The Transport Game (UK)

[A Challenge]

Get the 18:01 STL Lancashire service 42 to Lancaster City Center, Bus Station (Stand 14), arriving at 18:20 Friday evening.

 

[me123]

We run over to stand 10 just in time to make National Express service 571, leaving at 18:25. The bus heads into Cumbria, and we take it to the humorously named Cockermouth (opp. Main Street Monument), and arrive at 20:35 on Friday evening.

(Note that this bus runs 15 minutes later than its normal times on Fridays!)

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2139 Stagecoach Cumbria service X5 to Keswick (Bus Station), arriving there at 2214 on Friday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 06:15 (Saturday) Stagecoach service X5 to Penrith (Rail Station), arriving at 06:49 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the station, we then board the 0717 Virgin Trains service 9M48 to Coventry, arriving there at 1029 on Saturday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We change onto the 11:23 Crosscountry service to Winchester, arriving at 13:23 Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading south, we then board the 1333 South West Trains service 1W25 to Southampton Central, arriving there at 1349 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We transfer to the 14:10 Great Western service 1F20 towards Wales, alighting at Newport at 16:24 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading around the corner to Market Square bus station, we then board the 1651 New Adventure Travel service N4 to Spytty (Retail Park), arriving there at 1713 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We indulge in some shopping before catching the 17:45 service heading back towards the bus station (this time a Newport Bus 20). We alight at Christchurch and Cenotaph at 18:00 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

It took me a long time to work out where we were. Then I realised that you added in brackets we were on the 20

We then board the 1812 Newport Bus service 10C to Maindee (Square), arriving there at 1822 on Saturday evening.

 

[me123]

We wait half an hour until the Newport Buses 74 service turns up at 18:52. We take this bus as far as Caldicot Cross, arriving at 19:47 on Saturday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 20:39 Newport Busses 74 bus to Caldicot (Chaucer Close) arriving at 20:45 Saturday evening.

 

[me123]

We go to the station and decide to remain in Wales, letting the Gloucester bound train leave and boarding instead the 21:58 Cross Country Trains service towards Cardiff Central. We arrive there at 22:42 on Saturday night.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station and walking across to Westgate Street, we then board the 2310 Cardiff Bus service 63 to Llandaff (Black Lion), arriving there at 2322 on Saturday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Get 23:26 Stagecoach service 122 to Tonypandy (Rugby Club), arriving at 00:30 on Sunday.

 

[me123]

Can you just clarify where we're going to? I think you mean Tonypandy, as Pontypandy is the place where Fireman Sam lives!!!

 

[me123]

That appears to be us for the night. We find a place to settle for the night, and awake in time for the 09:28 Stagecoach Wales 130 service, which we ride to its terminus at Blaenrhondda. We arrive at 10:10 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1104 Stagecoach South Wales service 130* to Talbot Green (Bus Station), arriving there at 1216 on Sunday afternoon.

* the 130 changes to a 122 in Tonypandy. The connection is guaranteed and passengers can remain on the vehicle.

 

[A Challenge]

Walk the 0.3 miles to Talbot Green, before Leisure Centre, and get the 12:50 Edwards Coaches service 100 to Treforest, o/s Railway Station, arriving at 13:19 Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the railway station, we then board the 1412 Arriva Trains Wales service 2E12 to Barry, arriving there at 1503 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We walk to the nearby Barry Hotel, in time to catch the 303 service by New Adventure Travel. It leaves at 15:20, and we travel to the interestingly named Llantwit Major. We arrive at 16:00 prynhawn dydd Sul.

 

[A Challenge]

Following on, interchange onto 2Y44, the 15:19 Arriva Trains Wales service to Barry Island, arriving at 15:23 Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk to the nearby Barry Hotel, in time to catch the 303 service by New Adventure Travel. It leaves at 15:20, and we travel to the interestingly named Llantwit Major. We arrive at 16:00 prynhawn dydd Sul.

Where in Llantwit? It's a pretty sizeable place.

 

[me123]

Sorry, the rail and bus interchange. (I'd wrongly assumed that the "major" referred to the interchange rather than the village )

 

[ValleyLines142]

Haha no problem!

Rather annoyingly, all of Llantwit Major's bus/rail services on a Sunday all depart roughly the same time in both directions, despite only having a bi-hourly service for the majority of the day, so we enter the railway station and wait for the 1722 Arriva Trains Wales service 2E16 to its terminus of Bridgend, arriving there at 1737 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 18:23 Great Western Railway service to Reading, arriving at 20:31 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Get the 18:02 Great Western Railway service to Reading, arriving at 19:57 Sunday evening.

Sorry to query once again, but where have you found this? The only GWR service I can find, on both the GWR website and Real Time Trains, is an 1823 from Bridgend arriving into Reading at 2031?

 

[A Challenge]

Sorry to query once again, but where have you found this? The only GWR service I can find, on both the GWR website and Real Time Trains, is an 1823 from Bridgend arriving into Reading at 2031?

I was using Google maps results for 11th Feb, which is a Saturday. I will use that move, editing the timings!

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 2042 South West Trains service to Richmond, arriving at 2144 on Saturday afternoon.