The Transport Game (UK)

[kevconnor]

We then cross the road to Pokesdown Train Station and take South West Trains 05:18 service towards London Waterloo alighting at Basingstoke at 06:33 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I was going to catch the same service from Bournemouth, but I had a feeling I'd be reprimanded because it would have been over two hours waiting (0258 to 0515)!

We then board the 0647 CrossCountry service 1M22 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 1035 on Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

We head off to Wales next on the 10:50 Arriva Trains Wales 1D35 service towards Llandudno Junction, leaving at 10:50. We arrive there at 12:48 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1325 Arriva Trains Wales service 1V96 to Pontyclun, arriving there at 1734 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1752 ATW service to Chepstow, arriving at 1849 Wednesday evening

 

[kevconnor]

We then board the 1325 Arriva Trains Wales service 1V96 to Pontyclun, arriving there at 1734 on Wednesday afternoon.

I hope in the time between arriving and departing we have popped over to Enochs for a fish and chip lunch, one of the nicest around.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1917 CrossCountry service 1M84 to Nottingham, arriving there at 2208 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take EMT at 2226 to Lincoln, arriving at 2340 Wednesday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

That appears to be it for the rest of the day now, so we call it a night before boarding the 0557 East Midlands Trains service 2T03 to Grimsby Town, arriving there at 0652 on Thursday morning.

 

[me123]

We have a quick change to National Express 339 service from the nearby Rivershead Exchange, leaving there at 07:00. We spend the day on this bus, taking us to Westward Ho!, Nelson Road at 19:10 on Thursday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 0709 Northern departure to New Holland, arriving at 0741 Thursday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We have a quick change to National Express 339 service from the nearby Rivershead Exchange, leaving there at 07:00. We spend the day on this bus, taking us to Westward Ho!, Nelson Road at 19:10 on Thursday evening.

Google Maps says it takes 6 minutes to get to Riverhead Exchange, surely a service departing in 8 minutes from our arrival is pushing it a little? Would we not have to allow at least 5 minutes from our arrival at the following interchange?

 

[OxtedL]

It runs once a day, so it's an all or nothing decision. What do other players think in this situation?

 

[dzug2]

Well I've a vested interest in that I was overtaken by one minute by the offending post

#7481

Which I would like to reinstate if the National Express move were invalid

 

[me123]

Reinstate the post, I think my initial (rapid!) search was wrong in terms of walking distance, so I'll withdraw the move to Westward Ho! (Which is a shame, because I've always wanted to go there).

 

[dzug2]

I'm sure we'll get there some day.

Post duly reinstated and repeated here for clarity

We take the 0709 Northern departure to New Holland, arriving at 0741 Thursday morning

 

[Trainfan344]

We proceed onwards on the 08:05 Northern service to Stallingborough arriving there at 08:28 Thursday Morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0914 Northern service to Barton-on-Humber that arrives there at 0944 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then exit the station to the adjacent bus stop and board the 1000 East Yorkshire Motor services* service 350 to Hull (Interchange), arriving there at 1027 on Thursday morning.

* The 350 is jointly operated with Stagecoach in Lincolnshire, who are actually the more dominant operator of the route (three services per hour as opposed to one with EYMS).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1045 EYMS service 77 to Withernsea (Pier Road) that arrives there at 1158 on Thursday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We take EYMS 129 service from the nearby Memorial Avenue at 1245 and travel to Hornsea, EYMS depot, arriving at 1349 Thursday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Continuing our omnibus travel in the eastern environs of this area, we next board the 1430 EYMS service 246 to Beverley (Flemingate) that arrives there at 1524 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the six minute walk down Armstrong Way to the railway station, we then board the 1607 Northern service 2C69 to Hatfield & Stainforth, arriving there at 1715 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the station, we take the short walk to the bus stop on Station Road and board the 1737 First South Yorkshire service 87 to Wheatley (Thorne Road/Zetland Road) that arrives there at 1802 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1815 First South Yorkshire service X8 to Doncaster (Interchange), arriving there at 1825 on Thursday evening.

 

[James Wake]

Next from the station we board the 1846 VTEC service to Stevenage arriving at 2003 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then exit the station to the adjacent bus stop and board the 2011 Arriva the Shires service 301 to Hemel Hempstead (Marlowes), arriving there at 2142 on Thursday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We then take Arriva the Shires 301 at 2148 to Knebworth Station Road, arriving at 2309 Thursday evening

 

[James Wake]

Next we board the 2321 Great Northern service from Knebworth Station to alight at Finsbury Park, arriving at 2349 on Thursday evening.

 

[me123]

We leave the station and just miss a number 236 bus. Intrigued as to what wonders the mystical world of "Hackney Wick" holds for us, we wait for the next Tower Transit 236 service at 00:05.

The route bores us, and we alight early at Hackney Town Hall at 00:32 on Friday morning.