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Then get the 19:39 National Express West Midlands service 246 to Dudley (Flood Street), arriving at 19:50 Friday evening
 
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We then board the 2038 National Express West Midlands service X96 to Stourbridge (Bus Station), arriving there at 2108 on Friday evening.
 

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Walk the 2 minutes (364 foot) to Stourbridge Town and get the London Midland service 2P88 (timed for a Sprinter despite being a 139!) to Stourbridge Junction, arriving at 21:23 Friday evening.
 

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We then quickly walk across onto Platform 2 to board the 21:25 London Midland service 2C73 to Smethwick Galton Bridge arriving at 21:45 on Friday night.
 

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And then transfer again onto the 22:07 London Midland service 2W63 to Smethwick Rolfe Street, arriving at 22:09 Friday evening.
 

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Exiting the station and crossing the road to the bus stop at the Blue Gates, we then board the 2244 National Express West Midlands service 83 to West Bromwich (Bus Station), arriving there at 2258 on Friday evening.
 

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We take the 2306 MM1 tram, operated by Midland Metro, from West Bromwich Central (next to the Bus Station) to Birmingham Grand Central, arriving 2325 on Friday evening.

Hope it's not full of drunks!
 

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It probably will be; it is Birmingham after all!

We then enter the station and board the 2354 London Midland service 2C37 to Birmingham International, arriving there at 0005 in the early hours of Saturday morning.
 

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Then get the 00:23 Virgin Trains West Coast service service 9G48 to Wolverhampton, arriving at 01:02 early on Saturday morning.
 

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Transferring to the bus station, we then board the 0455 National Express West Midlands service 529 to Walsall (Bus Station), arriving there at 0522 on Saturday morning.
 

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Then walk to the station and get the 06:01 London Midland service 2W02 to Wolverhampton, arriving at 07:05 Saturday morning.
 

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How are we back in Wolverhampton again?!

We then board the 0720 London Midland service 1F32 to Liverpool South Parkway, arriving there at 0832 on Saturday morning.

Just waiting for someone to take us on the 0844 back to Wolverhampton :lol:
 

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We next board the 0903 East Midlands Trains service, deciding to alight at Peterborough at 1237 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1252 Virgin Trains East Coast service 1D13 to Wakefield Westgate, arriving there at 1411 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 14.47 CrossCountry Aberdeen Service as far as Stonehaven, arriving at 20.22 Saturday evening.
 

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The walk the 8 minutes (0.3 miles) to North St David Street (Stop YC), and get the Scottish Citylink service 700 to Glasgow (Buchanan Bus Station), arriving at 02:40 Sunday morning.
 
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We then board the 0745 National Express service 544 to Heathrow Airport (Central Bus Station), arriving there at 1725 on Sunday afternoon.

Can't seem to find any earlier coach services in the area.
 

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Then get the 17:45 First in Berkshire and the Thames Valley service 7 to Slough Queensmere (stop G), arriving at 18:25 on Sunday evening.
 

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Heading over to the station, we then board the 1901 Great Western Railway service 1W59 to Worcester Shrub Hill, arriving there at 2110 on Sunday evening.
 

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Then get the 21:22 London Midland service 2V28 to Worcester Forgate Street, arriving at 21:23 on Sunday evening.
 

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Pathetically, Worcester has virtually zero buses after 7 o'clock on a Sunday, somewhat shocking given the size of the city, so we board the 2144 London Midland service 1V24 to Hereford, arriving there at 2227 on Sunday evening.
 

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And then the Arriva Trains Wales service 1V78 to Cardiff Central, arriving at 00:13 early on Monday morning.
 

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From Havelock Street, we then board the 0030 Cardiff Bus service 27 to Thornhill (Excalibur Drive/Camelot Way), arriving there at 0355 in the early hours of Monday morning.
 

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Then cross the road and get (presumably the same bus) on the 04:00 Cardiff Bus service 27 to Birchgrove Station, arriving at 04:09 still in the early hours of Monday morning.
 

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We then board the 0638 New Adventure Travel service X8 to Cardiff Bay (Millennium Centre), arriving there at 0707 on Monday morning.
 

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Then get the 07:18 Arriva Trains Wales service 2S06 to Cardiff Queen Street, arriving at 07:21 Monday morning.
 

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We continue up the Valleys on the 0745 Arriva Trains Wales service 2A08 to Mountain Ash, arriving there at 0827 on Monday morning.
 

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Then reverse onto the 08:34 Arriva Trains Wales service 2Y23 to Barry Island, arriving at 09:53 Monday morning.
 

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Exiting the station to the bus stop opposite, we then board the 1018 Cardiff Bus service 95 to Cardiff (Wood Street/Southgate House), arriving there at 1120 on Monday morning.
 

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