The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and next board the 0729 Stagecoach Manchester service 7 to Stockport Interchange that arrives there at 0752 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bidding a farewell to the slightly over-visited Greater Manchester empire, we next take the eight minute walk to the railway station and board the 0833 CrossCountry service 1O10 to Southampton Airport Parkway, arriving there at 1235 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 1251 Bluestar service 24 to Eastleigh bus station that arrives there at 1305 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's depart from stand A at 1340 on Go South Coast (t/a Bluestar) 24. We alight at Hedge End Superstores at 1409 on Satuday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1419 Bluestar service 14 to Chartwell Green (Harbourne Gardens), arriving there at 1433 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 6 minute (0.3 mile) walk to the Wakefield Road stop on Meggeson Ave and we board Bluestar service 20 at 1451. We alight at Portswood (Broadway, stop PB) at 1512 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.27 Bluestar service 2 alighting at Eastleigh Bus Station at 15.56 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart from stand E on Bluestar service 2 at 1608, alighting at Southampton (Bargate, stop CU) at 1655

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to West Quay (stop BS) for the 17.16 Salisbury Reds service X7 to Salisbury, Endless Street arriving at 18.30 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1850 Salisbury Reds service R2 to Bishopdown (Lovett Green) that arrives there at 1900 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 3 minute walk to the Cheverell Ave southbound stop on London Road and we await Go South Coast (t/a Salisbury Reds) PR7 at 1918. We alight at Salisbury (The Chapel) at 1922 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Just a tad too far from the railway station, so we take the four minute walk to Blue Boar Row and board the 1950 morebus service X3 to Ringwood (Meeting House Lane), arriving there at 2028 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Rather than retracing our steps we compliantly await our 2nd possible departure, which is the next southbound Go South Coast (t/a morebus) X3 at 2220. We alight at Boscombe (Centenary Way) at 2239 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We cross over to the bus station and board the 2249 morebus service m2 to Poole (College), arriving there at 2325 on Saturday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 2330 on morebus m1, alighting at Bournemouth Station (stand 4) at 0000 on the cusp of Saturday and Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0036 morebus service 5A to Kinson (Library), arriving there at 0103 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0036 Lothian Buses service 5A to Kinson (Library), arriving there at 0103 on Sunday.

Do Lothian Buses have an outstation in the Bournemouth area? I normally associate them with the Edinburgh region.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Do Lothian Buses have an outstation in the Bournemouth area? I normally associate them with the Edinburgh region.

It's because I'm on a Lothian Bus at the moment!!!! Apologies

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deciding that this time of night is not a good time to give the Lothian Buses crew a version of "Flowers of Scotland", we let them and their bus (now displaying Musselburgh on its destination board) make their long journey north and take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and wait until it is time to board the 0650 morebus service 5A to Charminster (Richmond Arms on Charminster Road ) that arrives there at 0716 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0735 morebus service m1 to Poole (Shah of Persia), arriving there at 0813 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for some breakfast before taking the 09.19 morebus service X6 to Ringwood, Meeting House Lane arriving at 10.37 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1122 morebus service X3 to Royal Bournemouth Hospital, arriving there at 1137 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for some lunch before taking the 13.24 morebus service X1 to Lymington, Station Street arriving at 14.45 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1540 Bluestar service 6 to Totton (Shopping Centre), arriving there at 1645 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to the railway station for the 17.47 SWR service to Waterloo arriving at 19.25 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to the railway station for the 17.47 SWR service to Waterloo arriving at 19.25 on Sunday.

As we are on SWR, I'm presuming this is London Waterloo, not Waterloo (Merseyside)???

We depart on 2U63, SWR's 1944 service towards Windsor & Eton. We alight at Sunnymeads at 2037 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Little to do here but continue on the 21.38 SWR service to Windsor & Eton Riverside arriving at 21.47 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk the 9 minutes 0.4 mile to Windsor & Eton Central Station and catch the 2218 Great Western Railway service to Slough arriving at 2224 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the eight minute walk to the Queensmere Centre, where we board the 2251 Metroline service 81 to Hounslow (St Michael & St Martin Church), arriving there at 2333 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2343 London United service H98 to Hayes End, Hanover Circle arriving at 0012 on Monday morning.