The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station opposite and board the 1318 Southern service 1J30 to Swanwick, arriving there at 1444 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We leave the station and take the 11.44 Metrobus service272 to Crawley Bus Station arriving at12.53 on Friday.

I was just about to post a move on the 1109 to Littlehampton, as the minimum connection time at Burgess Hill is four minutes and we arrived at 1105, and I was wondering if anyone would notice!

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 15.44 First Portsmouth service 28 to Fareham Bus Station arriving at 16.15 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1626 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport service 3 to Paulsgrove (Allaway Avenue Shops), arriving there at 1654 on Friday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 17.21 First Portsmouth service 18 to Southsea alighting at Fratton Bridge at 17.56 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1815 First Portsmouth, Fareham & Gosport service 1 to Southsea (South Parade Pier) that arrives there at 1831 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 18.45 Stagecoach South Service 23 to Leigh Park alighting at Havant College at 19.35 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1946 Stagecoach South service 23 to Portsmouth (The Hard Interchange) that arrives there at 2026 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to Portsmouth Harbour station and take the 21.19 SWR service to Waterloo arriving at 23.20 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 15 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 2340 South Western Railway service to Yeovil Junction that arrives there at 0159 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

What a place to be stranded in for the night!

Understandably, we remain here for the night and return in the morning for the 0615 South Western Railway service 1L95 to Pinhoe, arriving there at 0731 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 07.40 Stagecoach South West service E2 alighting at Exeter Dt. Thomas Railway station at 08.07 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside and next board the 0823 Stagecoach South West service A to Alphington (Clapperbrook Lane), arriving there at 0832 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside and next board the 0823 Stagecoach South West service A to Alphington (Clapperbrook Lane), arriving there at 0832 on Saturday morning.

We arrived by bus.

Not much choice but to back track so we go to the nearby Lockfield Court bus stop to pick up the return working at 08.40 to Exeter Bus Station arriving at 08.57 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We arrived by bus.

Not much choice but to back track so we go to the nearby Lockfield Court bus stop to pick up the return working at 08.40 to Exeter Bus Station arriving at 08.57 on Saturday.

Meh, it's still the same. It didn't twig that we'd arrived by bus at a railway station.

We next board the 0925 Stagecoach South West service 9A to Seaton (Marine Place), arriving there at 1100 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.00 Dartline Coaches service 20 to Taunton, Castle Way arriving at 14.05 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1430 First Buses of Somerset service 28 to Minehead (The Parade) that arrives there at 1554 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not a great deal of choice here so we wait for the 1607 Buses of Somerset Exmoor Coaster service to Lymmouth (Lyndale Coach Park), arriving there at 1700 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 17.10 Filers Travel service 310 to Barnstaple Railway Station arriving at 18.25 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the railway station and there board the 1843 Great Western Railway service to Crediton that arrives there at 1940 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not much choice here, but thankful that another service isn't far behind as we board the 1955 Great Western Railway service 2R63 to Exeter Central, arriving there at 2011 on Saturday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 20.30 SWR service to Waterloo alighting at Salisbury arriving at 2218 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next take the 21.30 SWR service to Salisbury arriving at 23.23 on Saturday.

That involves waiting an hour and 20 minutes; there's an earlier service before that, 1L80 departing 2030 arriving at 2218.

 

[RDP]

Post 37672 Corrected

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next take the 20.30 SWR service to Waterloo alighting at Salisbury arriving at 2218 on Saturday.

We next board the 2226 South Western Railway service to Andover that arrives there at 2244 on Saturday evening.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 23.08 Salisbury Reds service 8 to Salisbury alighting at Tidworth, Tesco at 23.32 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That's it for the remainder of the day, so in the morning we return for the 0828 Salisbury Reds Activ8 service 8 to Amesbury (Library), arriving there at 0900 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0947 Salisbury Reds service X4 to Salisbury (Blue Boar Row) that arrives there at 1015 on Sunday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.40 morebus service X3 to Bournemouth, Westover Road arriving at 11.55 on Sunday.

 

[buscoaster]

We walk a little along the road to Bournemouth Square, stand T and from here we catch the 1204 Purbeck Breezer service 50 to Swanage, arriving at 1310 at Sunday lunchtime, just in time for a picnic on the beach. With the sun shining, the bus is busy, as is the chain ferry across Poole harbour that the bus goes on. What a beautiful day for an open top ride!!!