The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We then take the short walk to the railway station and board the 2150 First TransPennine Express service 1A71 to York, arriving there at 2257 on Saturday evening.

Oh you rascal. I saw your original posting of Nunthorpe and had a follow-on to it but as if by magic, that bus service of yours turned in a train ride to York...:roll:

 

[backontrack]

We then take the short walk to the railway station and board the 2150 First TransPennine Express service 1A71 to York, arriving there at 2257 on Saturday evening.

We wait 10 minutes for the 2307 Transdev York Unibus service to Nunnery Lane, arriving there at 23:10 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2318 First York service 11 to Bishopthorpe (Acaster Lane), arriving there at 2331 on Saturday evening.

 

[Bodie]

I can't see any more buses so we'll have to bed down for the night.

Plenty of sleep can be had due to it now being a Sunday.

Our first bus out is the First West and North Yorkshire number 11 bus at 0908 which we take to York, Railway station arriving at 0933 on Sunday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then head to the west coast as we board the 1015 Northern service 1B18 to Poulton-le-Fylde, arriving there at 1259 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We climb the flight of stairs from the platform to the station entrance and cross Breck Road to the bus stop opposite and board the 1316 Preston Bus service 75 to Burn Naze (Reta Drive) that arrives there at 1328 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1350 Blackpool Transport service 14 to Blackpool (Chapel Street), arriving there at 1430 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the short walk around the block to Talbot Road where we next board the 1521 Blackpool Transport service 2C to Knott End on Sea (Esplanade) that arrives there at 1620 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1725 Stagecoach in Lancashire service 86 to Cleveleys (Bus Station), arriving there at 1805 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1823 Blackpool Transport service 7 to Lytham (Lowther Terrace) that arrives there at 1921 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to a more central area, where we may possibly be able to squeeze a journey on the tram, we then board the 1937 Blackpool Transport service 11 to Blackpool (Lonsdale Road), arriving there at 2006 on Sunday evening.

 

[Bodie]

Let's get that tram.

No exact times from our nearest stop, Manchester Square.

Taking the North Pier time of 2025 we board and travel to Starr Gate arriving at 2043 on Sunday night

Source: blackpooltransport.com

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the southern terminus of the tramway, we take the three minute walk to the bus stop on Squires Gate Lane where we board the 2055 Blackpool Transport service 11 to Layton (Layton Windmill) that arrives there at 2124 on Sunday evening.

 

[Bodie]

Now we board Blackpool Transport number 9 at 2131 and take it to Blackpool, Talbot Road (TA2) stepping down from the bus at 2140 on Sunday night

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bodie, stip by stop times can be found on Traveline North West

It's time to leave this lovely seaside resort, as we head to North station and board the 2200 Northern Rail service 2F61 to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving there at 2335 on Sunday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 2348 Merseyrail serive to New Brighton arriving 0013 Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

No other services run from New Brighton now, so we call it a night before taking the short walk to Kings Parade, where we board the 0620 Arriva North West service 432 to Poulton (Gorsedale Road), arriving there at 0640 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

An omnibus run down the Wirral is too good to miss and we board the 0720 Arriva North West service 410 to Clatterbridge (Brimstage Road) that arrives there at 0804 on Monday morning.

 

[Bodie]

Perfectly timed for a change of bus operator.

At 0816 we join Avon Bus service 84 and get off at Eastham Rake, Opp Eastham Rake Station at 0843 on Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading back on the rails to a more central location, we then board the 0854 Merseyrail service 2Y07 to Ellesmere Port. We alight at Moorfields at 0918 on Monday morning.

 

[Bodie]

Making our way to the Northern lines (in order to head South!) we get 2U14 0940 Merseyrail service to Liverpool South Parkway arriving at 0956 on Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 2H46, the 1009 Northern service to Urmston, arriving there at 1049 on Monday morning.

 

[Bodie]

Next up, from the stop adjacent to the railway station is...

...Stagecoach Manchester number 255 leaving at 1104 and reaching journeys end in Manchester, Piccadilly Gardens (Stop L) at 1142 on Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1201 Stagecoach Manchester service X50 to Trafford Park (Trafford Wharf Road/Imperial War Museum North), arriving there at 1217 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We walk over the footbridge over the dock waterway to the Salford side at Media City UK where we board the 1234 Stagecoach Manchester service 50 to Salford Crescent railway station that arrives there at 1249 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Changing to the other principal bus operator in Manchester, we then board the 1304 First Manchester service 37 to Swinton (Police Station), arriving there at 1316 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1358 First Manchester service 12 to Howe Bridge (Old Hall Mill Lane) that arrives there at 1442 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Bodie]

Onwards with First in Greater Manchester service 582 leaving at 1451 to Bolton, Bus station arriving 1521 on Monday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1555 First Manchester service 22 to Chorlton (Bus Station), arriving there at 1734 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1751 Stagecoach Manchester service 23A to Heaton Mersey (Bank Hall Road) that arrives there at 1820 on Monday evening.