The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2012 East Midlands Trains service 1L16 to Nottingham, arriving there at 2030 on Sunday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 2121 EMT to Kettering, arriving at 2217 Sunday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not too long to wait at this hour on a Sunday before we board the 2227 East Midlands Trains service 1F79 to Sheffield, arriving there at 0012 in the early hours of Monday morning.

Don't want to jinx it but have any of you noticed I haven't fluffed up the days of the week we're on for a while?!

 

[FQ]

The next service out is the 03:25 TPE service to Manchester Airport, which we take all the way arriving at 04:42 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I contemplated either another shuttle around Greater Manchester's extensive public transport system or a return to the north east. However, I opted for neither of these!

We then board the 0547 Northern service 2A90 to Crewe, arriving there at 0622 on Monday morning.

There is from Crewe, however, a 0639 to Bristol

 

[FQ]

There is, yes. But there is also an 06:40 ATW service to Shrewsbury arriving at 07:28 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0744 Arriva Trains Wales service 1V33 to my home town of Cardiff Central, arriving there at 0951 on Monday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1004 ATW service to Milford Haven, arriving at 1248 Monday afternoon

 

[me123]

We stock up on supplies in the adjoining Tesco before changing modes of transport, this time boarding the 13:30 Silcox Coaches 356 service. It takes us over the Cleddau Bridge to yet another Tesco - Tesco Pembroke Dock, arriving there at 14:03 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the 1004 ATW service to Milford Haven, arriving at 1248 Monday afternoon

That's the same train we've just got off.

 

[dzug2]

That's the same train we've just got off.

Should have noticed that - though it does wait at Cardiff a while

Still wanting to head west, we take the 1042 ATW service to Carmarthen, arriving at 1226 Monday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

That's okay, many of the Manchester to South Wales services do have very long layovers at Cardiff!

We then board the 1233 Arriva Trains Wales service 2E13 to Swansea, arriving there at 1322 on Monday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1435 ATW local service to Llangynllo, arriving at 1723 Monday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not many onward options at this time of day from this area, so we decide upon another long stopping train ride upon the HOW line and with Llangynllo being a request stop, we give a clear signal to the driver of the next available train and board the 1931 ATW service to Pontarddulais that arrives there at 2142 on Monday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

Just as I was about to tell Paul off for leaving us stranded overnight instead of taking us to a larger station such as Swansea ( ) we find a bus still exists in this neck of the woods, so we exit to the station and cross the road to the Black Lion, where we board the 2202 First South & West Wales/Cymru service X13 to Ammanford (Bus Station), arriving there at 2219 on Monday evening.

 

[dzug2]

Well we still seem to be stranded overnight........

The first transport out in the morning seems to be the 0542 ATW train to Llandovery where we arrive at 0621 Tuesday morning.

It seems to be exactly half a mile between stations

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0728 ATW service 2M06 to Nantwich, arriving there at 1058 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I did have a 0700 bus journey ready to Abergwili from Llandovery (Morris Travel 281) but by the time I managed to get off the phone, the last journey to Nantwich had already been posted....

Glad that someone did recognise that there was that recent late bus journey from Pontarddulais to Ammanford was available to use...

 

[dzug2]

We make our way to the bus station for the 1130 GHA Coaches service 72 to Wrenbury Cotton Arms, arriving at 1153 Tuesday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1353 GHA Coaches service 72 to Whitchurch (Smithfields Shopping Centre), arriving there at 1419 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the six minutes walk to the bus station and board the 1440 Arriva Midlands service 511 to Preston Brockhurst (Preston Hall Gate) that arrives there at 1542 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1632 Arriva Midlands service 511 to Shrewsbury (Bus Station), arriving there at 1655 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We make our way to the rail station, where we take the 1727 ATW departure, joining the Pwllheli portion, and travel all the way to Pwllheli, arriving at 2104 Tuesday night

 

[FQ]

With no more departures, we call it a night before getting the first service available out at 06:29, fully at the mercy of ATW for the journey to Dyffryn Ardudwy arriving at 07:32 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0833 ATW service 2G25 to Birmingham International, arriving there at 1248 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1314 XC service to Southampton Airport Parkway arriving at 1532 Wednesday afternoon

 

[kevconnor]

we leave Southampton Airport Parkway Station across the road to the bus stop outside the Airport and take 15:38 Unilinks U1C bus to Southampton City Centre, Civic Centre (stop AI) arriving at 16:17pm on the Wednesday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deciding to head inland, we next board the 1632 Bluestar Bus service 1 to Otterbourne (The White Horse PH on Main Road) that arrives there at 1712 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We have a little bit of time to have a bite to eat before boarding the 1827 First Southampton service E2 to Eastleigh (Bus Station), arriving there at 1845 on Wednesday afternoon.

Edit, that is actually quite a long wait when the 1 is frequent.

Instead we board the 1716 Bluestar service 1 to Southampton (Hanover Buildings), arriving there at 1805 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

General query

Is it allowable to arrive at 1712 and then to depart at 1716?