The Transport Game (UK)

[RDP]

Very little choice here but to back track so we head to Granton Square and take the 22.54 Lothian Buses service 22 alighting at Broomhouse Avenue at 23.28 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk around the corner to Broomhouse Drive, where we board the 2358 Lothian Buses service 21 to Portobello (Wakefield Avenue), arriving there at 0042 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break. We make our way to Kings Road and take the 04.59 Lothian Buses service 21 to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary arriving at 05.15 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0536 Lothian Buses service 48 to Musselburgh (High Street) that arrives thereat 0558 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0628 East Coast Buses service 113 to Pencaitland (Pencaitland Park), arriving there at 0700 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0808 Eve Coaches service 123 to Haddington (Market Street) that arrives there at 0820 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0832 East Coast Buses service X6 to Meadowbank (Meadowbank House), arriving there at 0922 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0927 Lothian Buses service 44 to Balerno (Cockburn Crescent) that arrives there at 1026 on Thursday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.55 McGills Scotland East service 63 alighting at Edinburgh Park station at 11.23 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and next board the 1142 Scotrail service to Dunblane that arrives there at 1231 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the three minute walk to the police station, where we board the 1238 Scottish Citylink service M8 to Cumbernauld (Town Centre Stances), arriving there at 1325 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We then take the 13.34 Stagecoach West Scotland service X25 to Glasgow (Buchanan Bus Station) arriving at 13.56.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1410 First Glasgow service X11 to Netherton (Netherwood Road), arriving there at 1437 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

we make our way to the Dollar Park stop from where we take the 14.46 First Glasgow service 266 to Hamilton Bus Station arriving at 15.04 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1600 Stuart's Coaches service 243 to Law Hill (Quarry Road/Lawhill Road) that arrives there at 1627 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We cross over to the adjacent bus stop and board the 1725 Stuarts of Carluke service 248C to Wishaw General Hospital, arriving there at 1741 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1806 JMB Travel service 251 to Shawsburn (the bus stop before Ashgillhead Road on Ayr Road) that arrives there at 1825 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Took me absolutely forever to find this bus stop, turns out there's no such place as Shawsburn but it's in fact in Ashgill. Of course, as I imagined it to happen when I looked, Bus Times has indeed made it up....

 Plodding along, with the correct location confirmed, we next board the 1825 Stuarts of Carluke service 317 to Lanark (Bus Station), arriving there at 1856 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Took me absolutely forever to find this bus stop, turns out there's no such place as Shawsburn but it's in fact in Ashgill. Of course, as I imagined it to happen when I looked, Bus Times has indeed made it up....

I beg to differ. Shawsburn is indeed a settlement in South Lanarkshire and not one that is made up by Bustimes.org and it is known to both the Michelin maps and to a number of estate agents who are actively marketing properties there, which you can see online.

 

[RDP]

we enter the nearby railway station and take the 19.26 ScotRail service to Glasgow Central arriving at 20.15 on Thursday.

 

[htafc]

Let us now move to platform 16 and board the 2027 to Motherwell, also operated by ScotRail. We arrive at Motherwell railway station at 2104 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Let us now move to platform 16 and board the 2027 to Motherwell, also operated by ScotRail. We arrive at Motherwell railway station at 2104 on Thursday.

Cannot be done as there is a 15-minute minimum connection time at Glasgow Central.

 

[htafc]

Cannot be done as there is a 15-minute minimum connection time at Glasgow Central.

Ah! Apologies. I shall consider an alternative move.

 

[htafc]

We instead catch the later 2034 ScotRail service to Motherwell, arriving at 2110 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2117 ScotRail service to Dalmuir that arrives there at 2219 on Thursday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.26 ScotRail service to Bathgate alighting at Glasgow Queen Street at 22.53 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting the 10-minute minimum connection time at this station, we next board the 2310 ScotRail service to Dundee that arrives there at 0044 on Friday morning.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before taking the 05.39 ScotRail service to Inverness via Aberdeen arriving at 09.35 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1050 ScotRail service 1B26 to Edinburgh, arriving there at 1428 on Friday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next board the 14.52 Avanti West Coast service to Euston alighting at Birmingham New Street at 19.06 on Friday.