The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0945 National Express West Midlands service 49 to Rubery (Hollywood Bowl), arriving there at 1052 on Saturday morning.

 

[A0]

Next take the Kevs Cars and Coaches service 55 which leaves at 1136 and takes us to Ridgacre opp Tesco arriving at 1303 Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1314 National Express West Midlands service 19 to Queen Elizabeth Hospital that arrives there at 1346 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

From bus stop QA we board Stagecoach Midlands service 41 at 1400, which we take to Acocks Green, Primary School where we alight at 1435 on Saturday.

 

[A0]

From there we'll walk the 0.3 miles / 6 mins to Acocks Green station where we'll take the 1503 WMR service to Stratford Upon Avon arriving at 1546 Saturday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 7 min (0.4 mile) walk takes us to the Civic Hall bus stop on Rother St where at 1627 we board Pulhams (now part of GoAhead) service 51. We alight at Moreton-in-Marsh, Black Bear at 1709 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1726 Stagecoach Midlands service 1A to Chipping Campden, Tilbury Hollow arriving at 1745 on Saturday

 

[A0]

Choices are a bit limited, so we'll take the next 1A at 1813 which we'll take to Stratford Upon Avon adj Betjeman Road arriving at 1849 Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Choices are a bit limited, so we'll take the next 1A at 1813 which we'll take to Stratford Upon Avon adj Betjeman Road arriving at 1849 Saturday evening.

Are you sure about this? All I can see remaining is an 1818 1A back towards Moreton-in-Marsh on a Saturday? The last service towards Stratford seems to be the one we've just got off. Forgive me if I'm wrong, however.

 

[A0]

Are you sure about this? All I can see remaining is an 1818 1A back towards Moreton-in-Marsh on a Saturday? The last service towards Stratford seems to be the one we've just got off. Forgive me if I'm wrong, however.

Bustimes is showing a 1A at 1813 from Chipping Campden on a Saturday https://bustimes.org/trips/258648381#stop-time-15013601704

 

[Andy Pacer]

Bustimes is showing a 1A at 1813 from Chipping Campden on a Saturday https://bustimes.org/trips/258648381#stop-time-15013601704

Google has that as over an hour's walk from the stop we alighted at.

EDIT - 54 minutes.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bustimes is showing a 1A at 1813 from Chipping Campden on a Saturday https://bustimes.org/trips/258648381#stop-time-15013601704

 

[ValleyLines142]

Google has that as over an hour's walk from the stop we alighted at.

EDIT - 54 minutes.

Indeed. We're at Tilbury Hillow, not the Town Hall. The bus you've quoted at 1813 is the same service we've alighted at, just half an hour further down the route.

 

[A0]

Google has that as over an hour's walk from the stop we alighted at.

EDIT - 54 minutes.

OK - point of order - it really *shouldn't* be described as Chipping Campden then - it's nearer to Broadway than Chipping Campden - I'll strike my post out.

 

[Andy Pacer]

OK - point of order - it really *shouldn't* be described as Chipping Campden then - it's nearer to Broadway than Chipping Campden - I'll strike my post out.

Point of order or not, I'll continue to use the bus stop names as quoted on bustimes.org as i'm not to know the locality of stops in areas i'm unfamiliar with which must be the case for all of us as contributors.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This is why I despise Bus Times for that reason. Amazing for layout and navigation; location wise its about as useful as a vegan at a hog roast!!

Well I believe the 1818 Stagecoach 1A runs on a Saturday to Moreton-in-Marsh Station, so shall we go with that, arriving at 1839 on Saturday?

 

[Andy Pacer]

Works for me. I think i've said to you before that it's frustrating for me as a bus operator to see misleading localities on our services!

We'll alight the bus and walk into the railway station and await the 1854 Great Western Railway service to Charlbury arriving at 1910 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Definitely would be a bug bearer of mine!

We next board the 2002 Great Western Railway service 1W37 to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving there at 2102 on Saturday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 2124 West Midlands Trains service to University arriving at 2208 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave at 2226 on West Midlands Trains 2P69, alighting at Lichfield City at 2314 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

May as well slip another move in, we board the 2333 West Midlands Trains service to Butlers Lane arriving there at 2343 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Taking advantage of the overnight ruling we walk (4 min / 0.2 mile) to the Butlers Lane stop on Clarence Road from where at 0813 we board NXWM service Platinum X3, alighting at Erdington, Six Ways Island at 0834 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0839 National Express West Midlands service 28 to Old Oscott (Glenmead Road), arriving there at 0852 on Sunday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

NXWM 997 at 0915 takes us to Aldridge, Shopping Centre, arriving at 0942 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 0958 National Express Midlands service 7 to Walsall Wood, Vigo Grove arriving there at 1008 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1050 National Express West Midlands service 937A to Perry Common (Elmbridge Road), arriving there at 1125 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Point of order or not, I'll continue to use the bus stop names as quoted on bustimes.org as i'm not to know the locality of stops in areas i'm unfamiliar with which must be the case for all of us as contributors.

OBSERVATION

As a matter of sheer interest, I too use bustimes.org for the majority of bus times postings that I make and twice in quite recent times, their area description in timetables has been "corrected" by another website contributor. I admit not to have an encyclopaedic area location name knowledge of all the settlements that are covered by this particular thread, so I have no other option than to use that information that is printed in timetables in the bustimes,org website.

 

[ValleyLines142]

OBSERVATION

As a matter of sheer interest, I too use bustimes.org for the majority of bus times postings that I make and twice in quite recent times, their area description in timetables has been "corrected" by another website contributor. I admit not to have an encyclopaedic area location name knowledge of all the settlements that are covered by this particular thread, so I have no other option than to use that information that is printed in timetables in the bustimes,org website.

There are other options available.

Happy to discuss via message to save clogging up the thread.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There are other options available.

Happy to discuss via message to save clogging up the thread.

My observation was in reply to a posting by a quiz contributor that was posted by that person on the thread, hence it was on the thread that I made my reply.

 

[-Colly405-]

We next board the 1050 National Express West Midlands service 937A to Perry Common (Elmbridge Road), arriving there at 1125 on Sunday morning.

We depart at 1137 on NXWM service 33. We decide to alight at Pheasey, Collingwood Centre at 1153 on Sunday.

The observant amongst as, and those of a certain age, may recognise the (unexpected) link between this destination and my username