The Transport Game (UK)

[DasLunatic]

We're still stuck at an altitude of zero feet, so we board the 0601 Southern service to London Victoria, arriving at 0632 Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0717 Southern service 1J82 to Emsworth, arriving there at 0918 on Friday morning.

 

[me123]

We decide to support a local bus operator heading back to Havant. We head out to Victoria Road, and it's a short wait until the Emsworth & Direct number 28 service arrives at 09:40. It takes us to Havant Bus Station at 09:55 on Friday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

It doesn't take us long to walk to Havant railway station. When we get there, we board the 1021 Southern service to Southampton Central, arriving at 1101 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1110 First Great Western service 1F14 to Filton Abbey Wood, arriving there at 1300 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Off to the seaside, as we board the 1319 FGW service to Weston-super-Mare that arrives at 1400 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk to the bus stop on Alexandra Parade, we then board the 1446 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service X5 to Portishead (Coombe Road), arriving there at 1547 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1602 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service X3 to Abbots Leigh (The George) that arrives there at 1649 on Friday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

Question:

If we find ourselves in Scotland on a Sunday, do we use the normal timetables or the amended timetables which are currently in effect?
(These amended timetables can be downloaded here and discussed here.)

 

[DasLunatic]

We then wait to board the 1705 First in Bristol, Bath and the West X2 service to Bristol, The Centre arriving at 1724 Friday afternoon.

 

[me123]

Question:

If we find ourselves in Scotland on a Sunday, do we use the normal timetables or the amended timetables which are currently in effect?
(These amended timetables can be downloaded here and discussed here.)

AIUI, these changes are indefinite, ergo I would argue that we should use the amended Sunday timetables & RRBs until we hear otherwise.

We then wait to board the 1705 First in Bristol, Bath and the West X2 service to Bristol, The Centre arriving at 1724 Friday afternoon.

A short walk across the road to another bus stop in the immediate area (Ch), and we can then board the 17:41 First in Bristol, Bath & The West service number 1 to Cribbs Causeway, where we arrive at 18:24 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Gameplay.....Additional Notes

• If arriving by bus or coach then you should name the area in addition to the stop name.
• If a move is discovered to be incorrect then the original post should be struck through and the correction made as a new post.
• Should the previous move leave you at a the end of a route for which there are no services timetabled to depart from then you may walk to the nearest stop where services are available.
• So the game remains realistic, you should use the current timetable for the relevant day not including timetable variations for engineering works.

Section 4 (now duly emboldened for this posting) of these "Additional Notes" that are in the rules section of the very first posting on this quiz should answer the question raised earlier today by AndrewR232

 

[DasLunatic]

A short walk across the road to another bus stop in the immediate area (Ch), and we can then board the 17:41 First in Bristol, Bath & The West service number 1 to Cribbs Causeway, where we arrive at 18:24 on Friday evening.

We find no other useful services up here, so we head across the street and board the 1834 First in Bristol, Bath and the West No.2 bus, where we alight at Temple Meads (Stop TF) at 1923 Friday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

We enter the rail station and take the 1954 First Great Western service to Severn Tunnel Junction, arriving 2016 on Friday evening.

 

[me123]

We were hoping to make a change at the junction back towards England, however we see a Birmingham train leaving just as we pull in.

We decide not to continue down the line in Cardiff, and leave the station. We walk north about half a mile into the nearby village of Rogiet. There's a bus stop outside the pool, and at 20:50 a Newport Bus 74 service arrives. It takes us to Chepstow Bus Station at 21:15 on Friday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

We decide to go for a drink, so we walk the half-mile to the Pool bus stop and board the 2050 New Adventure no. 74 bus to Chepstow. We alight early, at Hayes Gate (NE-bound) at 2109 Friday evening.

Same bus, different locations. No matter, we simply stay on the bus (the 2120 New Adventure No. 74) and deposit ourselves at Hayes Gate (SW bound), arriving at 2125 Friday night.

 

[me123]

Great minds think alike We don't find any pubs nearby for our drink, but there is a cattery so we go and pet them for a couple of hours.

There's no other buses going by here, but there is another bus on this route tonight. So the rules of the game dictate that we get back on the Newport Buses 74 service, which comes back at 23:24. We're back on this bus again, and again we get off at Chepstow bus station. It's now 23:30 on Friday night.

 

[DasLunatic]

We're somehow able to find another service, so we enter the train station and board (probably) the last train of the night, the 0010 ATW departure, arrving into its terminus of Gloucester at 0039 Saturday morning

Anyone up for a trip to the Isle of Man? Get to Liverpool and I can get us there.

 

[me123]

It's Friday night, and that means it's NightBus time! What better way to spend an evening than surrounded by drunk students vomiting everywhere?

OK, maybe it's not pleasant, but again the rules of the game dictate that we have to get on a service within the next two hours where it's available, so we grudgingly walk out to the bus stop at Market Parade and board the 01:07 Stagecoach West N10 service to Cheltenham Promenade, which arrives there at 01:41 on Saturday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We call it a night here before taking the 0700 CrossCountry service to Darlington, arriving 1109 on Saturday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

We then board the 1140 First TPE service to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving at 1408 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

OK, maybe it's not pleasant, but again the rules of the game dictate that we have to get on a service within the next two hours where it's available, so we grudgingly walk out to the bus stop at Market Parade and board the 01:07 Stagecoach West N10 service to Cheltenham Promenade, which arrives there at 01:41 on Saturday morning.

We then call it a night before walking around the corner to the bus stop on Clarence Street, before boarding the 0618 Stagecoach West service 41 to Tewkesbury (Anchor), arriving there at 0644 on Saturday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

From there, we head into Melanie's Tea Rooms for breakfast before boarding the 0748 Stagecoach West No.41 to Ashchurch for Tewkesbury station, arriving at 0757 Saturday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We're just in time to take the 0804 CrossCountry service to Nottingham, where we arrive at 1003 on Saturday morning.

 

[DasLunatic]

We then decide to board the 1019 Nottingham Express Transit and ride it end-to-end, arriving at Phoenix Park tram stop at 1044 Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Anyone up for a trip to the Isle of Man? Get to Liverpool and I can get us there.

Perhaps you should share this knowledge with any of the forum quizmasters to see what they think before taking up anyone on this offer.

 

[me123]

We then decide to board the 1019 Nottingham Express Transit and ride it end-to-end, arriving at Phoenix Park tram stop at 1044 Saturday morning.

It's off the trams and onto the number 728 service (operated by Littles Coaches), which leaves at 11:08. We take it for a short hop to Bulwell Bus Station, arriving there at 11:15 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1126 Nottingham City Transport Brown Line service 17 to Nottingham (Victoria Centre) that arrives there at 1153 on Saturday morning.

 

[me123]

We change stops for a quick transfer onto the Nottingham City transport 36B service towards Beeston, leaving at 12:00. We take it to the stop in Beeston at Queens Road (Opp Station Road), where the bus deposits us at 12:27 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1245 Yourbus service Y5 to Chaddesden (Chaddesden Lane End) that arrives there at 1325 on Saturday afternoon.