The Transport Game (UK)

[dzug2]

We take Amber Coaches 11 service at 1206 and travel to Basildon Bus Station, arriving at 1313 Saturday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then walk across to the railway station and board 2B35, the 1332 c2c service to Limehouse, arriving there at 1405 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 1412 Stagecoach London service 15 to Aldwych/Somerset House, arriving at 1449 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We arrive at stop R, and then nip down the road to Stop S to continue our journey. We catch a number 1 London General bus, which arrives at 14:55. We take it as far Surrey Quays Station, where we arrive at 15:22 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and board the 1530 LO service to Highbury & Islington that arrives there at 1555 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

Fancying a ride on the Tube, we head underground to the Victoria Line and board the first train southbound - the 1601. We alight five stops later, at Green Park at 1610 Saturday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

We change to the Jubilee line and board the 1616 service to Dollis Hill, arriving 1633 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We leave the station in time to catch Metroline (for TfL) service number 226, arriving at 16:44. We ride it to its terminus at Golders Green Station, at 17:12 on Saturday Afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

Deciding to drop a subtle hint, we head back to the Underground and board the 1721 Northern Line train. We alight at Mornington Crescent - the time being 1732 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

You win!

We decide to go East and, at 17:38, we board the Arriva London service 253, which we ride all the way to its terminus at Hackney Central Station, at 18:30 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

At Hackney Central we board the 1843 London Overground service to Gospel Oak, arriving 1900 on Saturday evening.

 

[me123]

Quick change onto the 19:05 London Overground service 2J03 towards Barking. We alight Walthamstow Queen's Road at 19:24 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then exit the station and head to the bus stop on Selborne Walk, where we board the 1938 Tower Transit service 58 to East Ham (White Horse), arriving there at 2038 on Saturday evening.

 

[me123]

Then onto the Stagecoach London 115 service, leaving at 20:49, taking us to Canning Town Bus Station at 21:07 on Saturday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

Continuing on the buses, we board the 2124 Docklands Buses (TfL) No. 474 service. We alight at (you guessed it) London City Airport (Stop K) at 2132 Saturday evening, awaiting the start of International moves.

It can't be much longer, now...

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2124 Docklands Buses service 474 to Beckton (Bus Station), arriving there at 2148 on Saturday evening.

Sorry, I was too slow.

We then board the 2139 Stagecoach London service 473 to Stratford (Bus Station), arriving there at 2200 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

......awaiting the start of International moves. It can't be much longer, now...

You may very well think that, I couldn't possibly comment.....

 

[DasLunatic]

From there, it's a trip on the 2213 Jubilee Line service. We alight at North Greenwich, the time being 2220 Saturday evening.

Does the Cable Car run this late?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yes. It's currently on the summer timetable, which runs from 28th March to 30th September.

The cable car runs every thirty seconds, so it's impossible to plan a specific time. It takes 13 minutes in the evening, so let's board a cabin and say we arrive at Royal Docks at 2240 on Saturday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

Since the DLR has now shut down and the nearest bus is 0.6 miles away, we are forced to make the journey back over the Thames, back to Greenwich Peninsula. We arrive back on the last run, touching back down at 2300 Saturday night.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I'm very surprised the DLR finishes so early.

We then board the 2308 Abellio London service 188 to Elephant & Castle (New Kent Road), arriving there at 2351 on Saturday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

We walk to Elephant & Castle tube station, where we see that the last Bakerloo line train has already left. We decide to make use of our sleeping bag, before boarding the 0716 Bakerloo line service. We travel the entire length of the line, to Harrow & Wealdstone, where we arrive at 0805 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We cross over to the National Rail platforms and board the 0836 LM service to Northampton that arrives there at 0944 on Sunday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We walk out to the station approach road and take the Stagecoach in Northamptonshire D3 bus at 1006 to Daventry bus station arriving at 1100 Sunday morning

 

[me123]

We find there's a very minimal service in this town on Sundays. We appear to have no option but back onto the Daventry Dart, and at 11:30 we get back not the Stagecoach in Northamptonshire D3 service, being ultimately the same bus that we've only just got off, and take it back towards Northampton.

We decide not to go all the way back to Northampton town centre, and alight at Sixfields Stadium at 12:10 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the four minute walk from the stadium bus stop to the bus stop outside the iconic Bella Italia on Walter Tull Way and board the 1226 Stagecoach Northamptonshire service 15A to Kingsthorne (opposite the Shopping Centre) that arrives there at 1250 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We spend some time shopping then we head to the bus stop outside the shopping centre. At 13:28, we catch the Stagecoach in Northamptonshire X7 service bound for Market Harborough. We ride the bus to its terminus at Market Harborough (The Square), where we arrive at 13:59 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[DasLunatic]

We find out the railway station is within walking distance (0.5 miles) and head over there, to find an HST sitting on the platform, forming the 1414 EMT service. We board it, and enjoy a non-stop journey to London St. Pancras. We arrive precisely one hour later, at 1514 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

Feeling like a ride on HS1, we board the 1537 Southeastern service to Ashford International, arriving 1614 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

Soon we'll maybe be able to board the 16:55 Eurostar service to Paris.

In the meantime, we wait on the same platform and board the 16:29 Southeastern service 2A54 to Borough Green and Wrotham, alighting at East Malling at 17:06 on Sunday afternoon.