The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2310 First West of England service 172 to Paulton (Paper Lane/Hallatrow Road) that arrives there at 2357 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2310 First West of England service 172 to Paulton (Paper Lane/Hallatrow Road) that arrives there at 2357 on Wednesday evening.

That's from Bath, not Bristol.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

That's from Bath, not Bristol.

Thanks for correcting me....that posting now resides in the land of the struck-through...

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Thanks for correcting me....that posting now resides in the land of the struck-through...

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Not to worry! I've had more than my fair share of boo boos!

We embark in a trip to the seaside, as we board the 2305 First West of England Badgerline service X1 to Weston-super-Mare (Marine Parade), arriving there at 0009 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Time to invoke the overnight travel relaxation rule, so we next board the 0605 First West of England service X5 to Portishead (the bus stop on the Precinct on High Street) that arrives there at 0700 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0722 First West of England Badgerline service X4 to Hotwells (Hotwell Road), arriving there at 0808 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0905 First West of England service X8 to Nailsea (Link Road) that arrives there at 0937 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0953 First West of England service X8 to Backwell (Crossroads), arriving there at 1005 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1024 First West of England service X1 to Ashcombe (Langford Road/Locking Road) that arrives there at 1059 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1111 First West of England Badgerline service 3 to Bournville (Buttermere Road), arriving there at 1133 on Thursday morning.

 

[A0]

Not alot of choice here - so it's onto the 1148 First West of England 3 which we'll take to Weston Super Mare Interchange arriving there at 1203 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We enter the railway station and take the 12.24 GWR service to Penzance alighting at Redruth at 16.14 on Thursday.

 

[A0]

We'll leave on the 1642 GWR service to London Paddington, which we'll take to Swindon arriving there at 2055 Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 2131, GWR's 1G31 towards Cheltenham takes us to Stonehouse where we arrive at 2203 on Thursday.

 

[A0]

All options seem to be heading to the same places, so we'll take the 2301 GWR service to Cheltenham arriving there at 2331 Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Waiting overnight we depart on the first train in the morning, Transport for Wales's 2L43 towards Maesteg, departing at 0537. We alight at Sarn at 0736 on Friday morning.

 

[A0]

We'll walk 0.4 miles / 9 mins to Aberkenfig Post Office bus stop and we'll then take the 0758 First Cymru service 70 to Cymmer - Turning Circle arriving there at 0847 Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0854 First Cymru service 71 to Bridgend (Bus Station), arriving there at 0957 on Friday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Departing from stand 5 at 1005 we board First South West Wales service X2, alighting at Porthcawl, John St at 1030 on Friday.

 

[A0]

We'll take the 1040 First Cymru service X2 to Cardiff Central Station arriving there at 1215 Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1249 Transport for Wales service 1W19 to Wilmslow, arriving there at 1550 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A0]

Leave the station and at 1610 board the D&G Bus service 88 to Altrincham Interchange arriving there at 1645 Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the light rail stop and board the 1653 Metrolink Green Line service to Besses o'th' Barn, arriving there at 1745 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We cross over and board the 1759 Metrolink Yellow Line service to Piccadilly Gardens, arriving there at 1826 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A0]

We'll walk 4 mins / 0.2 miles to Manchester Central Coach station. There we'll wait about an hour for the 1935 National Express service 172 to Newcastle, which we'll take to Sunderland Interchange arriving at 2240 Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2315 Go North East service 24 to South Shields (Interchange) that arrives there at 2342 on Friday evening.

 

[A0]

We'll take the Go North East service 50 which leaves at 2348 and takes us to Concord Bus Station arriving at 0019 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0033 Go North East service 56 to Newcastle (Monument/Market Street), arriving there at 0100 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

[A0]

Taking advantage of our overnight break we'll walk to Haymarket Bus Station (0.5 miles) and at 0838 board the Arriva Northumbria X15 which we'll take to Berwick Upon Tweed - Golden Square arriving at 1057 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the nine minute/0.4 mile walk to the railway station and next board the 1148 CrossCountry service 1V60 to Cheltenham Spa, arriving there at 1650 on Saturday afternoon.