The Transport Game (UK)

[Andy Pacer]

Blackpool area is certainly somewhere we gravitate towards regularly! My Grandparents used to live next to Ansdell & Fairhaven station on the Blackpool South line.

And as if by another bout of magic...

We continue on the 2313 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 68 to Ansdell, St Joseph's Church arriving at 2335 on Friday

 

[-Colly405-]

With the only alternative at this hour being a further journey on the 11-series, we decide to take advantage of the overnight ruling. In the morning we head to the Ansdell Library stop, a 5 minute walk from our alighting point, where we await Preston Bus service 78 at 0644. We alight at Kirkham Railway Station at 0721 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0727 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 61 to Lea, Tudor Avenue arriving at 0740 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Walking 2 minutes to the Lea Club stop we board Preston Bus service 48 at 0819, from which we alight at Sharoe Green (Royal Preston Hospital Grounds, stop 2) at 0848 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0907 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 125 to Horwich, Bank Top Brewery Ale House arriving at 1040 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Blackpool area is certainly somewhere we gravitate towards regularly! My Grandparents used to live next to Ansdell & Fairhaven station on the Blackpool South line.

And as if by another bout of magic...

Indeed. Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool and Margate seem to be the go to at the moment.

We take the 0907 Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire service 125 to Horwich, Bank Top Brewery Ale House arriving at 1040 on Saturday morning.

We next board the 1055 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 125 to Bolton (Noel Street), arriving there at 1117 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1130 Go North West service 501 to Farnworth, Gladstone Road arriving at 1205 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to the bus station for the 12.36 Diamond Bus North West service 513 to Bury Interchange arriving at 13.24 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We are all bussed out for the time being. Seeing as we have an opportunity here to take an alternative mode of transport, we next enter the Metrolink station and board the 1330 Metrolink Green Line service to Sale, arriving there at 1423 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1429 Metrolink service to Altrincham arriving at 1438 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.36 Northern service to Chester arriving at 16.37 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We continue with the 1651 Transport for Wales service to Llandudno Junction arriving at 1748 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 1841 Arriva Wales service 25 to Eglwysbach ( the bus stop before the Bee Inn on Bodnant Road) that arrives there at 1902 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Keen to leave before we get stranded for a couple of days, we hastily return on the 1907 Arriva Wales service 25 to Llandudno Hospital, arriving there at 1940 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 3 minute walk to the Maesdu Bridge stop and we board service 13 at 1957, alighting at Mynydd Marian (Alltwen) at 2040 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2140 Arriva Wales service 13 to Colwyn Bay (St Paul's Church), arriving there at 2203 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We continue with the 2245 Arriva Wales service 12 to Llandudno, Law Courts arrriving at 2312 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the three minute walk to North Western Gardens and board the 2322 Arriva Wales service 12 to Abergele & Pensarn Station, arriving there at 0010 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break and with no early public transport on a Sunday we have plenty of time for breakfast before entering the station for the first train of the day the 09.50 TfW service to Crewe arriving at 11.02 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly, the ten minute minimum connection time prevents us from being able to use the Edinburgh or the Swansea service, so we board the 1113 London Northwestern Railway service 1U28 to Lichfield Trent Valley, arriving there at 1149 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1201 West Midlands Railway service to Shenstone arriving at 1210 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[RDP]

Not much choice but to stay on the trains so we take the 12.40 WMT (WMR) service to Redditch arriving at 13.52 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1357 West Midlands Railway service 2P24 to Bournville, arriving there at 1420 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.16 WMT (WMR) service to Bromsgrove arriving at 15.37 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That would have been torture waiting at Bournville for nearly an hour smelling all that chocolate

Sadly no buses serve Bromsgrove station on a Sunday, so we remain with the trains. We next board the 1542 West Midlands Railway service 2G31 to Five Ways, arriving there at 1609 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I'm currently in this area

We take the 1630 West Midlands Railway service to Blake Street arriving at 1705 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Once again we've ended up at a station with no other bus services in the area on a Sunday (the 6 runs on a Sunday but the nearest stop is over a mile away) so we remain with the rails. We next board the 1713 West Midlands Railway service 2R35 to Duddeston, arriving there at 1738 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Glad to be able to get off of the Cross City line we next take the 17.54 WMT (WMR) service to Wolverhampton arriving at 18.37 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1843 Transport for Wales service to Bow Street arriving at 2110 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the 1843 Transport for Wales service to Bow Street arriving at 2110 on Sunday.

Minimum connection time at Wolverhampton is seven minutes, so this is invalid I'm afraid.