The Transport Game (UK)

[AndrewR232]

Next we board the 0803 London Central service 89 to Blackheath station, arriving 0830 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from the capital now, we enter the station and board 2L20, the 0859 Southeastern service to Rochester, arriving there at 0955 on Saturday morning.

 

[bnsf734]

We then catch the 1002 Southeastern High Speed service and alight at Gillingham where we arrive at 1009 on Saturday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

We then transfer to the buses and board the 1002 Arriva in the South East No. 145 bus to the Waterfront Bus Station. The time is 1007 on this fine Saturday morning.

Goddamnit...

We catch the 1016 No. 101 Arriva SE service to the Waterfront Bus Station. The time is 1032 on this fine Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then transfer to the buses and board the 1002 Arriva in the South East No. 145 bus to the Waterfront Bus Station. The time is 1007 on this fine Saturday morning.

I think you were beaten by bnsf734 in post #4233.

 

[dzug2]

We take the Arriva 191 bus at 1040 to Grain Lapwing Road arriving 1147 Saturday morning

 

[Springs Branch]

Deciding against a walk on the pier or ice-cream on the prom, we re-board Arriva Kent & Surrey's Service 191 departing Lapwing Rd at 1153, alighting at Strood St Mary's Rd (Stop C) at 1249 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk over to the railway station, we then board 2T36, the 1304 Southeastern service to Wateringbury, arriving there at 1336 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1436 SE service to Tonbridge, arriving at 1455 Saturday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to head back to the "big city" and board the 1502 SE service to London Cannon Street that arrives at 1550 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

Deciding to then use the Tube (for once), we head down underground and board the 1559 Circle Line service, where we alight at Tower Hill. The time is 1602 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

It's a short walk from Tower Hill tube station to Fenchurch Street Station for the 1630 c2c departure to Southend Central, arriving at 1720 Saturday afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

We then take a half-mile walk to Southend's other terminus Victoria. We arrive just to see our Class 321 pull away, forcing us to wait for the next train, the 1550 AGA service to Liverpool Street. However, we alight at Shenfield, the time now being 1825 on this fine Saturday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

We then board the 1841 AGA service to Colchester, arriving 1915 Saturday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

Deciding to head home, we leave the station and board the 1939 First in Essex No.8E bus to Talcott Road, arriving at 1954 on Saturday evening.
Now... is there a prize for getting the game to your house?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2005 First in Essex service 8E to Horkesley Heath (Malvern Way) that arrives there at 2028 on Saturday evening.
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Now... is there a prize for getting the game to your house?

My only prize would be the "booby prize", living as I do deep in the farming belt on the border of Prestbury and Mottram St Andrew, over two miles away from the nearest bus stop and Prestbury railway station....

 

[DasLunatic]

After crossing the road to see our bus pull away, we are hit by a cyclist. We wait for the 2130 First in Essex No. 8E service to Colchester General Hospital, where we wander into A&E. The time is 2144 on Saturday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not wishing to spend Saturday night in A & E in any hospital, we return to the bus stop and board the 2153 First in Essex service 65 to Stanway (Lucy Lane South) that arrives there at 2217 on Saturday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

We alight only to catch the bus behind it, the 2220 First in Essex No. 70 service. We alight at Marks Teystation at 2234.

 

[AndrewR232]

We then board the 2249 Greater Anglia service to Stratford, arriving 2342 on Saturday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

We then decide to use the first DLR service of the day, the 0002 service to Poplar. We arrive at 0018 on this cold Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk over Upper Bank Street to Canary Wharf, we then board the 0031 Tower Transit service N550 to Trafalgar Square (Cockspur Road), arriving there at 0107 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We alight only to catch the bus behind it, the 2220 First in Essex No. 70 service. We alight at Marks Tey station at 2234.

I am just in time to call HALT here in accordance with the exact woring of the rules of this quiz.

There is only a THREE minute time period between the arrival of the previous service at 2217 and the departure of this service at 2220.
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Gameplay

The Aim of the game is to travel around the country using public transport in a pseudo-realistic fashion. To play, you must depart from the station or stop where the previous post arrived using a permitted timetabled public transport service. Having arrived at the destination, the minimum connection time for the station or stop must be allowed for. Where this is not published, a minimum interchange time is considered to be five minutes.

This is an extract from the rules section.

 

[Springs Branch]

I am just in time to call HALT here in accordance with the exact woring of the rules of this quiz.

Rather than calling any HALT to a game which seemed to be ticking over nicely, I suggest in this instance only a "FYI" comment on Post #4249 because:-
1) DasLunatic is a newcomer to the Forum and has otherwise followed all rules & conventions.
2) 3 minutes to transfer to a following bus at the same stop is not unreasonable in the real world, it is unlikely to occur very frequently on here nor particularly disrupt this game.

Obviously the 5 minute minimum should always be adhered to for transfers within railway stations and when walking between any two locations.

Shall we agree to continue from Trafalgar Square?

 

[AndrewR232]

Shall we agree to continue from Trafalgar Square?

That would be fine by me.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

It comes down to the community to point out any rule breaches, however this shouldn't hold up game play and it may not be necessary to return to the previous post, especially where there has been more than five moves (or 24 hours has elapsed) since the posting in question.

Taking the above extract from the second posting on this thread, by another forum quizmaster, as shown above, I now withdraw my HOLD and am now willing to let matters continue.
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Taking the short walk over Upper Bank Street to Canary Wharf, we then board the 0031 Tower Transit service N550 to Trafalgar Square (Cockspur Road), arriving there at 0107 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

This posting is now the point from which the quiz should be continued.

 

[Springs Branch]

We continue from Trafalgar Square Stop C on Arriva London's N29 Night Bus departing 0115, alighting at Holloway Nag's Head (Parkhurst Rd, Stop C) at 0137 Sunday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We rest for a few hours then walk to Holloway Road tube station and board the 0727 Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters, arriving 0754 Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to the extreme opposite end of the Piccadilly Line, and of the capital as a whole, we then board the 0808 Piccadilly Line service to Heathrow Terminals 1-3, arriving there at 0935 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

Heading to the extreme opposite end of the Piccadilly Line, and of the capital as a whole, we then board the 0808 Piccadilly Line service to Heathrow Terminals 1-3, arriving there at 0935 on Tuesday afternoon.

How did we get from Sunday to Tuesday in one journey?!?