The Transport Game (UK)

[Vexed]

We take the 10 minute walk to Oldham Central Bus Station and board Stagecoach Manchester's 0952 service 76 to Miles Platting (Garforth Avenue), arriving at 1039 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1051 Stagecoach Manchester service 76 to Manchester (Piccadilly Gardens stop D, near Lever Street) that arrives at 1057 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving Manchester behind, we take the eight minute walk to Piccadilly station and board the 1133 Northern service 1N62 to Kirkham & Wesham, arriving there at 1235 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and walk to the adjacent bus stop and there board the 1316 Blackpool Transport service 75 to Burn Naze (the bus stop opposite the Iron Horse PH on Fleetwood Road) that arrives there at 1427 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Vexed]

We cross the road for the opposite bus stop and board the 1434 Blackpool Transport service 75 to Preston (opp Railway Station), arriving at 1557 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are mindful of the eight-minute minimum connection time that applies at this station whilst walking down the inclined approach to the station and are in time to board the 1610 Northern Trains service to Rufford that arrives there at 1628 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Vexed]

We take an eight minute walk to the bus stop Rufford (Hesketh Arms) and board the 1721 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 2A to Burscough Bridge (Tesco), arriving at 1730 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1735 Preston Bus service 313 to Skelmersdale (Concourse Stand 4) that arrives there at 1813 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave from stand 5 at 1821 on Arriva North West service 375. We alight at Orrell (Post Office) at 1842 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave from stand 5 at 1821 on Arriva North West service 375. We alight at Orrell (Post Office) at 1842 on Tuesday.

A not uncommon error as the stop named above is the location of Orrell Post (stop C), which is quite a distance away from the actual Post Office in Orrell.

Assuming this to be the case as the timing was spot on, we cross the road to Stop D (Council Offices) and from there we board the 1906 Arriva North West service 352 to St Helens (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1934 on Tuesday evening,

 

[-Colly405-]

Interesting that what I thought I saw isn't what I actually saw! Orrell Post is indeed where we were!

We walk (3 min / 0.1 mile0 to St Helens Central railway station where we board Northern's 1F06 at 2001. We alight at Liverpool Lime St at 2021 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to Stand 7 of Queen Square Bus Station, where we board the 2035 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 21 to Northwood (Brook Hey Drive), arriving there at 2122 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (7 min / 0.3 mile) to the Bigdale Drive stop on Old Rough Lane, where we board Stagecoach Merseyside service 217A at 2143. We alight at Bell Vale, Bus Station at 2224 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2240 Arriva North West service 79 to Halewood (Shopping Centre), arriving there at 2256 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leaave from Leathers Lane stop A at 2330 (a 3 min / 0.1 mile walk) on Arriva North West service 166. We alight at Garston (Liverpool South Parkway station, stand 2) at 2346 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We enter the station and take the 2357 Merseyrail service to Hunts Cross arriving at 0002 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and return in the morning for the 0445 Arriva North West service 81A to Walton (Stanley Park Avenue North), arriving there at 0515 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave at 0544 on Arriva North West's 60, alighting at Wavertree Station (stop B) at 0600 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0620 Arriva Merseyside service 60 to St Michaels (the bus stop adjacent to Ashbourne Road on Aigburth Road) that arrives there at 0634 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 0729 we board Arriva North West's 82A, which takes us across the Mersey to the borough of Halton. We alight at Runcorn, High St (Stand 8) at 0854 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0906 Arriva North West service 79C to Childwall (Beuclair Drive), arriving there at 1000 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1011 Arriva Merseyside service 79 to Edge Hill (the bus stop adjacent to Overton Street on Wavertree Road) that arrives there at 1023 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

It's 8 minutes (0.5 mile) to Edge Hill station, so we head there and board 2A15, Northern's 1104 service from which we alight at Eccles at 1147 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1205 Northern Trains service to Newton-le-Willows that arrives there at 1218 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1305, Transport for Wales's 1D37 takes us to Flint, where we arrive at 1406 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1446 Transport for Wales service to Bangor that arrives there at 1550 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1616 Transport for Wales service 1I26 to Sandwell & Dudley, arriving there at 1920 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Vexed]

We continue on Avanti West Coast's 1955 service to Rugby, arriving at 2054 on Wednesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We exit the station and walk to the Abbey St bus stop on Murray Rd (1 min walk). There we board Stagecoach Midlands service D1A at 2126, alighting at DIRFT 3 at 2147 on Wednesday.

 

[Vexed]

We can't jump onboard a National Express service on the adjacent M1 so we board Stagecoach Midlands D1A service at 2322 to Rugby Clifton Road (Stand B), arriving at 2344 on Wednesday.