The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

A 6 min (0.3 mile) walk, and an overnight wait, takes us to Elmwood Ave / Chestnut Crescent where we board Stagecoach North East service 4 at 0645. We alight at Doxford Park Way (the stop on the dual carriageway near Morrisons) at 0713 on Sunday.

Hello - I'm back after a self-enforced IT break during my annual leave

 

[RDP]

We next take the 07.18 Go North East service 39A alighting at Sunderland, Holmside at 07.39 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (4 min / 0.2 mile0 to the railway station where we board 2W04, Northern's 0851 service towards Nunthorpe. We alight at Stockton at 0937 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 09.56 Arriva North East service 15 alighting at Thornaby Town Centre, Lidl at 10.13 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1021 Arriva North East service 17 to Middlesbrough (Bus Station), arriving there at 1040 on Sunday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 11.40 Arriva North East service X4 to Whitby Bus Station arriving at 13.32 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1406 Arriva North East service X94 to Scarborough (Railway Station) that arrives there at 1508 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1520, East Yorkshire service 13 takes us to Filey Holiday Village where we alight at 1617 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Not much choice here, so we continue on the 1717 East Yorkshire service 13 to Bridlington (Bus Station), arriving there at 1755 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 18.25 East Yorkshire service 121 to Hull Interchange arriving at 20.05 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the railway station and board the 2103 TransPennine Express service 1K36 to Leeds, arriving there at 2158 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 10-minute minimum connection time that applies at this station, we next board the 2209 Northern Trains service to Sheffield that arrives there at 2304 on Sunday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 23.30 Northern service to Doncaster arriving at 00.06 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Was just about to post a move on the tram!

Well unfortunately, that's us buggered for the night as the only remaining service to stop here is set down only, so we have no choice but to return in the morning and embark on a journey across the Pennines as we board the 0536 TransPennine Express service 1B63 to Birchwood, arriving there at 0729 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and walk to the adjacent bus stances and there board the 0744 Warrington's Own Buses service 25 to Warrington (Bus Interchange) that arrives there at 0833 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.00 Arriva North West service X30 to Chester Bus Interchange arriving at 10.29 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1048 Stagecoach M&SL service 1 to Rock Ferry (Knowsley Road), arriving there at 1212 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1219 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 41 to Arrowe Park Hospital (Internal Grounds) that arrives there at 1305 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1316 Stagecoach service 471 to Birkenhead (Clifton Crescent), arriving there at 1335 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We head for the nearby Birkenhead Central station and take the 14.00 Merseyrail service to Ellesmere Port arriving at 14.30 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1442 Merseyrail service to Moorfields that arrives there at 1518 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.26 Merseyrail service to Southport arriving at 16.10 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station and taking the four minute walk to the Monument, we next board the 1632 Arriva North West service 47 to Vauxhall (Newsham Street), arriving there at 1754 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We cross the road and from the Westmorland Place bus stop we take the 18.48 Stagecoach M&SL service X2 to Preston Bus Station arriving at 20.39 on Monday

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2100 Stagecoach service 61 to Stanley Park (Health Centre), arriving there at 2202 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (10 min / 0.5 mile) to the Gymnasium stop on Grasmere Rd where we board Blackpool Transport service 6 at 2222. We alight at Mereside Windmill at 2237 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

At this time of night there appears to be no option but to back track so we take the 23.02 Blackpool Transport service 6 to Blackpool, Birley Street arriving at 23.22 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to North Pier and board the 2338 Blackpool Tram service to Burlington Road West, arriving there at 2351 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break after which we go to the nearby Blackpool Pleasure Beach station and take the 05.32 Northern service to Preston arriving at 06.08 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart on 9A31, Avanti West Coast's 0718 service towards London. We alight at Rugby at 0955 on Tuesday.