The Transport Game (UK)

[RDP]

With no other Sunday bus routes here we take the 10.15 Team Pennine service 547 to Huddersfield Bus Station arriving at 10.22 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

QUERY

Do Team Pennine still run a Sunday service on route 360 from Birkby (Wheathouse Road/Newland Avenue) that departs at 0942 and arrives at the bus stop on Acre Street at 1020 for passengers visiting Huddersfield Royal Infirmary?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The obscure bustimes area names often relate to official parish boundaries, etc., so are often technically correct, eveb if day-to-day locals would never dream of using them!

I thought that this point was raised a couple of years ago with the forum quizmaster team. but I cannot recall the decision they reached.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from West Yorkshire, we take the eight minute/0.4 mile walk to the railway station and board the 1108 TransPennine Express service 1P66 to Gatley, arriving there at 1200 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.06 Northern service to Liverpool Lime Street alighting at Manchester Piccadilly at 12.21 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The 10-minute minimum connection time at this large station just gives the leeway to board the 1231 Transport for Wales service to Milford Haven that arrives there at 1907 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With it being a Sunday, there isn't man options here so all we can do is board the 1940 Transport for Wales service 1E89 to Carmarthen, arriving there at 2035 on Sunday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 21.16 TfW service to Cardiff Central arriving at 23.28 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With the exception of a service back towards Swansea, that is it for the remainder of the day and with Cardiff being my home city, local bus seem to wind down by 11pm at the latest on a Sunday, so, we return in the morning for the 0506 Great Western Railway service 1L01 to Didcot Parkway, arriving there at 0636 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 06.51 GWR service to Oxford arriving at 07.03 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stops outside and board the 0712 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service 1 to Blackbird Leys (Sandy Lane West), arriving there at 0743 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 07.55 Oxford Bus Company service 100 to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Main Entrance arriving at 09.00 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0910 Thames Travel Connector service X32 to Didcot (Broadway), arriving there at 1010 on Monday morning.

 

[NorthOxonian]

We then decide to make use of a fairly new service, and board the Thames Travel service X34 across the downs to Newbury Wharf (Bay D), arriving at 1121 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1155 Reading Buses Jet Black service 1 to Calcot (Sainsburys), arriving there at 1255 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 13.40 West Berkshire Council Transport Services service 44 alighting at Thatcham Station at 14.42 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the railway station and board the 1514 Great Western Railway service 2K41 to Reading West, arriving there at 1533 on Monday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.10 GWR service to Basingstoke arriving at 16.34 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1648 South Western Railway service to Weymouth that arrives there at 1902 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 20.14 GWR service to Bristol Temple Meads arriving at 22.35 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 10-minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 2248 Great Western Railway service to Swindon that arrives there at 2309 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 00.01 GWR service to Swansea arriving at 02.26 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Mindful of the 10-minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 2240 Great Western Railway service to Swindon that arrives there at 2309 on Monday evening.

So if there's a minimum ten minute connection why have we boarded a service that departs only five minutes later?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

So if there's a minimum ten minute connection why have we boarded a service that departs only five minutes later?

Because the departure time was 2248 and I had just put in my daily eyedrops prior to making the posting. My posting now shows that departure time of 2248.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Because the departure time was 2248 and I had just put in my daily eyedrops prior to making the posting. My posting now shows that departure time of 2248.

This is still incorrect. The only service to Swindon is the 2240 departure arriving at Swindon at 2319. It is impossible for a 2248 service arriving at 2309 as it is at least forty minutes between Bristol and Swindon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This is still incorrect. The only service to Swindon is the 2240 departure arriving at Swindon at 2319. It is impossible for a 2248 service arriving at 2309 as it is at least forty minutes between Bristol and Swindon.

Posting struck-through From what you say above about it taking more than forty minutes between Bristol and Swindon, it would also rule out a departure service time of 2240 and an arrival time of 2319, as that 39 minute journey time falls foul of your stated "at least forty minutes" journey time.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next take the 20.14 GWR service to Bristol Temple Meads arriving at 22.35 on Monday.

Confirming the minimum connection time of ten minutes, we next board the 2246 Great Western Railway service 2E82 to Gloucester, arriving there at 2339 on Monday evening.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break returning for the 05.48 TfW service to Maesteg arriving at 07.54 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0803 Transport for Wales service 2L44 to Pontyclun, arriving there at 0841 on Tuesday morning.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the short walk to the Cwm Bethel bus stop where we take the 09.40 First Cymru service 63 to Porthcawl, John Street arriving at 11.29 on Tuesday