The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

Frustratingly we fall foul of the five minute minimum connection time by one minute on the 8, so we wait for the next one and board the 0926 Stagecoach South East Breeze service 8 to Birchington-on-Sea (The Square), arriving there at 0951 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.35 Stagecoach South East service 36 alighting at Herne Bay, Canterbury Road Corner atv 11.02 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1118 Stagecoach South East service 602 to Herne Bay (the bus stop adjacent to Spenser Road West on Station Road) that arrives there at 1123 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to the railway station, where we board the 1146 Southeastern service 1C33 to Stratford International, arriving there at 1300 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We continue with the 1311 Southeastern service to London St Pancras International arriving at 1318 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

BR TIMES shown the minimum connection time as 35 minutes at St Pancras International railway station. Is that time specific for the express long-distance services only and is there a shorter minimum connection time for normal stopping commuter services that use this station?

 

[ValleyLines142]

BR TIMES shown the minimum connection time as 35 minutes at St Pancras International railway station. Is that time specific for the express long-distance services only and is there a shorter minimum connection time for normal stopping commuter services that use this station?

I believe that may be for Eurostar services. It's 15 minutes for other services.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 13.45 GTR (Thameslink) service to Horsham alighting at Crawley at 14.57 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station to the adjacent bus station, we next board the 1553 Metrobus service 271 to Royal Sussex County Hospital, arriving there at 1736 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the four minute walk to the Paston Place bus stop on the A259 for the 17.45 Brighton & Hove service 12 to Roselands, Hawthorn Road arriving at 19.14 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With this being a one way bus stop, we have no option other than to take the three minute walk to the bus garage and board the 1956 Stagecoach South East service 51 to Hailsham (Tesco), arriving there at 2041 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 21.26 Stagecoach South East service 54 to Uckfield Bus Station arriving at 21.56 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2239 Brighton & Hove Regency service 29 to Brighton (North Street, Stop W), arriving there at 2329 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk for 12 minutes 0.5 mile to the railway station where we then catch the 0002 Thameslink service to Luton Airport Parkway arriving at 0229 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

No more rail services here sadly, so we exit the station and take the two minute walk to General Motors for the 0305 Arriva Beds & Bucks Busway service A to Dunstable (Asda), arriving there at 0325 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before taking the three minute walk to Regent Street for the 08.33 Arriva Beds & Bucks service F77 to Milton Keynes Central Railway Station arriving at 09.55 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 1008 Avanti West Coast service 1F15 to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving there at 1218 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.43 Merseyrail service to Chester arriving at 13.26 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station to the bus stops outside, we next board the 1347 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service X1 to Bromborough (Croft Avenue East/New Chester Road), arriving there at 1456 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.08 Stagecoach M&SL service 1 alighting at Ellesmere Port Bus Interchange at 15.32 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

It's either the 1/X1 again or the local 102/103 service which appears to just operate to Cheshire Oaks and back, so we take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to the railway station where we board the 1549 Merseyrail service 2Y21 to Birkenhead Hamilton Square, arriving there at 1621 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1635 Merseyrail service to Rock Ferry arriving at 1642 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside and board the 1703 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 41 to Arrowe Park Hospital (Internal Grounds), arriving there at 1740 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1755 Arriva Merseyside service 471 to Heswall (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1812 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1819 Arriva Merseyside service 472 to Prenton, Curzon Rd arriving at 1841 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 19.00 Stagecoach M&SL service 41 to Eastham Rake Station arriving at 19.41 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1900 Stagecooach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 41 to Bromborough (Retail Park on Welton Road) that arrives there at 1929 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We next take the 19.00 Stagecoach M&SL service 41 to Eastham Rake Station arriving at 19.41 on Sunday.

We enter the station and take the 1946 Merseyrail service to Liverpool Lime Street arriving at 2013 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from the Birkenhead area, we leave Lime Street and cross over to Queen Square bus station, where we board the 2036 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 20 to Tower Hill (Epsom Grove), arriving there at 2125 on Sunday.

 

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Stagecoach M&SL 20 remains our only option late on a Sunday, so we depart on it at 2225 and alight at Kirkby Bus Station at 2239 on Sunday.