The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1251 Great Western Railway service 2O90 to Keynsham, arriving there at 1454 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Back to the coast, as we board the 1251 GWR service to Weymouth that arrives at 1710 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1558 SWT service to Andover arriving at 1737 Thursday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

This is going to end up in the south again which is gonna stress me right out.

We play it safe and head towards the south west, as we board the 1829 South West Trains service 1L53 to Exeter St Davids, arriving there at 2042 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2100 GWR service to Barnstaple that arrives at 2211 on Thursday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 2216 GWR service to Exmouth, arriving 2359 Thursday night

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was going to go there too! Great minds think alike!

Sadly that is it now, so we call it a night before boarding the 0643 Great Western Railway service 2T05 to Newton Abbot, arriving there at 0750 on Friday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 0803 XC service out of the south, landing up in Edinburgh Waverley at 1605 Friday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station and heading to North Bridge, we then board the 1624 Lothian Buses service 5 to The Jewel (ASDA), arriving there at 1656 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the three minute walk to the bus stop on Milton Link and board the 1714 First Scotland East service X8 to Haddington (Market Street) that arrives there at 1747 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking around the corner to the bus stop on High Street, we then board the 1759 First South East and Central Scotland service 106 to Musselburgh (Police Station), arriving there at 1827 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

From this location of constabulary, we next board the 1907 Lothian Buses service 40 to Bilston (Seafield Road) that arrives there at 1924 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2002 Lothian Buses service 37 to Silverknowes (Silverknowes Parkway), arriving there at 2058 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2117 Lothian Buses service 16 to Colinton (Tennis Courts on Westgarth Avenue) that arrives there at 2217 on Friday evening.

 

[dzug2]

The 2222 Lothian Bus 16 takes us back to Newhaven w/b Pier Place, arriving at 2310 Friday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2326 Lothian Buses service 11 to Hyvots Bank (Dykes Road), arriving there at 0014 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

[dzug2]

There appears to be a hiatus before the night buses kick in.

We take the LOB N7 at 0105 to Old Town North Bridge arriving at 0122 Saturday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was worried for a moment as no one had replied for three days!

Walking around the corner onto Princes Street, we then board the 0215 Lothian Buses service N25 to Riccarton (Herriot-Watt University Campus/The Avenue), arriving there at 0238 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Only two postings have been made in the last five days, suggesting that contestants have little knowledge of the routes of the night buses in the Edinburgh area, otherwise this quiz would not find itself in the situation that currently is the case.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Agreed. If we are able to work out timetables for services in the Highlands, as well as other obscure, rural places, then we should definitely be able to work out timetables for services in one of the country's biggest cities!

 

[dzug2]

Maybe as much a question of motivation as ability

Lothian bus N34 at 0311 takes us to the Scott Monument arriving at 0335 Saturday morning

I'm assuming 'Riccarton Halls' and 'Herriott Watt University Campus' are the same stop

 

[ValleyLines142]

A shame, the game has never reached that stage....

They are indeed the same stop. It's still a tad too early to board the first rail services out of Waverley yet, so let's board the 0410 Lothian Buses service N22 to Ocean Terminal, arriving there at 0424 on Saturday morning. This is quite a large complex with both night and normal services so hopefully many of the day services will have begun by now

 

[dzug2]

Lothian Buses 22 at 0440 (or 0445 depending which timetable you believe) will take us to stop PP on Princes Street arriving at 0500 (or 0505 ) Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We head over to Waverley station and board the 0608 CrossCountry service 1V50 to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving there at 1242 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1254 GWR local train to Taunton, arriving at 1410 Saturday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1423 Great Western Railway service 1A85 to Westbury, arriving there at 1500 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1510 GWR service to Bradford-on-Avon that arrives at 1522 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station, we then board the 1540 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 265 to Bath (Grand Parade), arriving there at 1615 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We then take the First in BBSW service 231 from the Guildhall at 1653 to Chippenham Rail Station approach, arriving at 1757 Saturday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking an interest in the settlements on this route, we return on the 1814 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 231 to Box (Post Office), arriving there at 1851 on Saturday evening.