The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Time to visit the western reaches of the Greater Manchester rail network at this late hour on a Sunday, so we cross over to the railway station and board the 2205 Northern Trains service to Ince that arrives there at 2307 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With it being far too late for bus services on a Sunday, we are fortunate enough that one more service remains as we board the 2330 Northern service 2J86 to Moorside, arriving there at 2352 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We do not have much option to make an onward move, so we decide it would be sensible to take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and rather than look for an early morning local area bus, we stay on the station and board the 0616 Northern Trains service to Todmorden that arrives there at 0707 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There were two more bus services running from that location.

We next board the 0754 Northern service 2K63 to Upholland, arriving there at 0925 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There were two more bus services running from that location.

I did state "rather than look for local buses" in my posting as that particular area of Salford MBC is one that is better not to be in at 2352 on a Sunday evening and it would have meant leaving the railway station in order to walk to the bus stop and that time was within the allowed time to use the overnight travel relaxation ruling.
At least the train that I chose took us away from Greater Manchester.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

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• Night services in the UK can be quite limited, so when the previous move arrives at its destination after 2300 you are allowed to wait until 0500 the next day if you wish.

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[-Colly405-]

We are over half a mile from the nearest bus stop, so we cross platforms and board Northern's 1005 service, from which we alight at Wigan Wallgate at 1019 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station, crossing over Wallgate and take the two minute walk to the bus stances outside Wigan North Western railway station and there board the 1044 Arriva North West service 385 to Carr Cross (the bus stop opposite Coe End Farm on Southport Road) that arrives there at 1221 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We cross the road and depart at 1235 on Arriva North West service 300. We alight at Maghull, Gordon Ave at 1259 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1329 Arriva North West service 300 to Bootle (Fernhill Road), arriving there at 1358 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1411 Arriva North West service 68 to Aigburth Vale (Stop C on Ashfield Road) that arrives there at 1526 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1534 Arriva North West service 82A to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, arriving there at 1555 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1604 Arriva North West service 86A to Liverpool ONE bus station that arrives there at 1700 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1750 we head off from Stand 1 on National Express service 550, alighting at Digbeth, Birmingham Coach Station at 2015 on Monday.

I have a "thing" about us getting stuck in Liverpool for ever

 

[ValleyLines142]

Yes, I thought the same!

We take the ten minute walk to New Street station, where we board the 2103 CrossCountry service 1O34 to Southampton Airport Parkway, arriving there at 2335 on Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2343 South Western Railway service to Poole that arrives there at 0036 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We sleep, and then walk (5 min / 0.2 mile) [or do we walk and then sleep???] to the stop known as Barclays, where we await Morebus service 4 at 0536. We alight at Wimborne Minster (The Square) at 0610 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0642 morebus service 3 to Creekmore (the bus stop on Cabot Lane on Creekmore Lane) that arrives there at 0717 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to the bus stop on Northmead Drive, adjacent to Milfield, where we board the 0723 morebus service 9 to Turlin Moor (Egmont Road Substation), arriving there at 0741 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0758 morebus service 8 to Poole (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0835 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0844 morebus service m1 to Castlepoint (Library), arriving there at 0947 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1007 morebus service 4 to Bournemouth (Pier) that arrives there at 1040 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1100 morebus service 1 to Purewell (Two Rivers Meet Leisure Centre), arriving there at 1139 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1157 morebus service 1B to Boscombe (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1230 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Vexed]

Next we board the 1254 morebus service 2 to Springbourne (Ophir Gardens), arriving at 1203 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bidding a lovely farewell to Bournemouth, we take the six minute walk to the station and board the 1222 South Western Railway service 1W58 to London Waterloo, arriving there at 1419 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Remembering that there is a 15-minute minimum connection time at this very large railway station, wishing to stay with the south-coastal region, we next board the 1435 South Western Railway service to Weymouth that arrives there at 1715 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We head for platform 1 where we depart at 1730 on GWR's service towards Bristol. We alight at Frome at 1901 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Remembering that there is a 15-minute minimum connection time at this very large railway station, wishing to stay with the south-coastal region, we next board the 1435 South Western Railway service to Weymouth that arrives there at 1715 on Tuesday afternoon.

That was one hell of a detour to go 50 minutes down the line from Bournemouth....

We head for platform 1 where we depart at 1730 on GWR's service towards Bristol. We alight at Frome at 1901 on Tuesday.

We are just a wee bit too far away from the town centre to board any local bus services, and there isn't a great deal of rail options either. All we can really do for now is board the 1957 South Western Railway service 1L51 to Westbury, arriving there at 2006 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still enamoured by the coastal reaches, especially those of the South West, we next board the 2028 Great Western Railway service to Penzance that arrives there at 0150 on Wednesday morning.