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Heading to the Hallam University/Station tram stop, we then board the 2331 Supertram service to Shalesmoor, arriving there at 2343 on Wednesday evening.
 
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We take the five minute 0.3-mile walk to the bus stop at Flat Street / Fitzalan Square.

Here we surprise the driver of the First South Yorkshire bus inbound on service 69 at 0022, boarding his bus for the one-stop ride to Sheffield Interchange arriving 0023 Thursday morning.
 

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That seems to be that for our brief stay in the people's republic of south Yorkshire so we next take 0055 National Express coach service 240 from Sheffield Interchange arriving at Heathrow Airport Central Bus Station at 0600 on Thursday morning.
 

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We then board the 0630 First in Berkshire and the Thames Valley service 75 to Slough (Bus Station), arriving there at 0706 on Wednesday morning.
 

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As its currently school holiday, next onto the 0713 London United service 81 to Hounslow, The Bell (stop V), arriving at 0806 on Thursday morning.
 
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Taking the six minute walk to Hounslow Central tube station, we then board the 0821 Piccadilly Line service to Green Park, arriving there at 0857 on Wednesday morning.
 

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Next we come back out and board the 0906 London United service 9 to Southampton Street/Covent Garden, arriving at 0918 on Thursday morning.
 

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We then board the 0926 Stagecoach London service 15 to Blackwall (DLR station), arriving there at 1028 on Thursday morning.
 

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Just as we cross the road, we see a 366 leaving, so we have to wait for the next one from the bus station, the 1110 Stagecoach London service 366, taking it almost all the way to its terminus, deciding to alight at Redbridge Station (Forecourt) at 1216 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We continue our travels across the eastern edges of the capital as we board the 1228 Stagecoach London service 145 to Dagenham Asda, arriving there at 1333 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We take the 9 minute (0.4 mile) Google mapped walk to Dagenham Dock station and just make the 1344 c2c service to Purfleet, arriving at 1353 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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Exiting the station and heading to the adjacent bus stop, we then board the 1402 Ensign Bus service 44 to Lakeside (Bus Station), arriving there at 1415 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We take a late lunch before boarding the 1505 Ensignbus service X80 to Bluewater Bus Station, arriving at 1525 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1533 Stagecoach London service 96 to Woolwich (Thomas Street), arriving there at 1654 on Thursday afternoon.
 

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We next board the 1742 Central Line service to West Acton, arriving at 1813 on Thursday evening.
 

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We then board the 1825 London United service 440 to Stonebridge Park Station, arriving there at 1852 on Thursday evening.
 

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Next we board the 2034 Southern service to Kensington Olympia, arriving at 2122 on Thursday evening.
 

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I think our time in the capital is due to come to an end, so, in the hope we'll be able to find a connecting service further northwards, we board the 2150 Southern service 2M61 to Watford Junction, arriving there at 2223 on Thursday evening.
 

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That is it in terms of rail services from Wolverhampton, however we don't have too long to wait as we make our way over to the bus station and board the 0415 National Express West Midlands service 79 to Wednesbury (Bus Station), arriving there at 0445 on Friday morning.
 

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Walking around the corner to the bus stop on Corporation Street, we then board the 0600 NXWM service 904 to Falcon Lodge (Wyatt Road), arriving there at 0633 on Friday morning.
 

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