The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

Let's next take 1L07, East Midlands Railway's service towards Norwich, which we take as far as Grantham at 1105 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Reminding ourselves there is a seven minute connection time at this station, we decide to board the 1128 East Midlands Railway service to Skegness that arrives there at 1255 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk for 2 minutes around the corner to the bus station, and board Stagecoach East Midlands Seasider service 1 at 1305. We alight at Chapel St Leonards Bus Station, which appears to be a single bus shelter, at 1332 on Saturday.

 

[Bacon_BMW]

Next we board the 1340 Stagecoach East Midlands service 59 to Sutton on Sea (Park Road), arriving at 1407 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We continue with the 1507 Stagecoach East Midlands service 59 to Mablethorpe, North End Car Park arriving at 1530 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We have no choice but to stick with Stagecoach East Midlands service 59, so we take the 1540 journey to Mumby (opp Washdyke Lane) where we arrive at 1611 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

After three consecutive trips on the 59, we look for a change and board the 1616 Hunts Coaches service 7 to Ingoldmells (the bus stop adjacent to the Police Station on Sea Lane) that arrives there at 1638 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We conclude our little outing to the villages north of Skegness by boarding Stagecoach East Midlands Seasider service 1 at 1650, and alighting back in Skegness (adj Scarborough Esplanade) at 1703 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Unfortunately we're a little too far from the Railway Station, so instead we await the 1711 Hunt's Coaches service 7 to Bilsby, Spar Shop arriving there at 1750 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Well, that's it for the Saturday, and Bilsby has no Sunday service.

Rule clarification please: Do we therefore have to await Monday morning, or are we allowed to walk further than the half-mile per the following "Additional Note" from post #1, below?

• Should the previous move leave you at a the end of a route for which there are no services timetabled to depart from then you may walk to the nearest stop where services are available.

 

[transportphoto]

Common sense and a touch of realism, if someone can find a sensible itinerary to keep us moving please do so

 

[ValleyLines142]

Think our best bet here is just waiting patiently until Monday morning, for the 0735 Hunts Coaches service 96A to Mablethorpe (Grayscroft Coach Depot), arriving there at 0755 on Monday morning.

There are a few Stagecoach services from here!

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's await the 0906 from here, which is Stagecoach east Midlands service 50. We take it to Louth (Bus Station) where we arrive at 0943 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1000 Stagecoach East Midlands service to Utterby (the bus stop adjacent to Church Lane on Main Road) that arrives there at 1018 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

On a Monday, Utterby is served only by the 51, so we wait an hour and continue north on Stagecoach East Midlands service 51 at 1118, alighting at Scartho (opp. Westkirke Ave) at 1144 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well I was hoping a trip to Cleethorpes was on the cards, but in the meantime we board the 1155 Stagecoach East Midlands service 8 to Grimsby (Riverhead Exchange), arriving there at 1212 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1245 Stagecoach East Midlands service 5 to Immingham (the bus stop opposite Highfield Avenue on Pelham Road) that arrives there at 1315 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's head east on the 1326 Stagecoach East Midlands service 5W and alight at Great Coates (Willows, Cromwell Rd) at 1350 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the four minute walk to the railway station and there board the 1432 East Midlands Railway service to Cleethorpes that arrives there at 1449 on Monday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

We exit the station and walk 400 yards to Cross Street where we wait for the 15:18 Stagecoach East Midlands service 9 to Waltham (Barnoldby Road) where we arrive at 16:13 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1635 Stagecoach East Midlands service 10 to Scartho (the bus stop opposite St Helens Avenue on Scartho Road) that arrives there at 1657 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We cross the road to the Millfield Ave stop and await Stagecoach East Midlands service 8 at 1713, which we take to Cleethorpes (the stop adjacent to North Sea Lane on Kings Rd) where we alight at 1735 on Monday.

This stop looks to be just in Cleethorpes, as the boundary with Humberston appears to be North Sea Lane itself.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Although we made a visit to both there and Scartho again recently, in this neck of the woods we are somewhat limited to either Grimsby or Cleethorpes, so we next board the 1748 Stagecoach East Midlands service 10 to Grimsby (Riverhead Exchange), arriving there at 1820 on Monday evening.

 

[DerekC]

We walk the 400 yards to Grimsby Town station and board the 18:40 East Midlands service 2L28 to Market Rasen where we arrive at 19:14 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Services are a bit thin on the ground in Lincolnshire, don't they!

There are no more buses here today, so winstead of waiting over 3 hours for the next southbound train, our only option is to head back north. So, we take 2L79, East Midland's 1946 service towards Cleethorpes, which we take only as far as Barnetby where we arrive at 2001 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Just a tad!

We next board the 2053 TransPennine Express service 1B95 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 2305 on Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 10 minutes minimum connection time that applies at that station, we next board the 2322 Northern Trains service to Strines that arrives there at 2355 on Monday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take advantage of the overnight relaxation facility and the following morning we take the 0631 Northern service to Bredbury arriving at 0644 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk the 5 mins (0.2 miles) to the Lower Bents Lane (Stop A) on Stockport Road West, and await Stagecoach Manchester service 383 at 0702 to Stockport (Merseyway Precint, stop D) where we arrive at 0721 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Stockport bus station has now been demolished. A new temporary six-stance terminus is currently on the site of a former adjacent car park on the other side of the River Mersey, but many other services now terminate in a number of sites in the town centre.