The Transport Game (UK)

[backontrack]

We board the 14:14 Northern Rail service to Edale, arriving there at 14:40 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly, Edale is only blessed with a two hourly service, so we wait for the 1649 Northern service 2S49 to Romiley, arriving there at 1710 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 17:28 Northern Rail service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 17:55 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station and taking the seven minute walk to the bus stops on Lever Street, we then embark on a evening peak journey out of the city as we board the 1809 Stagecoach Manchester service 216 to Droylsden (Metrolink Stop), arriving there at 1832 on Thursday evening.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 169 Stagecoach in Manchester bus service from Droylsden (Co-op) to Belle Vue, leaving at 18:59 and arriving there at 19:15 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1934 Stagecoach Manchester service 201 to Hyde (Bus Station), arriving there at 1958 on Thursday evening.

 

[backontrack]

Noting that tomorrow is Friday, we board the 20:12 Northern Rail service to Reddish North, arriving there at 20:21 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2052 Northern service to Grindleford that arrives at 2145 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2319 East Midlands Trains service 1L20 to Nottingham, arriving there at 0039 on Friday morning, WHERE NOTTINGHAM HAS 24 HOUR COACH SERVICES!!

PS: the 2319 from Grindleford is also the first available service after our arrival at 2145.

 

[backontrack]

We call it a night before catching the 09:45 CrossCountry service to...






...just kidding. :P We do, however, still get the train - to Derby this time, boarding an East Midlands Trains service at 01:52 and arriving there at 02:10 in the early hours of Friday morning.
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P.S That move didn't screw everything up - Beeston, Duffield, Belper, Long Eaton, Nottingham, Borrowash, Heanor, and possibly Alfreton are all still open to us. https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/nightbus

 

[ValleyLines142]

Except none of those services serve the railway station....

Instead we let a few hours pass before we can board the first available service, which is the 0500 East Midlands Trains service 1C01 to Luton, arriving there at 0623 on Friday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 06:54 East Midlands Trains service to Sheffield, arriving at 08:55 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and board the 0913 Supertram service to Moss Way, arriving there at 0937 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0910 TPE service to Habrough that arrives at 1026 on Friday morning.

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Leaving the tram stop, we take the two minutes walk to the bus stop on Ochre Dike Lane where we then board the 0948 First South Yorkshire service 120 to Fulwood (Brookhouse Hill/Silver Birch Avenue) that arrives there at 1047 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk to the bus stop adjacent to Canterbury Avenue, we then board the 1100 Stagecoach Sheffield service 83A to Ecclesfield (St Wandrilles Close), arriving there at 1208 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the five minute walk to the bus stop on The Common and board the 1237 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 265 to Barnsley (Schwabisch Gmund Way) that arrives there at 1315 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1350 First South Yorkshire service 22M to Meadowhall Interchange, arriving there at 1514 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Just enough time to make our way to the heavy rail station and board the 1521 Northern service to Fitzwilliam that arrives there at 1558 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station we then board the 1610 Stagecoach Yorkshire service 28 to Pontefract (Bus Station), arriving there at 1637 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1650 Arriva Yorkshire service 408 to Owston (Sutton Road/Doncaster Road) that arrives there at 1749 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1850 Arriva Yorkshire service 409 to Doncaster (Interchange), arriving there at 1910 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1918 First South Yorkshire service 84 to Barnby Dun (Church Road/Marlowe Road) that arrives there at 1945 on Friday evening.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 20:48 First South Yorkshire route 84 bus service to Kirk Sandall (Brecks Lane/Connaught Drive), arriving there at 20:54 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We board the 20:48 First South Yorkshire bus service to Kirk Sandall (Brecks Lane/Connaught Drive), arriving there at 20:54 on Friday evening.

I think you have omitted to state the service number of that bus.

 

[backontrack]

Duly added. It's the 84.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We appear to be stuck in settlements that only appear to be served by one route, so we head back to a central location where other services are available, as we board the 2154 First Douth Yorkshire service 84 to Doncaster (Frenchgate Interchange), arriving there at 2214 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thankfully another service is available, so we next board the 2240 First South Yorkshire service 50 to Skellow (Mill Lane/Bellerby Road) that arrives there at 2307 in Friday evening.

 

[backontrack]

We appear to be stuck in settlements that only appear to be served by one route, so we head back to a central location where other services are available, as we board the 2154 First Douth Yorkshire service 84 to Doncaster (Frenchgate Interchange), arriving there at 2214 on Friday evening.

'Douth Yorkshire'? Aye, that'll be new on me.
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Thankfully another service is available, so we next board the 2240 First South Yorkshire service 50 to Skellow (Mill Lane/Bellerby Road) that arrives there at 2307 in Friday evening.

We call it a day and, on Saturday morning, board the 05:57 First South Yorkshire route 50 bus service to Doncaster (Frenchgate Interchange), arriving there at 06:27.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of operator and direction of travel sees us next board the 0730 Arriva Yorkshire service 496 to Hemsworth bus station that arrives there at 0824 on Saturday morning.

 

[backontrack]

We board the 08:30 route 29 Stagecoach in Yorkshire bus service to Barnsley (Interchange), arriving there at 09:15 on Saturday morning.