The Transport Game (UK)

[A Challenge]

Some of us seemed stymied by that newly-announced timetable, unfortunately.

If I understand this correctly, this means you can't find them, they are on the official Cardiff Bus website, in the timetables section, and it is service 18!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Are we OK, or have we got stuck?

I have absolutely no idea, to be honest!

If we can find our way back to Cardiff Central, trains start with a 0734 departure on a Sunday I think, on which we could head towards Ebbw Vale...

Yes but there are buses earlier we could potentially use first (if we're still applying the keep-moving-where-you-can theory! )

Some of us seemed stymied by that newly-announced timetable, unfortunately.

I'm not quite sure what to suggest then :/ the timetable is listed clearly online.

 

[transportphoto]

We give up waiting for a bus that we're not too sure is going to arrive, and then take a 30 or so minute walk to Cardiff Central Railway Station, whereby we arrive around 03:40 this Sunday morning.

Hopefully that'll be viewed as bending, not breaking, the rules!

 

[ValleyLines142]

We give up waiting for a bus that we're not too sure is going to arrive, and then take a 30 or so minute walk to Cardiff Central Railway Station, whereby we arrive around 03:40 this Sunday morning.

Hopefully that'll be viewed as bending, not breaking, the rules!

You know that's about 1.2 miles? Also if you had taken us to Sophia Gardens we could have caught a National Express bus.

 

[FQ]

We give up waiting for a bus that we're not too sure is going to arrive, and then take a 30 or so minute walk to Cardiff Central Railway Station, whereby we arrive around 03:40 this Sunday morning.

Hopefully that'll be viewed as bending, not breaking, the rules!

We then have the night at the station before boarding the 07:34 Arriva Trains Wales service to Newport (South Wales) arriving at 07:50 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Also if you had taken us to Sophia Gardens we could have caught a National Express bus.

Is that not expecting contestants to have a far deeper insight into the geography of the Cardiff area than would normally be expected to know in order to ascertain where other possible connections may be sought that will be in accordance with the rules of this quiz in the wee small hours of a Sunday morning?

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 08:18 Great Western Railway service to London Paddington, arriving at 10:30 on Sunday morning, "still", you ask!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Making allowance for the 15 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 1100 GWR service to Paignton that arrives at 1502 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[welsharagorn]

joining in on page 661, but here goes! selecting the most expedient method, we join the 1508 Stagecoach route 12 back to Newton Abbot, arriving at the railway station at 1557 on the same Sunday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and board the 1616 GWR service to Plymouth that arrives at 1651 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Is that not expecting contestants to have a far deeper insight into the geography of the Cardiff area than would normally be expected to know in order to ascertain where other possible connections may be sought that will be in accordance with the rules of this quiz in the wee small hours of a Sunday morning?

I lost track at how complicated that was! But no, it was just a suggestion.

We enter the station and board the 1616 GWR service to Plymouth that arrives at 1651 on Sunday afternoon.

We then board the 1725 CrossCountry service 1E73 to Leeds, arriving there at 2302 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Making allowances for the 10 minutes minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 2344 TPE service to Huddersfield that arrives at 0003 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The core TPE section between Manchester and Leeds is blessed with a 24 hour service, and we don't have too long to wait before we board the 0021 TransPennine Express service 1P68 to York, arriving there at 0111 in the early hours of Monday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 01:38 TransPennine Express Service to Manchester Airport, arriving at 04:03 on Monday still, even if it is extremely early in the morning!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the railway station to the bus station, we then board the 0436 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Benchill (Metrolink Stop), arriving there at 0451 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way onto the Metrolink platform and board the 0501 Manchester Metrolink service to Shadowmoss Metrolink stop that arrives there at 0514 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0529 Metrolink service to Trafford Bar, arriving there at 0606 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0621 Manchester Metrolink service to East Didsbury Metrolink stop that arrives there at 0636 on Monday morning.

 

[RJ21]

Allowing the minimum 5 minutes interchange we go onto Parrs Wood Lane and to East Disbury Metrolink Stop B to catch the 06:41 No.23 Stagecoach Manchester service to Stockport alighting on Wellington Road South opp Wellington Mill at 06:53 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0701 High Peak service 199 to Buxton (Terrace Road) that arrives there at 0808 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0850 High Peak service 61 to Glossop (Henry Street), arriving there at 0955 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the two minute walk to the bus stop outside the Market Hall on High Street West and board the 1005 High Peak service 341 to Charlesworth (Bankwood Mill) that arrives there at 1025 on Monday morning.

 

[kevconnor]

The only available service within walking distance of this stop appears to be the 341. So we cross the road to Charlesworth, adj Bankwood Mill and take 10:34 High Peak service 341 as far as Glossop, Henry Street (Stop A) where we arrive at 1059 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1123 Stagecoach Manchester service 237 to Ashton (Bus Station), arriving there at 1216 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the three minute walk across to the railway station and board the 1307 Northern service to Slaithwaite that arrives there at 1333 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station and taking the five minute walk along Station Road to the adjacent bus stop on Carr Lane, we then board the 1431 First Halifax, Calder Valley and Huddersfield service 181 to Huddersfield (Bus Station), arriving there at 1500 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1510 TLC Travel service 900 to Cragg Vale (Blackstone Edge Road / Will Clough) that arrives there at 1608 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1719 TLC Travel service 901 to Hebden Bridge (Railway Station), arriving there at 1731 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1810 Keighley and District service 500 to Ingrow (Halifax Road/Hermit Hole) that arrives there at 1850 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1907 Keighley and District service 697 to Bradford (Interchange), arriving there at 1953 on Monday evening.