The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2111 Northern service 2N37 to Carlisle, arriving there at 2305 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Because of the eight-minute minimum connection time that applies at Carlisle station, this precludes us from boarding the 2310 service to Dumfries, so we take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and next board the 0553 Northern Trains service to Millom that arrives there at 0753 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Cumbria's bus map shows bus route 7 here, but I can find no trace of its timetable anywhere, so we stay on the rails and await 2C42, Northern's 0914 service to Lancaster, from which we alight at Ulverston at 1016 on Saturday.

 

[WestieBus]

We walk to Ulverston Library (0.3 miles, 6 minutes) which from the stances, we would board Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire route 6, hopping off at Windermere Bus Rail Interchange at 1100 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1138 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Lakes Connection service 555 to Lancaster (Bus Station), arriving there at 1339 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave stand 14 at 1435 on Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire service Lune Villager 81, from which we alight at Kirkby Lonsdale (o/s Booth's) at 1543 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1645 Kirkby Lonsdale Coaches service 581 to Settle (Market Place), arriving there at 1725 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We've not had this opportunity while I've been playing, so lets head to the railway station (5 min / 0.2 mile) and board Northern's 2H94, the 1749 service towards Carlisle. We alight at Garsdale at 1820 on Saturday.

 

[WestieBus]

We board the 1825 The Little White Bus service 113 to Gayle Village, arriving there at 1846 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We are really quite remote now, which is no bad thing, but it does mean that must remain in Gayle overnight. We leave on the next available journey, which is Procters Coaches Dales & District service 856 at 1115 on Sunday. We take this to Northallerton, Station where we alight at 1231 on Sunday lunchtime.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1249 TransPennine Express service 1P72 to Gatley, arriving there at 1500 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1506 Northern Trains service to Roby that arrives there at 1610 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside and board the 1649 Arriva North West service 61 to Prescot (Bus Station), arriving there at 1711 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave stand D at 1752 on Arriva North West service 89, alighting at Thatto Heath, Scholes Lane at 1804 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1830 Arriva North West service 89 to Gateacre (the bus stop adjacent to Sandfield Road on Gateacre Brow) that arrives there at 1909 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk around the corner to the bus stop at the intersection of Rose Brow and Woolton Hill Road, where we board the 1923 Arriva North West service 81 to Bootle New Strand Station, arriving there at 1955 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We have plenty of time in hand to make our way onto the railway station and there board the 2006 Merseyrail service to Hillside that arrives there at 2035 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside and board the 2101 Arriva North West service 47 to Southport (Park Road West), arriving there at 2110 on Sunday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave at 2144 on Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancs service 2, from which we alight at stand 22 of the mecca that is Preston Bus Station at 2245 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Despite the size of Preston bus station, we forget it's a Sunday night and we are a bit limited, so all we can do here (as we are just before the permitted overnight break of journey time boundary) is board the 2320 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 125 to Chorley (Bus Station), arriving there at 2355 on Sunday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take advantage of the overnight rule and then cross the A6 to the southbound bus stop outside the railway station, where we board the 0540 journey on Stagecoach M&SL service 125. We alight at Horwich, The Crown (stop A) at 0555 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0653 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 125 to Bamber Bridge (the bus stop near Renshaw Drive on Chorley Road) that arrives there at 0744 on Monday morning.

FOOTNOTE

The times above are wrong and the correct information for the journey is detailed in the following posting.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0653 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 125 to Bamber Bridge (the bus stop near Renshaw Drive on Chorley Road) that arrives there at 0744 on Monday morning.

I can't seem to find that journey anywhere however there is a 0613 from The Crown arriving at Renshaw Drive at 0654, so I'll go with that.

We are actually some distance fairly north of Bamber Bridge itself so we're too far away to walk to the railway station, so we'll have to remain with the 125 here as we continue on the 0705 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 125 to Preston (Bus Station), arriving there at 0717 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Apologies for the faux pas about the departure time from Horwich to Bamber Bridge in my last posting. Instead of using my normal methodology, I found a 125 timetable published by TfGM, but did not check the date of its publication, which was not very recent...in fact some years out of date....

We next board the 0740 Preston Bus service 46 to Longridge (the bus stop opposite the Post Office on Berry Lane) that arrives there at 0846 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Don't worry, we've all been there! The number of times I've jumped a day or five leaves a lot to be desired!

We next board the 0909 Preston Bus service 45 to Blackburn (Bus Station), arriving there at 0944 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1010 The Blackburn Bus Company service 2 to Lower Wheelton (Red Lion PH) that arrives there at 1049 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We continue with The Blackburn Bus Company service 2, departing at 1149, and alight at Chorley Bus Station (Stand C) at 1201 oon Monday.

 

[WestieBus]

We then board the 1205 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire to Preston Bus Station (Stand 28), arriving at 1255 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1300 Stagecoach service 68* to Blackpool (Lonsdale Road), arriving there at 1425 on Monday afternoon.

* A route I've always wanted to do!

 

[WestieBus]

We then board the 1441 Blackpool Transport service 11 to Blackpool Market Street (Stop MA5), arriving at 1505 on Monday.