The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

Assuming no delays on the journey up from Devon, we take the 0652 Go Ahead London for TfL service 74 to Marble Arch (Stop W) at 0708 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

From nearby stop 14 we take the 0750 Arriva GreenLine service 757 to Luton Airport Bus Station arriving at 0901 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0815 National Express service 707 to Birmingham Airport (Bus Terminal), arriving there at 1100 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Countinuing our tour of airport bus/coach stations, we next board the 1225 National Express service 777 to Stansted Airport (Coach Station), arriving at 1620 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1700 National Express service 737 to Milton Keynes Coachway arriving there at 1930 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1935 National Express service 460 to Stratford-upon-Avon (Riverside Bus Station), arriving there at 2125 on Sunday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

There appear to be no more buses here today, and we are too far away to walk to the railway station. Therefore we have no option but to walk the 8 minutes (0.4 miles) to the McDonlads stop on Bridge St, and then return in the morning for the 0535 Stagecoach Midlands service X18. We take this to Evesham (Bus Station, Stand C), arriving at 0610 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we make a 7 minute 0.3 mile walk to the Railway Station to catch the 0635 Great Western Railway service to Kingham arriving at 0701 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's wander to the bus stop outside the railway station and board the 0719 Pulhams Coaches service 802, alighting at Stow-on-the-Wold (Old Post Office) at 0734 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 0855 Pulhams Coaches service 802 to Great Rissington, Lamb Inn arriving there at 0925 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Great Rissington being on a loop, our only option is now to board the 1008 Pulhams Coaches service 802 back to Stow or Kingham, so we alight at Kingham (Railway Station) at 1043 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We'll enter the railway station and wait for the 1102 Great Western Railway service to Charlbury arriving there at 1110 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk for 10 minutes (0.5 mile) to the Bell Hotel where we board Stagecoach Oxfordshire service S3 at 1127. We alight at Woodstock (Blenheim Palace) at 1156 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1216 Stagecoach Oxfordshire Gold service S3 to Chipping Norton (West Street), arriving there at 1236 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1303 Stagecoach Oxford Service S3 to Oxford, Railway Station arriving there at 1403 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We enter the station and board 1Y47, Chiltern Railways' 1411 service towards London, from which we alight at Bicester Village at 1424 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Then we continue with the 1457 Chiltern Railways service to Haddenham & Thame Parkway arriving there at 1509 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1516 Chiltern Railways service 1G39 to Birmingham Snow Hill, arriving there at 1638 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk the 8 minutes (0.4 mile) to New St station, and there board 1S53, Cross Country's 1703 service, from which we alight at Berwick-upon-Tweed at 2125 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2136 LNER service to Edinburgh arriving at 2219 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the six minute walk to George Street, where we board the 2240 Lothian Buses service 7 to Newhaven (Craighall Road), arriving there at 2301 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk the 7 minutes (0.3 mile) to the Pier Place stop, and there await the 2318 Lothian Buses Skylink 200 to Edinburgh Airport (Stop B) arriving at 2355 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and wait for the 0527 Lothian Buses Skylink service 400 to Fort Kinnaird (Fort Kinnaird West), arriving there at 0632 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take 4 minutes to walk the 0.2 miles to the Fort Kinnaird (Westbound) stop, where we await the 0726 Lothian Buses t/a East coast Buses service 106. We alight at Tranent High St at 0755 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0808 East Coast Buses service 113 to West Granton (Waterfront Broadway/West Granton Terminus), arriving there at 0921 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We next board the 0808 East Coast Buses service 113 to West Granton (Waterfront Broadway/West Granton Terminus), arriving there at 0921 on Monday* morning.

(* for those of you using journey planners make sure you select next Monday not this Monday as I expect it'll be a Sunday service for most operators).

You've missed Mondya; we are on Tuesday now

 

[ValleyLines142]

You've missed Mondya; we are on Tuesday now

Oh bum! Sorry!

 

[-Colly405-]

We next take the 0926 Lothian Buses service 24 to Edinburgh (Frederick St) alighting at 0957 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk for 11 minutes, 0.5 mile, to Waverley Station where we then take the 1037 Scotrail service to Carrbridge arriving at 1341 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

As the station is 3/4 mile from the nearest bus stop we have no choice but to leave by train. Our next trains northbound and southbound are at 1759, at which time we leave on Scotrail's 1H15 and alight at Inverness at 1827 on Tuesday.