The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

On the sole basis that the 5 literally serves Tamworth and this estate, we return on the 1111 Arriva Midlands service 5 to Tamworth (Railway Viaduct), arriving there at 1123 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

From nearby Kettlethorpe Rd we take the 1133 Arriva Midlands service 7 to Stoneydelph, Pennymore Rd arriving there at 1150 on Wednesday morning.

 

[DerekC]

There being no other services here at this time of day and nowhere else to walk to, we cross the road to Standedge and at 12:02 board the next returning Arriva Midlands service 7 to Glascote Heath (Sheepcote Lane) where we arrive at 12:15 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 6 minute, 0.3 mile walk to the stop near the surgery on Tamworth Road and catch the 1235 Arriva Midlands service 785 to Warton, Maypole Stores arriving there at 1254 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

These bus services only appear to run in one direction towards the end of the route, and so the only possible move we can do here is to board the 1408 Arriva Midlands service 786 to Austrey (Main Road), arriving there at 1414 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1524 Arriva Midlands service 786 to Shuttington, Main Road (Stores) arriving there at 1533 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1658 Arriva Midlands service 786 to Tamworth (Corporation Street), arriving there at 1714 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1733 Arriva Midlands service 3 to Coton Green, Scimitar Close / Fontenaye Road arriving at 1748 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Once again, with every single bus stop served solely by the 3, I cannot do anything of any variety, so we return on the 1808 Arriva Midlands service 3 to Tamworth (Aldergate Clinic), arriving there at 1821 on Wednesday evening.

These buses around here are just so boring. All they do is just go up to the estates and head back into Tamworth town centre. Honestly so monotonous. There's not even anywhere along the route to change onto somewhere else other than Tamworth! Would hate to be a bus driver around here!

 

[Andy Pacer]

Once again, with every single bus stop served solely by the 3, I cannot do anything of any variety, so we return on the 1808 Arriva Midlands service 3 to Tamworth (Aldergate Clinic), arriving there at 1821 on Wednesday evening.

These buses around here are just so boring. All they do is just go up to the estates and head back into Tamworth town centre. Honestly so monotonous. There's not even anywhere along the route to change onto somewhere else other than Tamworth! Would hate to be a bus driver around here!

I did drive on loan to Tamworth a few years ago and most of the routes do inter work so they get some variety in their shift. Some of them hate doing the out of town routes too believe it or not!

We walk the 9 minutes 0.4 mile to Victoria Road and take the 1840 Arriva Midlands service 8 to Belgrave, Birds Bush Road arriving at 1849 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Thank god for that.

Well disappointingly, we are just too far away from Wilnecote station, so instead we wait a whole hour for the 1949 Arriva Midlands service 8 to Wilnecote (Purbrook), arriving there at 1953 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I'll take pity on us and end our tour of the Tamworth town network, and we walk the 8 minutes, 0.4 mile to Wilnecote station and board the 2105 CrossCountry service to Burton Upon Trent arriving at 2120 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I thoroughly enjoyed it to be fair, I just found it a little unusual that there is nowhere to connect to the longer-distance buses such as the 110 etc.

We next board the 2131 CrossCountry service 1E73 to Wakefield Westgate, arriving there at 2253 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2304 Northern service to Pontefract Monkhill arriving there at 2327 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We continue the short distance onto the 2349 Northern service 2F35 to Knottingley, arriving there at 2354 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

From nearby Pontefract Rd/Headlands Rd we take the 0005 Arriva Yorkshire service TK2 to Castleford, Bus Station arriving at 0018 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We retire for the night and return in the morning for the 0457 Arriva Yorkshire Sapphire service 166 to Leeds (Eastgate), arriving there at 0602 on Thursday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 5 minute 0.2 mile walk to the bus station and catch the 0625 Arriva Yorkshire service 203 to Dewsbury, Bus Station arriving at 0715 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0720 Arriva Yorkshire Max service 202 to Beeston Hill (Dewsbury Road/Hunslett Hall Road), arriving there at 0806 on Thursday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0823 First Leeds service 10 to Leeds, Bishopgate Street arriving there at 0833 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to Boar Lane, where we board the 0900 First Leeds service 7 to Primley Park (Nursery Lane/Primley Park Crescent), arriving there at 0940 on Thursday morning.

 

[DerekC]

We walk the 400 yards to the Harrogate Road/Belvedere Road stop and there board the 10:08 Harrogate Bus Company service 36 to Ripon (Bus Station) where we arrive at 11:22 on Thursday morning.

 

[Alex365Dash]

We just missed the 11:20, so we wait for the 13:25 North Yorkshire County Council service 150 to Thirsk (Market Place), where we arrive at 14:30 on Thursday afternoon.

Just within the time limit - since there's an 11:27 out I only had until 13:27 to catch a bus to Thirsk!

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1510 Reliance Motor Services service 30X to York (Exhibition Square), arriving there at 1614 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 11 minute 0.5 walk to York railway station and catch the 1644 Cross Country service to Derby arriving there at 1827 on Thursday.

Edited as time was wrong.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the 11 minute 0.5 walk to York railway station and catch the 1702 Cross Country service to Derby arriving there at 1845 on Thursday.

Can't seem to find this service? I can see a 1736 arriving at 1851 (1V93) or a 1744 arriving at 1929 (1V68). Have you looked at a VAR?

 

[Andy Pacer]

Can't seem to find this service? I can see a 1736 arriving at 1851 (1V93) or a 1744 arriving at 1929 (1V68). Have you looked at a VAR?

Apologies I was looking at real time (it was late), I'll edit the original post.

 

[DerekC]

We take the 11 minute 0.5 walk to York railway station and catch the 1644 Cross Country service to Derby arriving there at 1827 on Thursday.

Edited as time was wrong.

We exit the station and wait for the 18:44 Kinchbus Skylink service to Kegworth (Church) where we arrive at 19:36 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2016 Kinchbus Skylink Leicester Derby service to Loughborough (Lemyngton Street) that arrives there at 2032 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk around the corner to the bus stop on Baxter Gate, where we board the 2105 Nottingham City Transport Navy Line service 1 to Clifton (The Dip), arriving there at 2135 on Thursday evening.