The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

A 6 minute walk takes us to the Morgans Lane stop on the Uxbridge Rd. We board Transport UK service 278 at 0043, alighting at West Ruislip (stop M) at 0055 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Time for an overnight break. We return in the morning for the 0523 London Underground Central Line service to Theydon Bois, arriving there at 0643 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We head out of the station to the nearby Green bus stops (4 min) where we realise that First Essex school service 620 is available to us at 0710. We alight at Ongar, Two Brewers at 0758 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0901 NIBS Buses service 21 to Brentwood (Railway Station), arriving there at 0924 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We enter the station and catch the 0930 Elizabeth Line service to London Paddington arriving at 1022 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1053 Great Western Railway service 1W21 to Worcester Shrub Hill, arriving there at 1301 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1347 West Midlands Trains service to  Lapworth arriving at 1523 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1627 West Midlands Railway service 2V88 to Jewellery Quarter, arriving there at 1704 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1712 West Midloands Trains service to Dorridge that arrives there at 1747 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 1824 LandFlight service A7 to Blossomfield (Widney Lane), arriving there at 1857 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 1911 on NXWM serivce 76, from which we alight at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (stop QB) at 1959 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to University railway station for the 20.26 WMT (WMR) service to Lichfield Trent Valley arriving at 21.17 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Having been stuck on the Cross City Line for no less than eight stations on our last visit, we avoid that like the plague this time, as we board the 2144 Avanti West Coast service 1P07 to Preston, arriving there at 2300 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

With an 8 minute minimum connection time here we depart on Northern's 1C62 at 2310. We alight at Carnforth at 2341 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break then from outside the station we take the 07.29 Stagecoach C&NL service 555 to Keswick Bus Station arriving at 10.08 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1020 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Lakes Connection service X5 to Penrith (Railway Station), arriving there at 1101 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1120 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service X4 to Threlkeld (Village Hall) that arrives there at 1151 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Bit limited for choice here, as it's basically either back to Keswick or Penrith. We aim for the former to save immediately back tracking on ourselves so we board the 1219 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire Lakes Connection service X4 to Keswick (Bus Station), arriving there at 1230 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1315 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 554 to Wigton (the bus stop near the Throstles Nest PH on King Street) that arrives there at 1357 on Tuesday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 14.12 Stagecoach C&NL service 600 to Cockermouth, Main Street arriving at 14.44 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next boardf the 1505 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service X5 to Workington bus station that arrives there at 1537 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the nine minute/0.4 mile walk to the railway station and board the 1602 Northern service 2C32 to Barrow-in-Furness, arriving there at 1745 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1807 Northern Trains service to Aspatria that arrives there at 2003 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Starting to find the Cumbrian Coast a little tedious, we continue northwards on the 2115 Northern service 2C45 to Carlisle, arriving there at 2145 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2202 Northern Trains service to Haydon Bridge that arrives there at 2246 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly, having been deposited here, we are stuffed for the night as there are no onward road or rail options so we return in the morning for the 0642 Northern service 2N08 to Heworth, arriving there at 0746 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well, you did not really expect much in the way of onward transit, it being as late as 2246 when we arrived.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well, you did not really expect much in the way of onward transit, it being as late as 2246 when we arrived.

Perhaps so but had we stayed on one more stop to Hexham we'd have still had one more rail and one more bus departure.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 08.47 Northern service to Middlesbrough arriving at 09.59 on Wednesday,

 

[ValleyLines142]

With the bus station being just out of range here, we stick with the trains here and next board the 1016 Northern service 1J02 to Sunderland, arriving there at 1106 on Wednesday.