The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

This is right next to Ealing Broadway station, so upon entering, we board the 0521 Great Western Railway service 2N06 to Didcot Parkway, arriving there at 0646 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0713 GWR service to Chippenham that arrives there at 0745 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station, we then board the 0810 Faresaver service X31 to Batheaston (Bannerdown Road), arriving there at 0859 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the six minute walk to bus stop reference BTHMDPT on Stambridge and board the 0920 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 13 to Fox Hill (Kewstoke Road on Queens Drive) that arrives there at 1000 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1018 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 13 (soon to be the 3) to Odd Down (St Martin's Hospital), arriving there at 1025 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to visit a settlement that has much to offer any historian and board the 1040 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 13 to Bathford (Dovers Park) that arrives there at 1121 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Still stuck with the 13 for the time being, we then board the 1140 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 13 to Bath (Oldfield Road), arriving there at 1219 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Finally changing services, we next board the 1232 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 178 to Radstock (Victoria Hall...stop A on The Street) that arrives there at 1259 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1329 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 379 to Totterdown (Highgrove Street), arriving there at 1430 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1439 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 2 to Stockwood, (The Coots) that arrives there at 1458 on Saturday afterrnoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then continue on the 1515 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 2 to Southmead (Arnside Road), arriving there at 1630 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Changing services yet again, we board the 1642 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 77 to Thornbury (Rock Street) that arrives there at 1734 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving onto another service, we board the 1748 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 78 to Filton (Gipsy Patch Lane), arriving there at 1806 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1819 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 75 to Hengrove (Hengrove Depot on Roman Farm Road) that arrives there at 1933 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Hengrove has nothing to offer at this hour, so embarking on a lovely red Wright Streetdeck, we board the 1950 First in Bristol, Bath and The West service 90 to Redcliffe (Redcliffe Hill). The 90 takes a pleasant route across Filwood Park and Inns Court, which offers some pretty nice views across south Bristol, and we arrive at Redcliffe Hill at 2013 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the nine minute walk to the bus stop at Anchor Grove where we next board the 2043 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service X9 to West End (St Marys Grove on Hannah More Road) that arrives there at 2114 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the nine minute walk to the bus stop at Anchor Grove where we next board the 2043 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service X9 to West End (St Marys Grove on Hannah More Road) that arrives there at 2114 on Saturday evening.

Where is this? There is no such place called West End?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Where is this? There is no such place called West End?

Examine the map of the area around Nailsea, then look at the names of the roads in my posting, such as Hannah More Road and St Mary's Grove in the West End area.

The information that I have shows that after passing the timing point of Stockway North in Nailsea, it then carries on for a further seven minutes to the terminus at West End, details as in my posting.

Do not forget that Saturday, 3rd September is the last day of the current timetable and as such, this is the one that I have used

 

[ValleyLines142]

Still doesn't mean anything to me unfortunately.

Assuming that this is essentially Nailsea, we then board the 2217 First Bristol service X9 to Wraxall (New Battle Axes), arriving there at 2228 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still remembering that we are on the last operational day of the timetable we have been using, we next board the 2328 First in Bristol. Bath and the West service X9 to Bower Ashton (Blackmoors Lane) that arrives there at 2343 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Crossing the rather complex Brunel Way, we then board the 0047 First Bristol service X2* to Pill (Heywood Road), arriving there at 0059 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

* Please be aware that as of today, Sunday 4th September, the X2 is now the X4.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I have been pondering on the matter concerning buses from Pill in the early hours of Sunday morning, noting the time of arrival there. I am most probably wrong, but having let some days elapse, noting that no other contestants have made a posting, all that I can do to move matters along is to make the following posting.....

We next board the 0906 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service X4 to Sheepway (Station Road) that arrives there at 0913 on Sunday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading away from the suburbs that are only served by the X3/X4, we then board the 0935 First Bristol service X3 to Portishead (Coombe Road), arriving there at 0953 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the eight minute walk to the bus stop at Sainsburys (wsmpawn) and board the 1023 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service X3 to Bristol bus station that arrives there at 1054 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the bus station and heading to Broadmead, we then board the 1130 First Bristol service 90 to Inns Court (Inns Court Green), arriving there at 1201 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1221 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 90 to Bedminster (Bedminster Parade) that arrives there at 1243 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1254 First Bristol service 76 to Henbury (Crow Lane), arriving there at 1344 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Do we now refer to the company just as First Bristol ?. It seems the company had a rather bad time of it since the start of the new timetable for a number of reasons. Were you caught up in this hiatus?

Changing services, we next board the 1359 First Bristol service 1 to Brislington (Sherwell Road on Allison Road) that arrives there at 1450 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The Bristol city operations are known as First Bristol. First Bristol, Bath and The West is the remaining area including Bath, Weston-super-Mare and some parts of Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire, I think! More so, it is quite time consuming to write out their full name.

I haven't been caught up as I haven't been in Bristol since the new timetable change however I am in Bristol on several occasions next week so will see how the timetables go then.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Who was it some months ago who made reference to....

First Bristol, Bath and the back of Beyond...
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Changing services, we next board the 1359 First Bristol service 1 to Brislington (Sherwell Road on Allison Road) that arrives there at 1450 on Sunday afternoon.

This was my last posting.