The Transport Game (UK)

[Mike395]

Having just won the award of most unlikely place to meet a load of fellow forum members, I decide to join you on your next move & we are impressed that the 1 to 1645 into Preston is actually running to time for a change, and take it all the way to Stand 69 at Preston Bus Station, where the bus promptly arrives at 5:45pm (1745) on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We wave goodbye to one of the four archangels of the RailUKforums website here and are amazed at the number of loading bays here, before deciding to board the 1800 Stagecoach in Lancaster service 40 to Bailrigg (Bailrigg Lane) that arrives there at 1856 on Tuesday evening.

 

[DasLunatic]

We decide to go somewhere this game has never gone before: the Isle of Man. To get there, we need to get to a harbour. The nearest harbour is currently in Heysham, so we board the first service to Haysham; the 1921 Stagecoach Lancaster 2A. We alight at what is (presumably) Heysham's bus station (by Towers), the time now being 2024 this Tuesday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

EXTRACT FROM THE QUIZ RULES

The playing area includes only mainland Great Britain. This includes any landmass connected to Great Britain by bridge or tunnel (excluding the Channel Tunnel). Domestic ferry services to outlying islands, such as the Isle of Wight and the Scottish Islands are also acceptable..

I make specific mention of this in respect of expressed wish to visit the Isle of Man which most certainly does NOT comply with what is mentioned above about the acceptable form of domestic ferry services.
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The nearest harbour is currently in Heysham, so we board the first service to Heysham; the 1921 Stagecoach Lancaster 2A. We alight at what is (presumably) Heysham's bus station (by Towers), the time now being 2024 this Tuesday night.

Having had a sea crossing aspiration dashed somewhat, we no longer need to be in this location, so we next board the 2046 Stagecoach Lancaster service 2A to Torrisholme (by Cross Hill) that arrives there at 2108 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

So, we appear to be in a settlement called Torrisholme. From there, we board the 2136 Stagecoach in Lancaster service 2A to Lancaster University (Underpass), arriving there at 2204 on Tuesday evening.

 

[kevconnor]

Looking at available services, avoiding doubling back on ourselves towards centre of Lancaster we take the only available service which is the 23:28 Stagecoach In Lancaster service 40 towards Garstang, Post Office arriving at 23:49 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That appears to be it for the day, so we take the two minutes walk to the bus stop outside the Council Offices and eventually, we board the 0608 Stagecoach Lancaster service 42 to Larbreck (Opposite Larbreck Hall) that arrives there at 0629 on Wednesday morning.

 

[kevconnor]

with that we get the honour of travelling on the next available service which is the rather Parliamentary one service per day 525 Elite Service from Larbreck (Opposite Larbreck Hall) at 07:58 to Thornton Centre/Lawsons Road (Stop 3) (can be located on Google Maps here) arriving at 08:15 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0832 Stagecoach Lancashire service 84 to Larkholme (Marine Parade) that arrives there at 0901 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

We take another Stagecoach in Lancashire service 84 at 0932 to Poulton-le-Fylde, Teanlowe Centre arriving 1015 Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide upon a change of operator and board the 1113 Preston Bus service 75 to Great Plumpton (Church Road) that arrives there at 1136 on Wednesday morning.

 

[kevconnor]

May someone please say if we are willing to accept the next entry as there are no other services from this stop aside from the same 75 we have just alighted from and the nearest available stop is 0.7 miles away.

We take the 15 minute walk to the stop on Preston New Road (opp Plumpton Hall) where we take 11:57 Stagecoach In Lancashire service 61 arriving at Preston City Centre, Bus Station, Stand 11 at 12:44 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[transportphoto]

That's fine

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1255 Stagecoach Lancashire service 59 to Blackburn bus station that arrives there at 1330 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[kevconnor]

after what has felt like spending quite some time in Lancashire we decide to cross the Pennines so we take the 6 minute walk to Blackburn Train Station and board 1B23 1354 Northern Rail service to York arriving at York Railway Station at 1559 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We walk to the bus stances outside the railway station and board the 1617 EYMS service X46 to Market Weighton (Market Place) that arrives there at 1719 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Commuter66]

Wanting to enjoy the East Yorkshire countryside we get the 1840 EYMS Wicstun Express X4 service to Hull Paragon arriving at 1936 on Wednesday Evening

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1950 EYMS service 155 to North Cave (Station Road) that arrives there at 2047 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Commuter66]

After an overnight stay in North Cave we go to Beverley (Sow Hill Bus Station) on the 0927 EYMS 143 service, arriving at 1002 Thursday Morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We continue with our area travelogue by boarding the 1035 EYMS service 121 to Sculcoates (Somercotes Street/Beverley Road) that arrives there at 1110 on Thursday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

Impressed by the attractive & dignified dark-red-and-cream livery of our recent EYMS buses and the company's acknowledgement of enthusiast interest, we decide to take a look at one of their depots.

Across the street at the Wellington Lane stop, we board the 1213 EYMS service X46 to Pocklington, opp. EYMS Depot arriving 1323 Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting a service waiting, without an "X" prefix, we next board the 1330 EYMS service 46 to Driffield (George Street) that arrives there at 1416 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

Since we're playing on RailUK Forums, probably we should make a token effort to use a train.....

We take the five minute walk to Driffield railway station, where we board the 1457 Northern train to Hull arriving at 1528 Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Indeed that is the case, but some bus services we have used do bring back memories of long-closed rail routes....

We next board the 1557 Northern service to Goole that arrives there at 1624 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We continue on the 1638 Northern train to Bridlington, arriving at 1801 Thursday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1835 Northern service to Scarborough that arrives there at 1915 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1950 TransPennine Express service 1F85 to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving there at 2255 on Thursday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

Down to the Wirral ine platform for the 2313 Merseyrail train to Birkenhead Hamilton Square arriving 2320 Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to the bus station, we then board the 2339 Arriva North West service 437 to West Kirby (Railway Station), arriving there at 0013 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Finding that both the last train and the last bus have gone, we next board the 0551 Merseyrail service to Bidston that arrives there at 0606 on Friday morning.