The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

Our only option here is to take advantage of the overnight rule, and then take 6 minutes to walk the 0.3 mile to The Crown bus stop on Church St. We then board the 0746 Reading Buses jet black service 1, and take it as far as Newbury (Wharf, stop H) arriving at 0827 on Sunday.

 

[MaidaVale]

With a lack of onward bus connections that early in the morning on a Sunday (apart from doubling back on the 1), we take the short 10 minute walk down to Newbury Railway Station and board the 0854 Great Western Railway service towards Reading, Alighting at Reading West Station at 0921 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk for 1 minute to the station bus stops on Oxford Rd and there board the 0930 Reading Buses purple service 17, alighting at Tilehurst (Triangle, stop W) at 0940 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0949 Reading Buses Purple Line service 17 to Reading (Reading College), arriving there at 1019 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We will wait a while to try and go somewhere we haven't been for a while, and avoid options of London, Reading or South Wales

Once again, Reading acts like the proverbial magnet on this thread.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Once again, Reading acts like the proverbial magnet on this thread.

We were a little limited to where we could go from Tilehurst, unfortunately.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1107 Reading Buses Orange service 14 to Woodley (the bus stop near the Bulmershe Sports Centre on Woodlands Avenue) that arrives there at 1145 on Sunday morning.

 

[DerekC]

We are really short of options here on a Sunday morning, so we wait until 12:47 for the next Reading Buses Orange service 13 to North Earley (Shepherds Hill Top) where we arrive at 13:16 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1415 Reading Buses Orange service 14 to Reading (bus stop EM near Malmaison Hotel on Blagrave Street) that arrives there at 1503 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the railway station opposite and board the 1514 Great Western Railway service 1W47 to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving there at 1700 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the station, we walk to the adjacent bus stop outside and board the 1731 First Worcestershire service 144 to Rashwood (the bus stop opposite the Robin Hood Inn on Worcester Road) that arrives there at 1758 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

It being Sunday evening, we are limited to southbound journeys on the 144. Therefore we cross the road and board the 1833 First Worcestershire The Salt Road service 144, alighting at Droitwich Spa (Ombersley St E, stop 3) at 1840 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the six-minute walk to the railway station and there board the 1858 West Midlands Trains service to Birmingham New Street that arrives there at 1937 on Sunday evening.

 

[DerekC]

We have time for a coffee and a hot pasty before boarding the 20:22 Cross Country service 1L56 to Melton Mowbray where we arrive at 21:28 on Sunday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Not masses of options here as there are very few Sunday bus services and certainly nothing in the evening, so we take the 2232 Cross Country service to Leicester (sorry!) arriving at 2248 on Sunday, but there will be options from there.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not masses of options here as there are very few Sunday bus services and certainly nothing in the evening, so we take the 2232 Cross Country service to Leicester (sorry!) arriving at 2248 on Sunday, but there will be options from there.

I think that may only be a STP working; I can't seem to find that service on the regular WTT or on XC's website.

 

[-Colly405-]

Are we able to break the 5 min rule in exceptional circumstances?
We have a choice of either getting stuck in the land of pork pies overnight from 2128 (early!) or going with a 4 min connection into the 2132, arriving at Leicester at 2149.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I think that may only be a STP working; I can't seem to find that service on the regular WTT or on XC's website.

Yes, seems to be a "regular" working - struggling to find anything WTT related. I'll strike through.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We have time for a coffee and a hot pasty before boarding the 20:22 Cross Country service 1L56 to Melton Mowbray where we arrive at 21:28 on Sunday evening.

In which case we will wait overnight as there is nothing else from here. We return the following morning for the 0536 East Midlands Railway service to Oakham arriving at 0548 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0643 Crosscountry service to Manea that arrives there at 0739 on Monday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0826 Cross Country service to Peterborough arriving there at 0851 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Looking forward to a long bus ride, we leave the station and take the two-minute walk to the bus stop on Station Road and there board the 0914 First Norfolk and Suffolk service B to Easton (Bawburgh Road) that arrives there at 1205 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1217 First Norfolk & Suffolk Excel service C to Cringleford (Interchange), arriving there at 1225 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1250 First Norfolk & Suffolk Service C to Wisbech, Tesco arriving at 1509 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We are too far from the town centre to have any alternative to First's Excel services, so we take the short hop into town on the 1520 First Norfolk & Suffolk Excel service C, alighting in Wisbech (Horse Fair Bus Station) at 1525 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1615 Stagecoach East Midlands service 50 to Foul Anchor, Front Street arriving there at 1705 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not a great deal of options here, so we next board the 1817 Stagecoach East Midlands service 50 to Long Sutton (Market Court), arriving there at 1830 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We next take the 1849 journey on Stagecoach East Midlands service 505, alighting at Kings Lynn Transport Interchange at 1927 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We make the short walk to the Railway Station where we board the 1940 Great Northern service to Ely arriving at 2012 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2019 East Midlands Railway service to Thetford that arrives there at 2039 on Monday evening.