The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

At this location of the airport we remain only with two routes, so we continue on the 1159 Stagecoach Manchester service 313 to Stockport (Leyland Street), arriving there at 1240 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Thinking that it is time to keep fit, we walk (8 min / 0.4 mile) up the hill to the railway station, where we depart on 1L11, East Midlands Railway's 1254 service.
We alight at Ely at 1614 on Thursday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 16:31 Greater Anglia service 2L79 to Soham, arriving at 16:37 Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1650 Greater Anglia service 2E80 to Peterborough, arriving there at 1739 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the railway station, we take the six minute walk to Queensgate bus station and there board the 1827 Stagecoach Midlands service X4 to Weldon (the bus stop adjacent to Church View on High Street) that arrives there at 1923 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not a great deal of options here, so we continue on the 2006 Stagecoach Midlands service X4 to Corby (Railway Station), arriving there at 2018 on Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

THe X4 is our lot in Weldon. We let the next one pass at 2006 (as, like the 1923 arrival, it only goes as far as Corby). We board the 2054 departure, which takes us through Corby and we then alight at Kettering Bus Interchange (Stop 14) at 2134 on Thursday.

Pipped!

 

[A Challenge]

Not a great deal of options here, so we continue on the 2006 Stagecoach Midlands service X4 to Corby (Railway Station), arriving there at 2018 on Thursday evening.

We enter the station and wait for the 21:42 East Midlands Railway service 1H62 to Luton Airport Parkway, arriving at 22:31 Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2244 Thameslink service 9T73 to Preston Park, arriving there at 0056 in the early hours of Friday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the first train of the morning, the 05:10 Thameslink service 9S00 to Hitchin, arriving at 07:07 Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0741 Thameslink service 9J11 to Coulsdon South, arriving there at 0853 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 0901 Metrobus service 463 to Mitcham (Pollards Hill Library on South Lodge Avenue) thar arrives there at 1010 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1015 Arriva London service 255 to Clapham Park (Belthorn Crescent), arriving there at 1048 on Friday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (7 min / 0.3 mile) to the Poynders Rd / Clarence Ave stop where we await the 1056 journey on Arriva London (for Transport for London) service 50.
We alight at Thornton Heath (Clock Tower, stop G) at 1131 on Friday.

 

[A Challenge]

We walk to Stop D and get the 11:41 Arriva London on behalf of Transport for London service 450 to Sydenham (Bell Green / Sainsbury's), arriving at 12:22 Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1236 Arriva London service 194 to West Croydon (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1343 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the light rail stop opposite the bus station, we board the 1357 Tramlink service to Harrington Road, arriving there at 1415 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1421 Tramlink service to Wimbledon that arrives there at 1504 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the bus stop outside the station, we next board the 1509 London General service 57 to Clapham Park (Atkins Road/New Park Road), arriving there at 1604 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave at 1617 on Abellio London service 45. We alight at Elephant & Castle Station (stop T) at 1701 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1707 Northern Line service to Colliers Wood, arriving there at 1727 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 1732 Go Ahead London service 57 to Kingston-upon-Thames (Fairfield Bus Station) that arrives there at 1820 on Friday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (4 min / 0.2 mile) to Kingston railway station where we board 2H53, SWR's 1841 service. We alight at Upper Halliford at 1901 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and walk to the bus stop on the station approach and there board the 1936 Diamond Bus South East service 557 to Addlestone ( Bus stop E at Tesco on Station Road) that arrives there at 2006 on Friday evening.

 

[DerekC]

We walk the 200 yards to Addlestone railway station and wait for the 20:34 South Western Railway service to Weybridge where we arrive at 20:38 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This is a somewhat hesitant and tentative attempt to attempt to use one of the alternative heavy rail information systems recently suggested to me by other contributors........

We next board the 2058 South Western Railway service to Woking that arrives there at 2108 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Looks good to me!

We next board the 2200 South Western Railway service 1W85 to Parkstone, arriving there at 2331 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting that there are only two single-stop services left in the day and that we are available to take advantage of a proper use of the overnight travel relaxation rule, we next board the 0530 South Western Railway service to Totton that arrives there at 0623 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (4 min / 0.2 mile) to St Teresa's Church (stop C), where we board Go South Coast, t/a Bluestar, service 8 at 0655.
We alight at Hythe, Pier at 0728 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0750 Bluestar service 9 to Southampton (West Quay), arriving there at 0830 on Saturday morning.