The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make ourselves comfortable as possible and await the night to pass and after partaking of a hearty Welsh breakfast to set us up for the day, we next board the 0910 Lloyds Coaches service T2 to Caernarfon bus station that arrives there at 1045 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1105 Express Motors service 1C to Bangor (Railway Station), arriving there at 1127 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Ynys Mon now calls from across the Menai Strait, so we next board the 1146 Arriva Cymru service 62 to Moelfre bus station that arrives there at 1221 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[higthomas]

We then board the 13:25 Gwynfor Coaches service 51 to Llangefni, Post Office, Church Street, arriving at 1342 on a Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk to the library just around the corner on High Street, before boarding the 1356 Arriva Cymru service 4 to Holyhead (Railway Station), arriving there at 1451 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1506 Arriva Cymru service X4 to Rhostrehwfa (Gorwel Deg) that arrives there at 1543 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then take the 1645 Arriva Cymru service X4 to Menai Bridge (Bus Station), arriving there at 1716 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next decide to take a ride through the south-western environs of Ynys Mon and board the 1821 Gwynfor Coaches service 42 to Cerrigceinwen (Cerrigceinwen Main Road) that arrives there at 1912 on Tuesday evening.

What a shame that we never visited Bangor on Dee with its point-to-point races and its iconic position on what once was the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway..

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then take the 1933 Gwynfor Coaches service 42 to Bangor (Railway Station) again, arriving there at 2030 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

General Information

Since Padarn Bus have now effectively ceased trading and made all their staff redundant, some of its routes have been taken over by other operators, but there are a number of the former services that are now not being operated.....Traveline Cymru have not as yet updated their database to reflect this fact.

Therefore, noting one such ex-Padarn Bus service that is actually running, we next board the 2102 (ex-Padarn Bus) service 85 to Llanberis Interchange that arrives there at 2135 on Tuesday evening.

 

[higthomas]

Therefore, noting one such ex-Padarn Bus service that is actually running, we next board the 2102 (ex-Padarn Bus) service to Llanberis Interchange that arrives there at 2135 on Tuesday evening.

Which bus service (number)?

Anyway unable to find any more buses out of Llanberis at this time of day, we rest up for the night and have a nice breakfast, and wait for the first bus of the day that will take us somewhere new, we board the 1037 GHA S2 service to BETWS-Y-COED Rail Station arriving at 1127 on a Wednesday Morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Which bus service (number)?

85. It is still retaining its old route number.

 

[ValleyLines142]

General Information

Since Padarn Bus have now effectively ceased trading and made all their staff redundant, some of its routes have been taken over by other operators, but there are a number of the former services that are now not being operated.....Traveline Cymru have not as yet updated their database to reflect this fact.

Thank you for informing us of the situation Paul

Which bus service (number)?

I believe it was the 85, which is now operated by Express Motors.

Anyway unable to find any more buses out of Llanberis at this time of day, we rest up for the night and have a nice breakfast, and wait for the first bus of the day that will take us somewhere new, we board the 1037 GHA S2 service to BETWS-Y-COED Rail Station arriving at 1127 on a Wednesday Morning.

Funnilly enough I was trying to do the same with regards to somewhere new!

Following the very high number of bus services we've made in North Wales of late, we finally change our mode of transport and board 2D15, the 1213 Arriva Trains Wales service to Llandudno, arriving there at 1301 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Anyway unable to find any more buses out of Llanberis at this time of day, we rest up for the night and have a nice breakfast, and wait for the first bus of the day that will take us somewhere new, we board the 1037 GHA S2 service to BETWS-Y-COED Rail Station arriving at 1127 on a Wednesday Morning.

We do not have too long to wait before boarding the 1135 Arriva Cymru service X19 to Llandudno (Gloddeath Street) that arrives there at 1231 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[higthomas]

After another quick interchange we board the 1245 Arriva Cymru route 13 to Prestatyn, Bus Station, arriving at 1414 on a Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1420 Arriva Cymru service 35 to Dyserth (Pendref Farm on Waterfall Road) that arrives there at 1432 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1502 Arriva in North Wales service 35 to Rhyl (Bus Station), arriving there at 1525 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Our next journey takes us away from the coast into the rural hinterland as we board the 1530 Arriva Cymru service 51 to Denbigh (Lenten Pool, Bridge Street) that arrives there at 1615 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1635 GHA Coaches service 14 to Mold (Bus Station), arriving there at 1707 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1800 Arriva Cymru service 4 to Bretton (Bretton Lane End, Chester Road) that arrives there at 1838 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1904 Arriva Cymru service 3A to Chester (Railway Station), arriving there at 1920 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1927 Arriva Cymru service 1 to Marford (Red Lion Hotel) that arrives there at 2001 on Wednesday evening.

 

[higthomas]

Because there don't seem to be any other buses from Marford other than the Arriva Cymru service 1, we go for a look around the town, before boarding the 2205 to Wrexham bus staion, arriving at 2215 on a Wednesday evening.

Just in time for the 2230 41A to Bangor-on-Dee racecourse???

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Indeed so....everything comes to those who wait...

We next board the 2230 GHA Coaches service 41A to Bangor on Dee (Dee Court on Whitchurch Road) that arrives there at 2256 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

The GHA service 146 at 0704 next morning takes us to Whitchurch Bus station, arriving at 0740 Thursday

 

[ValleyLines142]

All of this travelling in north Wales (and some parts of Shropshire) is irritating me ever so slightly now, as, although it's been fun, it seems a little repetitve now, so we walk to the railway station and board 1W44, the 0806 Arriva Trains Wales service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 0909 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Allowing for time both to meet the official connectional time period plus time to take a quick snack and drink, we then board the 0949 Northern service to Whaley Bridge that arrives there at 1027 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1035 High Peak service 199 to Manchester Airport (Bus Station), arriving there at 1140 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This arrival allows us to make at visit an iconic National Trust Property which was recently used as the mill scene in a four-part television series, so we next board the 1232 Vale of Llangollen service 200 to Styal (Quarry Bank Mill car park) that arrives there at 1242 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I can only seem to find one bus out of Styal, so we board the 1342 Vale of Llangollen service 200 to Wilmslow (Church Street), arriving there at 1348 on Thursday afternoon.