The Transport Game (UK)

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1238 Stagecoach London service 422 to North Greenwich Station arriving at 1319 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 13.24 Stagecoach London service 161 to Chislehurst, War Memorial arriving at 14.29 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1440 Stagecoach London service 161 to Mottingham Station arriving at 1455 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1500 Southeastern service 1N78 to Greenhithe for Bluewater, arriving there at 1526 on Friday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.37 GTR (Thameslink) service to Rainham alighting at Chatham at 16.06 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We exit the station and wait for the 1620 Arriva Southern Counties service 101 to Maidstone, St Faith's Street arriving at 1643 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We take the three minute walk to Earl Street and take the 17.55 Stagecoach South East service X3 to Canterbury Bus Station arriving at 19.41 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We make the 9 minute 0.4 mile walk to Canterbury East Station and wait for the 2047 Southeastern service to  Rochester arriving at 2137 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

With bus services in the Medway towns running down for the night we decide to move on and take the 21.41 GTR (Thameslink) service to West Hampstead Thameslink alighting at Dartford at 22.16 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 2247 Thameslink service to Kentish Town arriving at 2348 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 00.17 GTR (Thameslink) service to Three Bridges arriving at 01.28 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0204 Thameslink service 9W21 to Brighton, arriving there at 0228 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

After a much shorter than usual overnight break we take the 05.10 GTR (Southern) service to Eastbourne arriving at 05.45 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 0603 Southern service to Clapham Junction arriving at 0728 on Saturday morning.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Next up is the 0743 SWR train to Windsor & Eton Riverside. Arrive 0826 (Saturday).

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk 10 minutes (0.4 mile) to Windsor & Eton Central Station and catch the 0900 GWR service to  Slough arriving at 0908 on Saturday morning.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

We can then catch the 0924 GWR train service to Didcot Parkway, arriving 1020 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1034 Great Western Railway service to Kings Sutton arriving there at 1114 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Can't see any local buses here, so looks as if we're stuck to the rails. We board the 1139 Great Western Railway service 2V27 to Oxford, arriving there at 1203 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.10 CrossCountry service to York arriving at 15.17 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1539 Transpennine Express service to Redcar Central arriving at 1649 on Saturday.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

And then we take the 1703 Northern service onwards to Saltburn, arriving 1718 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station just in time for the 17.24 Arriva North East service X4 to Whitby Bus Station arriving at 18.28 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Entering the station opposite, we next board the 1942 Northern service 2D90 to James Cook University Hospital, arriving there at 2107 on Saturday evening.

 

[RDP]

Not a lot of choice at this time of night but to wait for the 22.07 Northern service to Middlesbrough arriving at 22.13 on Saturday

 

[ValleyLines142]

I thought there may have been some local buses, hence depositing us there. Alas not!

We next board the 2223 Stagecoach North East service 36 to Hartlepool (Victoria Road/Grand Hotel), arriving there at 2321 on Saturday evening.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break and with nothing appearing to start particularly early on a Sunday we take the seven minute walk to the railway station for the 09.03 Northern service to Carlisle arriving at 11.33 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This offers an opportunity to take another multi-station stopping service, so we next board the 1154 Northern Trains service to Gypsy Lane that arrives there at 1500 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1517 Northern service to Thornaby arriving at 1535 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1635 Northern service 2N19 to MetroCentre, arriving there at 1802 on Sunday evening.