The Transport Game (UK)

[A Challenge]

We then get the London Eastern Railway service 1E23 to London Kings Cross, arriving at 2053 Saturday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2200 LNER service to Newark North Gate arriving at 2319 on Saturday.

 

[Alex365Dash]

We wait for the next service out of Newark North Gate (as there seems to be no late Saturday or Sunday service for any of these buses), and as it's a Sunday it's an alarmingly late 11:03 for the LNER service to Lincoln, arriving at 11:29 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of TOC sees us next board the 1214 Northern service to Berry Brow that arrives there at 1446 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We wait for the next service out of Newark North Gate (as there seems to be no late Saturday or Sunday service for any of these buses), and as it's a Sunday it's an alarmingly late 11:03 for the LNER service to Lincoln, arriving at 11:29 on Sunday morning.

There are earlier train services available towards London, Harrogate or Nottingham.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There are earlier train services available towards London, Harrogate or Nottingham.

On that note, were there not any other services from 2053 to 2200 at Kings Cross? Seems a long wait (especially to return to Nottinghamshire!)

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Based on the two discussion postings above, do any postings made after that point which was being discussed need to be struck-through and which posting is the one from which the thread should be continued?

 

[Andy Pacer]

On that note, were there not any other services from 2053 to 2200 at Kings Cross? Seems a long wait (especially to return to Nottinghamshire!)

I believe the minimum connection time to be 15 mins at KGX (although I'm open to correction), so the next available train to Newark was the 22.00

 

[ValleyLines142]

I believe the minimum connection time to be 15 mins at KGX (although I'm open to correction), so the next available train to Newark was the 22.00

I see.

Well I'll continue from Newark then, on the basis that there are earlier services.

As we've ended up back in Nottinghamshire again from London, we go for the 0907 London North Western Railway service 1A15 to Peterborough, arriving there at 0939 on Sunday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0955 LNER service to Grantham arriving at 1013 on Sunday morning.

 

[Alex365Dash]

There are earlier train services available towards London, Harrogate or Nottingham.

My apologies, was only looking northbound and 10:27 wasn’t much better!

 

[Alex365Dash]

We take the 0955 LNER service to Grantham arriving at 1013 on Sunday morning.

We then take the 10:45 LNER service to Lincoln, arriving at Lincoln for 11:29.

And we're back to where we were...

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1156 East Midlands Railway service to Lowdham arriving at 1239 on Sunday.

 

[DerekC]

We down a rapid pint at "The Railway", looking longingly at the Sunday lunches being served up and walk gloomily the 400 yards to the War Memorial to catch the 13:18 Nottingham City Transport service 26 to Nottingham (King Street)* where we arrive at 13:55 on Sunday afternoon.

* - sorry, not much choice from Lowdham

 

[Alex365Dash]

We walk the 0.1 mile (3 minutes) to Royal Centre Tram Stop to catch the 14:02 Nottingham Express Transit service to Nottingham Station, arriving at 14:07 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

We enter the station and board the 14:52 East Midlands service to Wellingborough where we arrive at 15:53 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1655 East Midlands Railway service 1B58 to St Pancras International, arriving there at 1750 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Alex365Dash]

We walk the 13 minutes (0.6 miles) to Wellingborough Post Office, where we board the 16:24 Stagecoach Northamptonshire gold service X47 to Northampton (Bus Interchange), arriving at 17:12 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Alex365Dash]

We then walk downstairs for the 18:10 Thameslink service to Redhill, arriving for 18:56 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk the 13 minutes (0.6 miles) to Wellingborough Post Office, where we board the 16:24 Stagecoach Northamptonshire gold service X47 to Northampton (Bus Interchange), arriving at 17:12 on Sunday afternoon.

Such a rule wouldn't be allowed anyway because it's over the maximum 0.5 mile walk.

We then walk downstairs for the 18:10 Thameslink service to Redhill, arriving for 18:56 on Sunday afternoon.

We next board the 1904 Southern service 1C54 to Fratton, arriving there at 2047 on Sunday evening.

 

[DerekC]

We wait for the 19:29 Great Western service to Dorking Deepdene where we arrive at 19:39 on Sunday evening.

We have to wait until 22:15 for a Great Western service to Salisbury where we arrive at 23:26 on Sunday evening

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2353 South Western Railway service to Gillingham arriving at 0017 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and return in the morning for the 0536 South Western Railway service 1L16 to London Waterloo, arriving there at 0736 on Monday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0820 South Western Railway service to Exeter Central arriving there at 1137 on Monday morning.

 

[Alex365Dash]

Such a rule wouldn't be allowed anyway because it's over the maximum 0.5 mile walk.

Or we can argue about the semantics of...

You may walk up to about half a mile when changing modes to a stop in the vicinity, if you wish.

...and how 0.6 miles would reasonably be seen as approximately 0.5 miles. But to be fair, there has to be a limit somewhere...

We take the 0820 South Western Railway service to Exeter Central arriving there at 1137 on Monday morning.

We take the 11 minute (0.5 mile) walk to Exeter St Davids railway station to board the 12:27 CrossCountry service to Leuchars, arriving there for 21:29 on Monday night.

Edit: Definitely didn't say Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I think it all depends on where we are too.

We next board the 2328 Caledonian Sleeper service 1B16 to London Euston, arriving there at 0747 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0807 London Northwestern Railway service to Tring arriving there at 0852 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0934 Southern service 2O29 to Imperial Wharf, arriving there at 1030 on Tuesday morning.

 

[DerekC]

We exit the station and walk 200 yards to Sands End (Imperial Harbour) where we board the 10:46 London United service 306 to East Acton (Bromyard Avenue) arriving at 11:30 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1135 Abellio London service 207 to Shepherds Bush (stop R on Uxbridge Road) that arrives there at 1151 on Tuesday morning.