The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0025 London General service 93 to Putney Station, arriving there at 0045 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Walk the 0.4 miles to Putney Pier (Stop P) and get the 01:04 London General service N22 to Richmond Station (Stop E), arriving at 01:21 Tuesday morning.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 0135 London United service (N)65 to Chessington, World of Adventures, arriving at 0210 on Tuesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Then get the 02:22 London United service 65 to Ealing Broadway (Stop C), arriving at 03:19 Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the station, we say farewell to the capital as we board the 0342 Great Western Railway service 2R05 to Reading, arriving there at 0428 on Tuesday morning.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 0524 Great Western Railway service to Gatwick Airport, arriving at 0642 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the South Terminal Bus Station, we then board the 0745 National Express service 210 to Birmingham (Digbeth Coach Station), arriving there at 1215 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 1245 National Express service 339 to Westward Ho!, Nelson Road (E) arriving at 1910 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Walking around the corner to the bus stop on Golf Links Road, we then board the 2006 Stagecoach South West service 21 to Barnstaple (Railway Station), arriving there at 2051 on Tuesday evening.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 2216 Great Western Railway service to Lympstone Commando, arriving at 2352 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly, we cannot exit the station due to access being exclusively for those visiting the Royal Marine Commando Training Centre and it is also getting late so we do not wish to be here too long. Luckily the return service arrives eighteen minutes later, the 0010 Great Western Railway service 2E62, which we take to its terminus of Exeter St David's, arriving there at 0035 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

So we're in good time to catch the Night Riviera back towards the capital, and we board the train on Platform 3 at 01:06. We get off at Reading at 04:18 on Wednesday morning.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 0434 Great Western Railway service to Guildford arriving at 0509 on Wednesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Then board the next passenger service operating from Reading, the 04:34 Great Western Railway service 1O52 from Platform 14 (what's it doing going from P14, the down slow) to North Camp, arriving at 04:57 Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

We next board the 0434 Great Western Railway service to Guildford arriving at 0509 on Wednesday morning.

Was first, so from here.

We walk the 0.4 miles to the bus station (takes 8 mins). We are in no rush, as our intended bus leaves the station at 06:20am, namely the Stagecoach 65 service to Alton. We stay on for the whole ride, getting off at Alton High Street (Stop C) at 07:10 on Wednesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Then walk the 0.5 miles (maximum distance) to Alton Station, and then get the 07:44 South West Trains to Ash Vale, arriving at 08:08 on Wednesday evening.

 

[James Wake]

Next onto the 0814 South West Trains service to Aldershot arriving at 0819 on Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

The adjacent bus station will provide our next move, and we head over to stop 6. At 08:35, we board the Stagecoach Hants and Surrey number 4 service which takes us towards Farnham. We alight at Sandy Hill (Trimmers Close) at 08:48 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0908 Stagecoach Hampshire and Surrey service 5 to Farnham (Union Road), arriving there at 0926 on Wednesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

Walk the 0.1 miles to South Street (Stop K) and get the 09:40 Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey service 18 to Haslemere Railway Station (o/s), arriving at 10:55 Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the station, we then board the 1121 South West Trains service 1P27 to Portsmouth & Southsea, arriving there at 1202 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[James Wake]

We walk the short distance to the Civic Offices (stop C) and join the 1221 Stagecoach South Coastliner service 700 to Felpham, o/s The Southdowns arriving at 1414 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1424 Stagecoach South service 700 to Littlehampton (Railway Station), arriving there at 1445 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

Get the 14:51 Southern service (which Google Maps says goes to Haywards Heath :?) to Clapham Junction, arriving at 16:20 Wednesday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We transfer to the 16:39 Southern service to Milton Keynes Central, which arrives at 18:00 on Wednesday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Then transfer to the 18:13 to Glasgow Central, arriving at 23:17 Wednesday night.

 

[me123]

We head over to Platform 13 in plenty of time for the 23:45 towards Ardrossan, 2F87. We travel as far as Saltcoats, alighting at 00:28 on Thursday morning.

 

[johnnychips]

There doesn't seem to be much else happening at Saltcoats at that time of night, so we kip in the station shelter, then outside get the X36 0535 Stagecoach West Scotland service to Glasgow Hope St/Bath St arriving 0648 on Thursday morning .

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the five minute walk to Central station, we then board the 0750 CrossCountry service 1V56 to Tiverton Parkway, arriving there at 1626 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

Then get the next service from Tiverton Parkway, 1E63, the 16:35 Crosscountry service to York, arriving at 21:55 Thursday evening.