The Transport Game (UK)

[me123]

We cross the road and take a bus back in 'tother direction. This time, it's an 11A bus operated by Stagecoach Manchester. It arrives at 06:19, taking us to Tesco Extra (Baguely) at 06:45 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to a slightly more 'vibrant' area, we then board the 0736 Stagecoach Manchester service 109 to Moss Side (Alexandra Park), arriving there at 0821 on Thursday morning.

 

[me123]

We cross the road again, in time to catch the 08:29 Stagecoach Manchester 105 service to Manchester International Airport, arriving at 09:24 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of operator sees us next board the 0945 High Peak Skyline service 199 to Buxton (Market Place) that arrives there at 1118 on Thursday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

We continue on the High Peak Transpeak service from Buxton at 1140, alighting at Matlock Bath (Fishpond) at 1239 Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Assuming that you mean the Fishpond Hotel as the disembarkation point...

We next board the 1250 Yourbus service 111 to Ashbourne bus station that arrives there at 1340 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1400 Trent Barton Swift service to Uttoxeter (Tesco), arriving there at 1435 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

The station is nearby, so we make our way there and take the 1507 EMT service to Stoke on Trent, arriving at 1533 Thursday afternoon

 

[James Wake]

We next join the 1550 Virgin Trains service to London Euston, arriving at 1724 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1743 Virgin Trains service 9S97 to Sandwell and Dudley, arriving there at 1923 on Thursday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1959 Virgin train to Shrewsbury, arriving at 2055 Thursday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2209 Arriva Trains Wales service 1V66 to Cardiff Central, arriving there at 0021 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[me123]

I don't think we have much choice but to board the Arriva Trains Wales 2B01 service towards Hereford, which leaves at 00:30. We take it all the way to the bitter end, alighting at Hereford at 01:55 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not too long to wait before we board the 0617 Great Western Railway service 1P26 to Worcester Shrub Hill, arriving there at 0706 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not too long to wait before we board the 0617 Great Western Railway service 1P26 to Worcester Shrub Hill, arriving there at 0706 on Saturday morning.

Please refer to the previous posting which arrived on a Friday morning.

 

[jaffa840]

and I have checked the 1p26 at Hereford on DanTrainMan185 timing and its Saturday not Friday so I think dan has to change the date and time of that service

 

[me123]

and I have checked the 1p26 at Hereford on DanTrainMan185 timing and its Saturday not Friday so I think dan has to change the date and time of that service

And it's not a valid move on Friday morning I'm afraid, because there's an earlier train at 04:50 that allows the same journey. Easy mistake to make to be fair.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Please refer to the previous posting which arrived on a Friday morning.

Ah I've done it again. Sorry. When the day continues past midnight that's when my brain doesn't function!

To be honest I may just not bother listing the day as someone else will be on the right track!

As for Worcester let's take the earlier one that arrives at 0534 on Friday.

 

[me123]

Don't worry about it - easy mistake to make!

I take us to the home of Shakespeare. We hop onto 2S06, the 06:12 London Midland service toward Stratford-upon-Avon, alighting there at 08:21 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of TOC sees us next board the 0900 Chiltern Railways service to Leamington Spa that arrives there at 0934 on Friday morning.

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[dzug2]

We take the 0950 XC service to Doncaster, arriving at 1218 on Friday lunchtime

 

[Quakkerillo]

After grabbing a quick lunch, we get back to catch the Northern 2C26 at 12:52, which goes towards Hull. We use this service until Brough, where we alight at 13:34 at Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another change of TOC sees us next board the 1350 First TPE service to Stalybridge that arrives there at 1515 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1550 First TransPennine Express service 1F89 to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving there at 1659 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

The 1716 Northern service takes us to Wigan North Western, arriving at 1801 Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1828 Virgin Trains service 9M59 to Coventry, arriving there at 2030 on Friday evening.

 

[me123]

That leaves us just enough time to hop to Platform 2 and take the short journey to Nuneaton. The 20:42 London Midland service 2G61 takes us on our short journey, duly arriving at the hungry town at 21:04 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2122 CrossCountry service 1K31 to Leicester, arriving there at 2150 on Friday evening.

 

[me123]

We make a quick transfer to the 22:01 East Midlands Trains service 1F75, which takes us to Sheffield. We arrive there about an hour later, stepping off at 23:00 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2158 EMT service to Luton that arrives there at 2301 on Friday evening.