The Transport Game (UK)

[James Wake]

Sadly not enough time to change onto the sleeper at Paddington, so from outside the station we board the 2353 Go-Ahead London service 36 to New Cross Gate, Bus Garage arriving at 0036 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We are on Saturday morning.

We then board the 0044 Stagecoach London service 53 to Plumstead Station, arriving there at 0114 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

[James Wake]

We are on Saturday morning.

We then board the 0044 Stagecoach London service 53 to Plumstead Station, arriving there at 0114 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Thank you Dan, sorry, my journey is still the same anyway, but I have edited the post.

Just time to board the 0119 Stagecoach London service 472 to Thamesmead Town Centre, arriving at 0134 on Saturday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 01:42 N1 Night Bus bound for Tottenham Court Road, alighting at Holborn Underground Station, Kingsway at 02:38 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

It would be fitting if, while we're in the area, we could head to St Martin's Theatre and witness a Saturday matinée of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie. As this seems to be the longest non-stop journey in the world, it would be nice to watch the longest-running production of a play in the world.

It's better than loitering around in nighttime Thamesmead, anyway.

 

[backontrack]

We're at Holborn Tube Station.

 

[DasLunatic]

Wanting to cause a paradox by meeting up with our International self, we head in the general vicinity of Gatwick Airport - however, no bus goes that far and instead we take the twenty minute journey to London Victoria, boarding our N38 bus at 0244 and arriving at 0303 Saturday morning.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 0330 Southern operated Gatwick Express service to Gatwick Airport, arriving at 0405 on Saturday morning.

 

[Quakkerillo]

At 4:21 we reboard a train, this time a Thameslink heading North.
We alight at Luton Airport Parkway at 6:05 on Saturday Morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0713 East Midlands Trains service 1D06 to Nottingham, arriving there at 0828 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0847 EMT service to Widnes that arrives there at 1105 on Saturday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Outside Widnes station we board Arriva North West service 17 at 1120 to St Helens, Bickerstaffe Street arriving 1147 Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1155 Arriva North West service 34A to Wargrave (Church Drive) that arrives there at 1217 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

From the same stop we board Warrington Borough Transport service 22 at 1233 to Warrington Central Station arriving 1313 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1345 First TransPennine Express service 1E87 to Scarborough, arriving there at 1627 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the EYMS bus 128 at 1740 and travel to Kirbymoorside Market Place, arriving at 1911 Saturday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1958 EYMS service 128 to Seamer Roundabout/Seamer Station, arriving there at 2108 on Saturday evening.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 22:12 First TransPennine Express service to York, arriving there at 22:55 Saturday night.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then exit the station and board the 2324 First York service 4 to University of York (Heslington East Interchange), arriving there at 2349 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of bus service sees us board the 2355 Yorkshire Coastliner service 44 to York (Nunnery Lane Car Park) that arrives there at 0010 on Sunday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We're forced to call it a night, as the trains don't reappear for quite a while and neither do the buses. In the morning, we board the first bus on route 11, operated by Transdev York, to Bishopthorpe Acaster Lane, arriving there at 0949 on Sunday morning. The above route 44 is also operated by Transdev.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1008 Transdev York service 11 to York (Railway Station), arriving there at 1033 on Sunday morning.

 

[Quakkerillo]

At 10:38, a First Transpennine Express train rolls in the station, on its way to Scarborough. As it departs at 10:42, it's a perfect service for us.
At 11:23, we alight at Seamer. It's still a Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1158 First TransPennine Express service 1F87 to Birchwood, arriving there at 1424 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We continue our journey after exploring Birchwood with the 15:04 Northern Rail service to West Allerton arriving there at 15:36 Sunday Afternoon.

 

[backontrack]

Is there much to explore at Birchwood?

We spend some an hour at this station before boarding the 16:36 Northern Rail service to Manchester Oxford Road, alighting at Urmston at 17:17 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wishing to make an anthropological visit a settlement of Chavs, we leave the railway station and take the two minute walk to the bus stop on Flixton Road where we board the 1741 Stagecoach Manchester service 255 to Partington (Manchester New Road/Central Road) which arrives there at 1800 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We continue our tour of Manchester by boarding the 18:55 Arriva North West service 247 to Altrincham Interchange Arriving there at 19:21 Sunday Evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1933 Metrolink service to Trafford Bar, arriving there at 1951 on Sunday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

A short time later and we board the 20:06 Metrolink service to Manchester Airport arriving there at 20:46 Sunday Evening

 

[Springs Branch]

We board the National Express coach service 580 at 2135 for a quick trip to Liverpool Coach Station arriving at 2225 Sunday evening.