The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

Grateful for the opportunity to move northwards having been down south for several weeks, we next board the 1853 CrossCountry service 1E73 to Wakefield Westgate, arriving there at 2248 on Sunday evening.

(The unfortunate timing of less than a minute prevents us from getting the 1753).

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.58 Northern service to Doncaster arriving at 23.31 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2343 LNER service to Durham that arrives there at 0117 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before taking the 05.00 LNER service to Kings Cross alighting at Peterborough at 07.17 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0724 East Midlands Railway service 1R60 to Widnes, arriving there at 1105 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (5 mins0 to Sefton Ave stop where we board Arriva North West service 61 at 1125, alighting at Runcorn Heath Golf Course at 1155 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1237 Arriva North West service 61 to Prescot (Bus Station), arriving there at 1335 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 13.46 Arriva Merseyside service 89 alighting at Hunts Cross Station at 14.29 on Monday

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1439 Arriva North West service 81A to Walton (Stanley Park Avenue North), arriving there at 1529 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.35 Arriva Merseyside service 60 to Bootle New Strand Station arriving at 15.48 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1607 Arriva North West service 60 to Aigburth Vale (Aigburth Road), arriving there at 1713 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to Jericho Lane and take the 17.27 Arriva Merseyside service 82 to Liverpool ONE Bus Station arriving at 17.55 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1807 Arriva Merseyside service 10A to St Helens (the bus stop opposite Tullis Street on Prescot Road) that arrives there at 1920 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We then take the 19.31 Arriva Merseyside service 89 for the short hop to St. Helens Bus Station arriving at 19.35 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1949 Huyton Travel service 156 to Garswood railway station that arrives there at 2026 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We enter the station and take the 20.52 Northern service to Wigan North Western arriving at 21.04 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 2131 Arriva North West service 375 to Southport (King George V College), arriving there at 2251 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

Little choice here but to wait an hour and take the 23.51 Arrive Merseyside service 375 to Southport, Wellington Street arriving at 23.58 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That appears to be it for the rest of the night here, so we return in the morning for the 0555 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service X2 to Vauxhall (Newsham Street), arriving there at 0653 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

We cross the road and take the 06.49 Arriva Merseyside service 310 to Skelmersdale alighting at Ormskirk Bus Station at 07.59 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0831 Huyton Travel service 152 to Windlehurst (the bus stop adjacent to City Gardens on Bishop Road) that arrives there at 0907 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We're just a little too far away from St Helens for any decent onward connections (unless we go back towards Southport or to another part of St Helens that again is too far from anywhere else to connect), so let's continue on as we walk around the corner to Rivington Avenue and board the 0919 Arriva North West service 32 to St Helens (Bus Station), arriving there at 0925 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to St. Helens Central railway station and take the 09.57 Northern service to Blackpool North alighting at Preston at 10.33 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the eight-minute minimum connection time that applies at this station, we next board the 1044 Northern Trains service to Hebden Bridge that arrives there at 1142 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.32 Northern service to Chester arriving at 14.01 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stance, we next board the 1426 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service X1 to Birkenhead (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1603 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.27 Arrive Merseyside service 471 to Heswall Bus Station arriving at 17.06 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1732 A1's Coaches service 22 to West Kirby (the bus stop adjacent to Broxton Avenue on Greenbank Road) that arrives there at 1751 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1808 Arriva North West service 437 to Birkenhead (Watson Street), arriving there at 1839 on Tuesday evening.

 

[RDP]

We walk to Conway Park Station and take the 18.57 Merseyrail service to New Brighton arriving at 19.13 on Tuesday.