The Transport Game (UK)

[Andy Pacer]

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

Struck through

 

[ValleyLines142]

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.

Taking advantage of the new extension that only opened twelve months ago, we next exit the station and board the 1845 West Midlands Metro service to Handsworth Booth Street, arriving there at 1914 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I'll put us out of our misery with a move!

We continue with the 1930 West Midlands Metro service to Jewellery Quarter arriving at 1936 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way across to the heavy rail platforms and there board the 2024 West Midlands Trains service to Worcester Shrub Hill that arrives there at 2117 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2143 West Midlands Trains service to Colwall arriving at 2203 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bugger it, I was just in the middle of posting a journey on the 8A from Jewellery Quarter!

Well there is nothing to offer in Colwall this late on a Sunday, so we have no choice but to wait for the 2306 West Midlands Railway service 1B32 back to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving there at 2323 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before taking the 06.06 GWR service to Paddington alighting at Moreton in Marsh at 06.53 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 0710 Stagecoach Midlands service 51A to Stratford-upon-Avon (McDonald's), arriving there at 0823 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.12 Stagecoach Midlands service 76 to Banbury Bus Station arriving at 10.19 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1040 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service 488 to Chipping Norton (West Street), arriving there at 1128 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.15 Pulhams Coaches service X9 to Witney, Sainsburys arriving at 13.03 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With only the X9 serving here, we take the ten minute/0.4 mile walk to Market Square and board the 1327 Oxford Bus Company service X15 to Abingdon (Baileys Crescent), arriving there at 1435 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

Connecting nicely with the 14.40 Oxford Bus Company service X1 to Wantage, Market Place arriving at 15.39 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1555 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service S9 to Botley (Elms Parade Shops), arriving there at 1640 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.56 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service E1 alighting at Eynsham Church at 17.08 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1717 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service S9 to Oxford (Osney Island), arriving there at 1739 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next board the 1717 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service S9 to Oxford (Osney Island), arriving there at 1739 on Monday.

Service E1 (again)

We next take the 17.57 Stagecoach West service S6 to Swindon Bus Station arriving at 19.22 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

It doesn't matter, times are still correct.

We take the two minute walk to the Swimtgm stop (whatever that is!) and board the 1930 Swindon Bus Company service 5 to Orbital Shopping Park, arriving there at 1957 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2016 Swindon's Bus Company service 5 to Moredon, Bourne Road arriving at 2021 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Only the 5 available here, so we wait for the 2051 Swindon Bus Company service 5 to Park North (Kenton Close), arriving there at 2119 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

This being something of a dead end we decide to take a different route back by taking the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to Oakfield Campus for the 21.45 Swindon's Bus Company service 2 arriving back at Swindon Bus Station at 21.55 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station opposite and board the 2227 Great Western Railway service 1G33 to Stroud, arriving there at 2255 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

With fairly limited options it's time to wait overnight. A few hours later we walk for 6 minutes (0.2 mile) to the bus stops on Merrywalks and wait for the 0430 National Express service 401 to London Victoria Coach Station arriving there at 0820 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0830 National Express service 032 to University of Southampton (Highfield Library), arriving there at 1030 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We continue with the 1045 National Express service 205 to Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 arriving there at 1225 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1350 National Express service 202 to Cardiff (Sophia Gardens), arriving there at 1825 on Tuesday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 19.21 Stagecoach South Wales service 122 to Tonypandy Bus Station arriving at 20.38 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2112 Stagecoach South Wales service 172 to Aberdare, Library arriving at 2139 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the eleven minute/0.4 mile walk to the station, where we are just in time to board the 2152 Transport for Wales service 1F98 to Ninian Park, arriving there at 2249 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Our only real option, as all the local buses seem to have finished for the night, is to depart on 1B98, Transport for Wales's 2255 service. We alight at its terminus of Cardiff Central at 2303 on Tuesday.
This is one of the handful of services scheduled to use the 'Leckwith Loop', although we board after it has done so...