The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 1948 on West Midlands Travel (t/a National Express West Midlands) service 15, from which we alight at Merry Hill Bus Station (stand H) at 2024 on Thursday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 20.30 National Express WM service 15 to Wolverhampton Bus Station arriving at 21.25 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving Wolverhampton a second time in relatively quick succession, we exit the bus station onto Pipers Row, we next board the 2132 West Midlands Metro service to Edgbaston Village, arriving there at 2225 on Thursday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Openstreetmap shopws the distance to Five Ways station as 801m, which comes in at 0.498 miles, so we walk there (12 minutes). We depart at on West Midlands Trains 2R69 at 2249, alighting at Alvechurch at 2318 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Openstreetmap shopws the distance to Five Ways station as 801m, which comes in at 0.498 miles, so we walk there (12 minutes). We depart at on West Midlands Trains 2R69 at 2249, alighting at Alvechurch at 2318 on Thursday.

It's 13 minutes/0.6 miles to be exact, but we won't lose sleep over it.

We next board the 2336 West Midlands Trains service 2G77 to Kings Norton, arriving there at 2355 on Thursday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break then from outside the station (stop CD) we take the 07.03 National Express WM service 49 to Solihull Station Interchange arriving at 07.43 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We enter the station and depart on CHiltern's 1H22 at 0754. We alight at Bicester North at 0854 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 0909 Stagecoach Oxfordshire Gold service S5 to Oxford (St Margaret's Road East), arriving there at 0947 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.55 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service S7 to Witney, Market Square arriving at 11.04 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1115 Pulhams Coaches service X9 to Chipping Norton (West Street) that arrives there at 1201 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1225 Pulhams Coaches service 801 to Cheltenham General Hospital, arriving there at 1400 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Having been referred to a different hospital by the reception desk for treatment advice, we next board the 1415 Pulhams Coaches service 99 to Gloucesteshire Royal Hospital that arrives there at 1445 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We take the eight minute (0.4 mile) walk to Gloucester railway station for the 15.27 CrossCountry service to Cardiff Central arriving at 16.25 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Disappointed to have missed out on a local journey in my home city, we next exit Cardiff Central and take the four minute walk to the Royal Hotel stop at the end of Westgate Street and there board the 1637 Cardiff Bus ElectriCity service 44 to St Mellons (Police Station), arriving there at 1727 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1735 Cardiff Bus service 35 to Cardiff Royal Infirmary arriving at 1810 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We take the 1735 Cardiff Bus service 35 to Cardiff Royal Infirmary arriving at 1810 on Friday.

That should read service 45

We next take the 18.26 Newport Bus service 30 to Newport, Friars Walk arriving at 19.35 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1945 Newport Bus service 36 to Duffryn (Tredegar House Drive/Sandpiper Way), arriving there at 2001 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

this appears to be a dead end at this time of day leaving us with no choice but to back track. We therefore take the 20.37 Newport Bus service 35 alighting at Newport, Royal Gwent Hospital at 20.49 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2119 Newport Bus service 30 to Penylan (Bottom of Colchester Avenue), arriving there at 2151 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.36 Stagecoach South Wales service X3 to Pontypool, Town Hall arriving at 23.29 on Friday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Unfortunately too far away from the railway station so we await the 0019 Stagecoach South Wales service X24 to Pontrhydyrun, Avondale Close arriving there at 0031 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before taking the 04.48 Stagecoach South Wales service X21 to Blackwood Bus Station arriving at 05.15 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0520 Stagecoach South Wales service 151 to Rogerstone, Morrisons arriving at 0559 on Saturday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Red & White Services (t/a Stagecoach South Wales) X15 at 0654 takes us to Abertillery (High St, stop B) where we alight at 0744 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the three minute (0.1mile) walk to Bywater Row (stop 1) for the 08.21 Phil Anslow Travel service X1 to Cwmbran Bus Station arriving at 08.54 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0922 Newport Bus service 63 to Chepstow bus station that arrives there at 1034 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0922 Newport Bus service 63 to Chepstow bus station that arrives there at 1034 on Saturday.

We next board the 1105 Newport Bus service 72 to Cinderford (Steam Mills Road/Forest of Dean Community Hospital), arriving there at 1216 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.40 F. R. Willetts service 27 to Lydney Bus Station arriving at 13.26 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1400 Stagecoach West service 23 to Gloucester (Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum), arriving there at 1446 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the ten minute (0.5mile) walk to St. Oswald's Priory Ruins for the 16.06 Stagecoach West service 33 to Hereford Railway Station arriving at 17.50 on Saturday.