The Transport Game (UK)

[AndrewR232]

Another bus journey now as we board the 0556 Stagecoach London service 47 to Liverpool Street Station, arriving at 0616 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the railway station, we then board 2H04, the 0628 Greater Anglia service to Sawbridgeworth, arriving there at 0718 on Wednesday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

Next we board the 0739 Greater Anglia service to Stratford, arriving there at 0843 on Wednesday morning.

Can we use the Underground or DLR in this game?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Can we use the Underground or DLR in this game?

Yes, as long as it's listed as a timetabled service on the TfL journey planner

Next we board the 0739 Greater Anglia service to Stratford, arriving there at 0843 on Wednesday morning.

We then board the 0858 London Underground service on the Central Line to Ealing Broadway (Tube Station), arriving there at 0945 on Wednesday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We have quite a wait before there is a service from the mainline station (FGW at 1035) to our chosen destination of Radley where we arrive at 1203 Wednesday lunch time.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the railway station, we then board the 1213 Oxford Bus Company service 35 to New Hinksey (Chatham Road), arriving there at 1226 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

??? I think you'll find it's service 35, not 2. That goes in the Kidlington direction

Anyway we cross the road and catch the 1235 Oxford Bus Company service 35 to Abingdon High Street arriving at 1256 Wednesday lunch time

 

[AndrewR232]

Have we travelled back in time? Or does that bus journey take 6 days?

 

[dzug2]

Have we travelled back in time? Or does that bus journey take 6 days?

oops - corrected

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Anyway we cross the road and catch the 1235 Oxford Bus Company service 35 to Abingdon High Street arriving at 1256 Wednesday lunch time

After taking the 5 minute walk to the bus stop on Stratton Way, we next board the 1348 Thames Travel service X2 to Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (Slade End) that arrives there at 1435 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We wait for a returning Thames Travel X2 at 1453 and travel to Didcot inside Tesco arriving at 1501 Wednesday afternoon

I have a lovely image of the bus queuing up at the checkouts

 

[ValleyLines142]

??? I think you'll find it's service 35, not 2. That goes in the Kidlington direction.

Sorry, it is indeed! I accidentally looked at the footnotes and they had 1 and 2 on them, even though I just typed 35 into the search box! Dissertation is slowly killing me

We wait for a returning Thames Travel X2 at 1453 and travel to Didcot inside Tesco arriving at 1501 Wednesday afternoon.

I'm presuming this is the Tesco near Didcot Parkway?

If so, we then board 1C18, the 1513 First Great Western service to Weston-super-Mare, arriving there at 1650 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

I'm presuming this is the Tesco near Didcot Parkway?

It's not that near - google maps says it's over a mile's walk

 

[ValleyLines142]

It's not that near - google maps says it's over a mile's walk

Oh it is indeed! It never seems that far when you leave Didcot in the Paddington direction!

Scratch that, then!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

After the last query raised, which is the last valid posting from which the quiz should be deemed to continue?

Are any past postings in need of being struck-through?

 

[dzug2]

My post 3851 I think

We are in Didcot Tesco at 1501 on Wednesday

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1526 Thames Travel service X2 to Wallingford (Market Place) that arrives there at 1541 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take Thames Travel's X39 service at 1550 and ride to Reading Town Centre Station Road, arriving at 1620 Wednesday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the railway station, we then board 2C54, the 1642 South West Trains service to Richmond, arriving there at 1744 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1753 London Overground service to Stratford arriving at 1853 Wednesday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 2W64, the 1907 Greater Anglia service to Chadwell Heath, arriving there at 1922 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We then take the Arriva London 173 from Herbert Gardens** at 1933 to Beckton Bus Station, arriving at 1959 Wednesday evening

** looks to be 250 yards or so from the station heading towards High Road

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then head over to the station and board the 2014 Docklands Light Railway service to Tower Gateway, arriving there at 2042 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We walk (7 minutes, 0.4km) to Aldgate underground station and take the 2107 Met line service to Uxbridge, arriving 2203 Wednesday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2220 Metroline service 427 to Hanwell Broadway (Post Office), arriving there at 2252 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 83 Metroline bus at 2312 and get off at Hendon Central station at 0014 Thursday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0040 Metroline service 113 to Edgware (Bus Station), arriving there at 0100 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

* there is a service at 0020, but the 113 stops around the corner and having arrived off an 83 at 0014, it would have been tight.

 

[dzug2]

We take the London Sovereign N113 at 0125 and ride to Swiss Cottage station, arriving at 0155 Thursday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Continuing our late night travels across the capital, we then board the 0209 Tower Transit service N31 to Clapham Junction (St John's Hill), arriving there at 0252 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 0409 Southern service to Haywards Heath, arriving at 0505 Thursday morning