The Transport Game (UK)

[A0]

That looks to be the stop outside Booth's...?

We walk to the New Road stop (3 mins), where we await Stagecoach Cumbria service 567 at 1745. We alight at Kendal (South) (Westmorland General Hospital) at 1810 on Thursday.

Unless I'm very much mistaken, there are no more buses from that location for the rest of the day, nor from the stops within a 0.5m radius, and Oxenholme station is over 1 mile away so cannot be used either.

Which means an overnight will have to be taken here and we resume on Friday morning at 0726 when we board the first bus of the day, a Stagecoach 41 which we take to Kendal Bus Station arriving at 0746.

NB - If anyone can see an alternative way out on Thursday night, please post and I'll withdraw this post.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0800 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Lakes Connection seevice 555 to Windermere (Bus & Rail Interchange), arriving there at 0824 on Friday morning.

 

[A0]

A nice, short wait this time - at 0830 we board the Stagecoach 599 heading to Grasmere where we arrive at 0928 Friday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Sorry about the Westmorland General Hospital - it didn't cross my mind that there would be no buses at a hospital at 6pm on a weekday; unbelievable!

Can you remember to put the actual stop we alight, rather than jsut the location?

Anyway, we depart from Grasmere, Heaton Cooper Studio at 0945 on Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancs service 555, alighting at Keswick, Bus Station at 1014 on Friday.

 

[A0]

A short wait - long enough to grab a coffee in fact - before boarding the 1030 Stagecoach Cumbria 554 heading to Carlisle arriving at Carlisle Bus Station at 1150 Friday morning.

NP on the hospital - the fact it's a General Hospital means it doesn't have an A&E department, so probably less demand to travel to it out of hours.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1225, Stagecoach C&NL service 79 takes us to Dumfries (Whitesands, stance 2) where we arrive at 1403 on Friday.

 

[A0]

We wait for an hour and then board the 1500 Stagecoach West Scotland service 501 to Castle Douglas arriving at Castle Douglas, Market Street (Swimming Pool) at 1557, Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1605 Stagecoach West Scotland service 501 to Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, arriving there at 1649 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A0]

Where we wait until 1731 when we board the Stagecoach West Scotland service 500 to Stranraer which arrives at Stranraer Port Rodie (Tesco) at 1946 Friday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 2020 we leave on Stagecoach West Scotland service 367. We alight at Portpatrick, Post Office at 2039 on Friday.

 

[A0]

At 2020 we leave on Stagecoach West Scotland service 367. We alight at Portpatrick, Post Office at 2039 on Friday.

Now, if we say the 5 minute connection rule applies we are stuck here until the next day, however the bus we've just alighted from goes down the road, turns and comes back at 2040 getting back to Stranraer at 2102 - what should we do ?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Now, if we say the 5 minute connection rule applies we are stuck here until the next day, however the bus we've just alighted from goes down the road, turns and comes back at 2040 getting back to Stranraer at 2102 - what should we do ?

If its the same bus forming the next working, then that's fine.

 

[A0]

If its the same bus forming the next working, then that's fine.

Thanks !

In which case, to avoid the overnight at Portpatrick, we'll return on the 2040 Stagecoach 367 to Stranraer Port Rodie arriving at 2102 Friday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Nothing more around here tonight, so wondering whether the Police Station across the road might have somewhere we could spend the night, we return in the morning and take the fenced-in 7 minute walk (0.4 miles) to the railway station, where we board 1A11, Scotrail's 0700 service. We alight at Kilmarnock at 0852 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the eight minute walk to the bus station, where we board the 0905 Stagecoach West Scotland service 4 to Newton Mearns ( Church), arriving there at 0936 on Saturday morning.

 

[A0]

A 2 minute walk around the corner to Eagelsham Road / Maple Avenue, where we wait until 0959 for the ARG Travel 395 to East Kilbride Bus Station which arrives there at 1053 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1108 First Glasgow service 6 to Glasgow Nuffield Hospital, arriving there at 1231 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1236 First Greater Glasgow service 6A to Glasgow (the bus stop opposite Rose Street on West Graham Street) that arrives there at 1250 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart on McGills Scotland East Midland Bluebird service X10A at 1318. We alight at Balfron, Clinic at 1425 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1448 McGills Scotland East Midland Bluebird service X10 to Maryhill (Bilsland Drive), arriving there at 1546 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1609, First Greater Glasgow service 60A takes us to Milngavie (Stewart St). We alight at 1630 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1637 West Coast Motors service 15 to Hillhead (University Library on University Avenue) that arrives there at 1726 on Saturday evening.

 

[A0]

An 8 minute walk to Hillhead Subway station - as all I could find was a frequency of "up to 8 mins" on the web, we'll wait another 8 mins before boarding the subway for a journey to St Enoch's station which takes 14 minutes, meaning we arrive at 1756 Saturday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

The full timetable is on bustimes.org if you need it again in future, but let's run with the timings you state.

Let's walk to Glasgow Central station (6 min / 0.3 mile) where we board 1F77, Scotrail's 1818 service towards Ardrossan. We alight at Ardrossan South Beach at 1857 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1932 Scotrail service to Largs that arrives there at 1949 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 1955 McGills Clyde Flyer service 901 to Greenock (Margaret Street), arriving there at 2032 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2037 McGills service 507 to Midton (the bus stop opposite Kingsway on Tower Drive) that arrives there at 2049 on Saturday evening.

 

[WestieBus]

One last journey at that stop, we would hop on the last McGills' 545 at 2115 to Levan, opp McInroy's Point, arriving there at 2124 on Saturday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the very recent rules clarification, where a bus arriving at a terminus then forming the next journey not requiring the standard 5-minute minimum connection time, we next board the 2127 McGills service 545 to Gateside (the bus stop before Buchanan Street on Bow Road) that arrives there at 2149 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Conscious of the fact that services are starting to dwindle down the for the evening and knowing that it's Sunday the next day, and still unfortunately not being within walking distance of any stations, we take the six minute walk to Florence Street and there board the 2209 McGills service 517 to Greenock (Nicholson Street), arriving there at 2214 on Saturday evening.