The Transport Game (UK)

[InterCity:125]

We catch the 11:17 skylink service from lower road, arriving at the East Midlands airport terminal at 11:54

 

[ValleyLines142]

We catch the 11:17 skylink service from lower road, arriving at the East Midlands airport terminal at 11:54

Is there not an earlier service? This is too late in the day.

Also you have not specified what day of the week it is.

 

[InterCity:125]

Is there not an earlier service? This is too late in the day.

Also you have not specified what day of the week it is.

Still saturday

 

[Esker-pades]

@InterCity:125 , please tell me if this is what you meant:

We take a short walk to Lower Road to catch the 23:17 Nottingham Skylink service to East Midlands Airport Terminal, arriving there at 23:54 on a Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

@InterCity:125 , please tell me if this is what you meant:

We take a short walk to Lower Road to catch the 23:17 Nottingham Skylink service to East Midlands Airport Terminal, arriving there at 23:54 on a Saturday.

Sounds more like it but would still be invalid as we only got off the tram at 23.15

 

[Esker-pades]

Sounds more like it but would still be invalid as we only got off the tram at 23.15

Yeah, it does seem very tight. I would contribute, but I really don't know the transport round there enough to be useful.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yeah, it does seem very tight. I would contribute, but I really don't know the transport round there enough to be useful.

When is the next service?

 

[Esker-pades]

When is the next service?

It appears to be every hour.

We take a short walk to the Lower Road bus stop to catch the 00:17 Nottingham Skylink service to East Midlands Airport Terminal, arriving there at 00:54 on a Sunday.

 

[Esker-pades]

It appears to be every hour.

We take a short walk to the Lower Road bus stop to catch the 00:17 Nottingham Skylink service to East Midlands Airport Terminal, arriving there at 00:54 on a Sunday.

Looking further, the actual time is 00:18, and the bus stop name is Salisbury Street.

 

[kevconnor]

I think we have to say this was the most recent valid post:

We make our way to the light rail platforms and board the 2302 Nottingham Express Transit service to University Boulevard, arriving there at 2315 on Saturday evening.

 

[InterCity:125]

Yeah, it does seem very tight. I would contribute, but I really don't know the transport round there enough to be useful.

Should be a one minute walk

 

[Esker-pades]

I think we have to say this was the most recent valid post:

We then board the 23:22 Nottingham Express Transit service to Hucknall, arriving there at 23:08 on a Saturday.

Should be a one minute walk

Wrong direction. That bus stop takes you into the city centre, not towards the Airport.

 

[InterCity:125]

arriving there at 23:08 on a Saturday.

Time traveling or simply arriving at 00:08 on a Sunday?

Wrong direction. That bus stop takes you into the city centre, not towards the Airport.

Ah, sorry.

 

[InterCity:125]

we catch the early morning 5:54 service by East Midland trains. Disembarking at Worksop, we find the time to be 6:49 on a sunday

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Just a reminder for new contestants that we use a 24 hour clock on this thread.

 

[Esker-pades]

we catch the early morning 5:54 service by East Midland trains. Disembarking at Worksop, we find the time to be 6:49 on a sunday

Sunday departures from Hucknall. Nothing until 08:21.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sunday departures from Hucknall. Nothing until 08:21.

Which exactly was the last valid posting made?

 

[Esker-pades]

Which exactly was the last valid posting made?

The last post that is certainly valid was #16229:

We make our way to the light rail platforms and board the 2302 Nottingham Express Transit service to University Boulevard, arriving there at 2315 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thanks for that. It does help when any incorrect posting is struck-through, so people can see exactly where the quiz is actually up to.

 

[Esker-pades]

We make our way to the light rail platforms and board the 2302 Nottingham Express Transit service to University Boulevard, arriving there at 2315 on Saturday evening.

We take a short walk to the Salisbury Road bus stop to catch the 00:18 Nottingham Skylink service to East Midlands Airport Terminal, arriving there at 00:54 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 0157 Kinchbus ‘Skylink’ service to Hathern, The Anchor Inn arriving there at 0215 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0232 Kinchbus 'Skylink' service to Derby (Railway Station), arriving there at 0318 on Sunday morning.

 

[InterCity:125]

We sleep overnight and in the morning catch the 9:28 service to Plymouth, arriving at 13:52 on a Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 1435 Cross Country 1E63 service to Burton Upon Trent arriving at 1924 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then take the 1435 Cross Country 1E63 service to Burton Upon Trent arriving at 1924 on Sunday.

Is this the amended timetable? It's normally only four hours from Plymouth to Burton not five.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Oddly the pdf Timetable doesn’t even show it as calling at Burton on Trent.

 

[DanTrain]

We sleep overnight and in the morning catch the 9:28 service to Plymouth, arriving at 13:52 on a Sunday.

Hold.

This move involves a 4.5 hour wait from the 5am wake up time prescribed from the game. Normally this is acceptable on a Sunday, but from Derby both the Skylink, the East Mids Airport bus service and the 06:50 to St Pancras leave a lot earlier. Sorry!

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 0232 Kinchbus 'Skylink' service to Derby (Railway Station), arriving there at 0318 on Sunday morning.

To keep things moving, we instead curtail our sleep, and board the 06:50 East Midlands Trains service 1C18 to Kettering, arriivng at 07:47 Sunday morning.

 

[InterCity:125]

We board the 8:21 East Midlands trains service arriving at London st Pancras at 9:42 on a Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

BR

We board the 7:49 East Midlands trains service arriving at London st Pancras at 9:30 on a Sunday.

HOLD CALLED

BR Times state a minimum connection time of 5 minutes at Kettering station, so since the previous service arrived at 0747, it is NOT possible to use a train with a 0749 departure time.