The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1950 Metroline Superloop service SL8 to Acton (Old Town Hall), arriving there at 2010 on Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2038 London United service 440 to Turnham Green (Church on Chiswick High Street) that arrives there at 2052 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2105 Metroline service H91 to Heston (Sutton Lane/Great West Road), arriving there at 2129 on Monday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2146 Metroline service H91 to Gunnersbury Station (Stop B) that arrives there at 2202 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Entering the station we depart on 2N73, the 2207 London Overground Mildmay Line service towards Stratford, from which we alight at Willesden Junction at 2221 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Hideous names for the Overground. Sorry.

We next board the 2235 London United service 220 to Fulham High Street/New Kings Road, arriving there at 2308 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Agreed!

We cross Fulham High St to stop FJ of the same name where we board GoAhead London (London General) for TfL service 74 at 2321. We alight at Lisson Grove (Old Mary-le-bone Town Hall, stop W) at2356 on Monday.

 

[Mountain Man]

We wait through Midnight and catch the N18 London United bus at 00:10 to Trafalgar Square / Charing Cross stop A, arriving 00:28 on Tuesday morning

 

[-Colly405-]

Feeling that it may be time to escape London (althugh others may disagree), we cross Cockspur St to Stop S we board London United service N9 at 0035. We alight at Heathrow Central Bus Station at 0127 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Agreed.

We next board the 0200 Oxford Bus Company The Airline service to Oxford (Gloucester Green Bus Station), arriving there at 0325 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (6 mins / 0.2 mile) to Park End St stop D1 where at 0556 we board Stagecoach Oxfordshire service 14. We alight at John Radcliffe Hospital, Main Entrance, stop J2 at 0619 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0640 Oxford Bus Company City service 100 to Blackbird Leys (Blackbird Leys Road/Sandy Lane West), arriving there at 0725 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Nicely timed, Oxford Bus service City 3A arrives at 0730, so we hop on. We alight at Sandford-on-Thames (Catherine Wheel) at 0753 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0909 Oxford Bus Company service 45 to Abingdon (High Street) that arrives there at 0939 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to Stratton Way stop A4 (4 min / 0.2 mile) where we board Thames Travel service X2 at 0951. We alight at Didcot Parkway Station, stop R3 at 1020 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1111 Great Western Railway service 1G11 to Stonehouse, arriving there at 1200 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 4 minute walk takes us to the Elgin Mall bus stop on Bath Rd. There we board Stagecoach West service 65 at 1235, from which we aight at Dursley (Sainsbury's) at 1303 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1326 Stagecoach West service C60 to Wotton-under-Edge (the bus stop before the War Memorial) that arrives there at 1344 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1355 Cotswold Green service 40 to Rodborough (Kings Road), arriving there at 1427 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1446 Cotswold Green service 40 to Lightpill (the bus stop opposite Bowl Hill on Kitesnest Lane) that arrives there at 1453 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1525 Cotswold Green service 8 to Bisley (Stirrup Cup), arriving there at 1559 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

It appears that the remaining two buses through here this day both only go as far as Stroud. Therefore, boarding the first of the two we depart on Cotswold Green service 8B at 1622. We alight at Stroud (Merrywalks, stop B) at 1638 on Tuesday.

 

[Mountain Man]

Alas with it being Tuesday there is no chance to visit Stroud market so we make do with a walk up from Merrywalks to Stroud Railway Station, boarding the 17:31 GWR service, alighting at Kemble Railway station at 17:45

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 1845 Stagecoach West service 882 to Cirencester (the bus stop opposite The Forum on South Way) that arrives there at 1907 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

For a town of its size, Ciren only has one more service left here, the 2003 Stagecoach West service 51 which we take as far as Penhill (Bradley Road), arriving there at 2056 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk 9 mins / 0.4 miles to the Orchid Close stop where we await Go South Coast (t/a Swindon's Bus Company) service 11 at 2129, although we are concerned that we are nowhere near the South Coast so maybe it is an impostor. We alight at Oakhurst (Voyager Dr) at 2145 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2158 Swindon's Bus Company service 11 to Middle Wichel (Waitrose on East Wichel Way) that arrives there at 2244 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

With the only remaining bus here today being in 4 minutes(*) we take advantage of the overnight rule and return in the morning to board Stagecoach West service 9 at 0530. We alight in Wroughton (High St) at 0537 on Wednesday.

(*) - Technically we could possibly get this one as it looks to be the same vehicle returning, and I don't fancy a third trip on the 11...

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0557 Stagecoach West service 49 to Trowbridge (Tesco), arriving there at 0655 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (7 min / 0.3 mile) to Mortimer St where we board First West of England service Discover D1 at 0735. We alight at Westbury (Railway Inn) at 0752 on Wednesday.