The Transport Game (UK)

[me123]

After breakfast in the Station Master's Cafe, we board the number 319 bus operated by Stagecoach in Devon at 09:04, and ride to its terminus in the sprawling metropolis of Hartland, getting off at Northgate Green at 10:06 on Friday morn.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1015 Stagecoach SW service 217 to Morwenstow Crosstown, arriving at 1047 Friday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Buses in this area of the country are extremely scarce. We take the next available service which is the 1412 Stagecoach South West service 216 to Bude (The Strand), arriving there at 1433 on Friday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

Buses in this area of the country are extremely scarce. We take the next available service which is the 1412 Stagecoach South West service 216 to Bude (The Strand), arriving there at 1433 on Friday afternoon.

Alas the 216 is a Wednesday only service

 

[ValleyLines142]

Alas the 216 is a Wednesday only service

Whaaaaaaat? That's crazy. Okies I'll edit this when I get home

We instead board the 1622 Stagecoach South West service 217 to Bude (The Strand), arriving there at 1643 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Friday afternoon is quite pleasant here and we are afforded a little time to take a light meal before returning to the bus stop to board the 1745 Stagecoach South West service X9 to Stratton (Tree Inn) that arrives there at 1752 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Following our lovely light meal, we are now blessed with a longer bus journey to let our dinner go down and we continue our travels across Devon and Cornwall as we board the 1834 Western Greyhound service 576 to Plymouth (Railway Station), arriving there at 2025 on Friday evening.

 

[FQ]

After an hour at plymouth for dinner, we catch the 21:37 FGW service to Calstock, arriving at 22:10 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still time to board the 2239 FGW service to Bere Ferrers that arrives there at 2253 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That was the last train of the day so we call it a night, and the next day we board the 2P82, the 0756 First Great Western service to Plymouth, arriving there at 0816 on Saturday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

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[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 11:13 Virgin Trains service to Birmingham New Street arriving there at 12:15 Saturday Afternoon. (Just because you said you didn't want to go to brum.)

We're at Plymouth at 0816? Virgin don't serve Plymouth.

 

[Trainfan344]

Oops, didn't go to the newest page for some reason.

We board the 08:25 Cross Country service to Birmingham New Street arriving there at 11:55 Saturday Morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We continue further northwards as we board 9S60, the 1215 Virgin Trains service to Wigan North Western, arriving there at 1337 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then board the 13:43 FTPE service to Barrow-in-Furness arriving there at 15:18 Saturday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Changing TOC, we next board the 1533 Northern service to Nethertown that arrives there at 1636 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 2C47, the 1828 Northern service to Dalston, arriving there at 1951 on Saturday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

We flag down the next train which is the 2023 Northern service and head to Whitehaven arriving there at 21:25 on Saturday Evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and take the 3 minute walk to the bus stop on Lowther Street where we next board the 2254 Stagecoach in Cumbria service 30 to Maryport (Curzon Street) that arrives there at 2351 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That was the last bus of the day so we call it a night, before waking up fresh, having some breakfast and boarding the 0912 Stagecoach in Cumbria service 31 to Workington (Bus Station), arriving there at 0929 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This affords us the opportunity to make a Sunday morning cross-country journey inland to a settlement that had its railway station until closure in 1972 so we board the 1015 Stagecoach in Cumbria service X4 to Penruddock (Penruddock School) that arrives there at 1143 on Sunday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1243 Stagecoach in Cumbria service X5 to Penrith (Railway Station), arriving there at 1303 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then board the 13:34 Virgin Trains service north of the border to Glasgow Central arriving there at 15:02 Sunday Afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then embark on a longer distance journey as we board 9M59, the 1557 Virgin Trains service to Coventry, arriving there at 2030 on Sunday morning.

 

[FQ]

We then take the 20:44 LM service to Kings Langley arriving at 22:19 on Sunday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then hop onto the 22:53 LM service to Milton Keynes Central arriving there at 23:33 Sunday Evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was going to take the 2337 to Euston, but Milton Keynes is classed as a medium-sized station and the minimum connection time is five minutes; therefore, with the previous service arriving at 2333, the use of this service is ruled out.

Instead, we then board 2N75, the 0005 London Midland service to Northampton, arriving there at 0022 in the early hours of Monday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We make our way to the Victoria Street National Express Coach stop and there take a 707 at 0100 and travel to Heathrow Central bus station, arriving at 0330 Monday morning

 

[Trainfan344]

Continuing by bus, we board the 04:00 London buses service to Southall (railway station0 arriving there at 04:20 Monday Morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter into the railway station and board the 0430 FGW service to London Paddington that arrives there at 0448 on Monday morning.