes, where we arrive at 0612 on Saturday morning.