The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0640 Stagecoach West Scotland service 50 to Kilmarnock (Bus Station), arriving there at 0729 on Tuesday morning.

 

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We next board the 0735 Stagecoach West Scotland service 4 to Shawlands (The Granary), arriving there at 0827 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0834 First Glasgow service 38 to Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre, arriving there at 0933 on Tuesday morning.

 

[WestieBus]

We then board the 1004 Stagecoach West Scotland service X19 to Govan Queen Elizabeth Hospitals, arriving there at 1055 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave from Stop 1 at 1103 on First Greater Glasgow service 77. We alight at Glasgow Airport Terminal Building (Stance 6) at 1135 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1156 First Glasgow service 77 to Braehead (Shopping Centre), arriving there at 1218 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

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We then board the 1230 McGill's service 901 to Ladyburn (Gibshill Road), arriving there at 1301 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[WestieBus]

We then board the 1316 McGill's service 906 to Wemyss Bay Station, arriving there at 1357 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1419 McGills ClydeFlyer service 901 to Largs (Crawford Street), arriving there at 1431 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Noting that the rules state "Domestic ferry services to outlying islands, such as the Isle of Wight and the Scottish Islands are also acceptable ... however it is not intended that the game gets tied up on these islands for great periods of time", we walk (3 minutes / 0.2 mile) to Largs Ferry Terminal.
There, we board Caledian MacBrayne's 'Cumbrae' Largs - Cumbrae ferry at 1515 (the 1445 service is omitted from the timetable...).
We alight on Great Cumbrae Island, at Portrye (Cumbrae Ferry Terminal) at 1525 on Tuesday.

 

[318266]

To not make our trip to Cumbrae particularly pointless, we take the 1540 (the 1525 we have to miss for connection requirements) Millport Motors service 320 to Millport (Cardiff St), arriving at 1550 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Excellent!

Let's now make a seemingly pointless circular trip, which has the sole objective of seeing the views from the west coast of the island, by boarding Millport Motors service 320A at 1640. We alight back at Millport (Cardiff St) at 1725 on Tuesday.

I have a feeling that the next move may be quite predictable

 

[318266]

Does that route run in winter? Bustimes.org suggests it only runs on certain days and it doesn't show up on next stop finders for this Tuesday so I'm going to guess it isn't on? The millport motors website is horrific and I can't see it on there.

 

[-Colly405-]

Hmm, I couldn't work out the code in the days of operation on bustimes for the 320A, but am happy to assume that it doesn't run at the moment.


Interestingly, the (horrible) Millport Motors website also says that the 320 is only every 30 minutes from 24/10/22, not every 15.

So, I reckon that we follow the operator's timetable, meaning your 1540 320 to Millport, and my 320A, don't run, but there is a 1555 320 instead on your move which arrives at Millport at 1605. Does that work instead?

My next move then becomes the 1610 Millport Motors 320 departure, arriving back at Portrye (Ferry Terminus) / Cumbrae Slip at 1620 on Tuesday.

Maybe the mainland is calling after that futile trip

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yes, probably wise this is the only thing with these piddly little islands, bus services become immensely tricky to examine!

We next board the 1630 Caledonian MacBrayne service CM7 to Largs (Ferry Terminal), arriving there at 1640 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to the railway station (4 min / 0.2 mile) where we depart on Scotrail's 1T22 at 1648. We alight at Ardrossan South Beach at 1705 on Tuesday.

 

[WestieBus]

We walk to Ardrossan South Beach Road (bus stop, 0.1 miles), where we then board the 1720 Stagecoach West Scotland service 585 to Largs Main Street, arriving at 1805 on Tuesday

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to Largs railway station (5 mins / 0.2 miles) where we board 2T26, Scotrail's 1852 service, from which we alight at Glasgow Central at 1951 on Tuesday.

 

[WestieBus]

We then board the West Coast Motors service 398 to Glasgow Buchanan Street Bus Station, arriving at 2010 on Tuesday

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the eight minute walk to Glasgow Queen Street station and board the 2046 ScotRail service 1R26 to Edinburgh, arriving there at 2133 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

With a 10 minute minimum connection time here, we leave on 2T70, Scotrail's 2143 service, alighting at Galashiels at 2235 on Tuesday.

 

[WestieBus]

With a 10 minute minimum connection time here, we leave on 2T70, Scotrail's 2143 service, alighting at Galashiels at 2235 on Tuesday.

Well done forcing us to wait until 0530 to use transport
With no possible service to anywhere outside Galashiels Transport Interchange, we wait until 0555 to catch the ////Borders Buses X62, arriving at Edinburgh Bus Station at 0802 on Wednesday.

 

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Well done forcing us to wait until 0530 to use transport
With no possible service to anywhere outside Galashiels Transport Interchange, we wait until 0555 to catch the ////Borders Buses X62, arriving at Edinburgh Bus Station at 0802 on Wednesday.

Interjection only, as I've no time at the moment to play a round, but if the next move is going to be heading back to central Edinburgh, we could've done that by train, leaving Galashiels at 2323. Just a thought...

 

[ValleyLines142]

Interjection only, as I've no time at the moment to play a round, but if the next move is going to be heading back to central Edinburgh, we could've done that by train, leaving Galashiels at 2323. Just a thought...

Yes, let's do that.

Upon arrival at Edinburgh, at 0020, we stop off overnight and return in the morning for the 0540 London North Eastern Railway service 1E01, enjoying the non-stop journey from Newcastle to London Kings Cross, arriving there at 0940 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Applying the minimum 15 minute connection time to include transfers to Kings Cross St Pancras underground, we leave on the 0958 Transport for London Metropolitan line service, alighting at Chorleywood at 1047 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1057 Metropolitan Line service to Northwood Hills, arriving there at 1111 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

From the station bus stop A we board Metroline for TfL service 282 at 1119, alighting at Greenford Broadway, Stop J, at 1159 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1213 London United service 105 to Cranford (The Avenue), arriving there at 1257 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk for 2 minutes to the westbound stop CS on the A4 Bath Rd, where we board Transport for London service 81 (operated by Metroline) at 1313. We alight in Slough (Bus Station) at 1353 on Wednesday.
For this move I am using the published timetable, and ignoring the fact that in reality, due to the bus station fire last month, this service is currently terminating short at the Queensmere Car Park stop H.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Didn't even realise that had happened!

We walk around the corner to Wellington Street and board the 1400 First Berkshire & The Thames Valley service 3 to Uxbridge (Riverside Way), arriving there at 1429 on Wednesday afternoon.