The Transport Game (UK)

[DanTrain]

Walking 0.4 miles (8 mins) to Park Ward, opp Queen's Drive, we then get some sleep, before boarding the 09:31 Stagecoach East Citi 2 service to South Bretton, adj Deer Leap, where we arrive at 09:57 Sunday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 10:15 Stagecoach East service Citi 2 to Paston (Pitneys), arriving at 10:41 Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the two minute walk to the bus stop adjacent to Ridings School and there board the 1055 Stagecoach East Citi 2 service to Thorpe Wood (Police Headquarters on Thorpe Wood Road) that arrives there at 1123 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1150 Stagecoach East service 2 to Peterborough (Queensgate Bus Station), arriving there at 1157 on Sunday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Walking across to the station, we then board the 12:17 VTEC (for now!) service 1S15 to Darlington, arriving at 14:04 Sunday afternoon (a nice change for Inverness here if we feel like it!).

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to keep to the same TOC and board the 1419 VTEC service to Kingussie that arrives at 1918 on Sunday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Without much in the way of buses, we chose to board the 20:35 ScotRail service 1H17 to Carrbridge, arriving at 20:55 Sunday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

As that's the last train, we then get the 07:19 Scotrail service 1H03 to Inverness, arriving at 07:49 Monday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Then we join the 07:55 Virgin Trains East Coast 1E13 service to Darlington arriving there at 13:35 on Monday.

 

[A Challenge]

Does the southbound Inverness not arrive into Darlington at 13:23?

 

[ValleyLines142]

I believe it does.

To play it safe, we then board the 1413 CrossCountry service 1V62 to Newton Abbot, arriving there at 2001 on Monday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Unless I've made a mistake that shouldn't that arriving at Newton Abbot at 20:59 (leaving 21:01)?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Unless I've made a mistake that shouldn't that arriving at Newton Abbot at 20:59 (leaving 21:01)?

This weekend yes due to the Parkway to Temple Meads closure and diverts via Swindon and Bath, but usually it's 1844 off Temple Meads and gets into Penzance for 2241.

 

[A Challenge]

I missed that it was a VAR, and then as it was taking up the path of the next hour's train I thought you were just an hour out!

We then get the 20:25 Great Western Railway service 1A35 to Reading, arriving at 23:06 Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Allowing for the seven minute minimum connection time here at Reading, we then board the 2314 Great Western Railway service 2P93 to Ealing Broadway, arriving there at 0004 in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 00:42 Great Western Railway service 2R86 to Twyford, arriving at 01:25 Tuesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Does the southbound Inverness not arrive into Darlington at 13:23?

Apologies you’re quite correct, I was too busy making sure I looked at the current timetable and not the new I managed to quote last Monday’s which was running late!

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 01:30 GWR 2P01 service to Maidenhead arriving there at 01:38 on the early hours of Tuesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

After waiting overnight, we then get, from Broadway, and get the 06:07 First Berkshire and The Thames Valley service 4 to Slough Bus Station (Bay 4), arriving at 06:34 Tuesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We move to bay 6 to catch the 07:05 First bus service X74 to High Wycombe Eden Bus Station arriving there at 08:00 on Tuesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 08:20 Carousel service 40 to Lewknor Turn M40 J6 (Stop B), arriving at 08:50 Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0906 Oxford Tube service to London (Buckingham Palace Road/Bressenden Place), arriving there at 1025 on Tuesday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 10:34 SouthEastern service 2K16 from Victoria Station, arriving at Dover Priory at 12:37 Tuesday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

That isn't doable within the minimum connection time, which is 10 minutes, and there is the walk from the coach station

 

[kevconnor]

Leaving the station we go to the stop at Dover (Kent), Priory Street where we take Stagecoach in East Kent 15 The Diamond at 12:46 as far as Canterbury, Old Gate Inn (NW-bound) where we arrive at 1314 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station we go to the stop at Dover (Kent), Priory Street where we take Stagecoach in East Kent 15 The Diamond at 12:46 as far as Canterbury, Old Gate Inn (NW-bound) where we arrive at 1314 on Thursday afternoon.

Hold on. The last move was invalid, so we need clarification.

 

[DanTrain]

Sorry about this, I didn't realise it took 10 mins to get through Victoria.

Instead, we wait around for a while and board the 11:07 Southeastern service 1S30 to Dover Priory, now arriving at 13:06 Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1349 Southeastern service 1C25 to Ashford International, arriving there at 1414 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 14:24 Southern service 2D35 all the way through to Eastbourne, arriving at 15:42 Tuesday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

From ouside the station, we board the 16:03 Brighton and Hove Bus & Coach Conpany Coaster 12A service to Friston, adj Pond , arriving at 16:16 Tuesday afternoon.