The Transport Game (UK)

[Andy Pacer]

We enter the railway station and catch the 1800 Transport for Wales service to Crewe arriving at 1928 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2009 Avanti West Coast service 9P95 to Wigan North Western, arriving there at 2037 on Saturday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 2048 Northern service to Huyton arriving at 2108 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we take the five minute walk to the bus station and board the 2119 Arriva North West service 7 to Fairfield (Wavertree Technology Park/Innovation Boulevard on Edge Lane), arriving there at 2145 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We take the nine minute (0.5mile) walk to the Onslow Road bus stop for the 22.00 Stagecoach M&SL service 10A to St. Helens Bus Station arriving at 22.45 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2308 Arriva North West service 10A to Dovecot (East Prescot Road/Pilch Bank Road), arriving there at 2343 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break returning for the 08.42 Arriva Merseyside service 7 to Warrington Bus Interchange arriving at 09.35 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 1000 on Warrington Borough Transport (t/a Warrington's Own Buses) service 5 (*), from which we alight at Lymm (Cross) at 1029 on Sunday.

(*) We note that this service changes from being the CAT5 to the plain 5 on Sunday 5th January...

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1141 Warrington's Own Buses service 5 to Sale (M&S), arriving there at 1213 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We take the eight minute (0.4 mile) walk to Sale tram stop for the 12.29 Metrolink purple line service alighting at Manchester Piccadilly at 12.53 on Sunday.

 

[Kath123]

We make a swift change here observing the 10 minute minimum connection time! We are speedy as we board the 13:03 Cross Country service heading towards Paignton and we alight at Taunton at 16:51 on Sunday

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1658 Great Western Railway service 1A28 to Swindon, arriving there at 1838 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (3 mins / 0.1 mile) to Bus Station stop L on Manchester Road where we board Stagecoach West service 6 at 1847. We alight at Link Leisure Centre, stop F at 1900 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Not many options here but rather than back track we wait for the 20.12 Swindon's Bus Company service 1A to Grange Park Subway arriving at 20.26 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Having perhaps unwittingly almost gone round in a circle on our last journey, we walk to the next stop in a north-easterly direction, which is back at Link Leisure Centre (12 min / 0.5 mile). However, this whole area is now devoid of buses until the morning.

We therefore board service 6 at 0520, from which we alight at Stratton Park (Sainsbury's) at 0556 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 06.08 Stagecoach West service S6 to Oxford, Osney Island arriving at 07.17 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to the railway station and board the 0740 Oxford Bus Company service 5 to Blackbird Leys (Blackbird Leys Road/Sandy Lane West), arriving there at 0807 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

COnveniently, we depat at 0812 on City of Oxford Motor Service (t/a Brookes Bus) service 100, alighting at John Radcliffe Hospital, Main Entrance at 0852 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.05 Thames Travel service X32 alighting at Didcot Parkway Station at 09.59 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1007 Thames Travel service X2 to New Hinksey (Lake Street), arriving there at 1103 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 1125 we depart on City of Oxford Motor Service (t/a Oxford Bus Company) service X1, alighting at Wantage, Health Centre at 1229 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 12.54 Thames Travel service X35 alighting at Great Western Park, Asda at 13.41 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1441 Thames Travel service X34 to Newbury (Newbury Wharf), arriving there at 1524 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.45 Stagecoach South service 7 to Andover Bus Station arriving at 16.51 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1745 Stagecoach South service 76 to Winchester (Bus Station), arriving there at 1833 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next board the 1745 Stagecoach South service 76 to Winchester (Bus Station), arriving there at 1833 on Monday.

That should read service 75

We go round the corner to The Broadway for the 19.20 Stagecoach South service 64 to Alton Railway Station arriving at 20.05 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the station and board the 2044 South Western Railway service 1A72 to West Byfleet, arriving there at 2127 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

With the las buses having already departed we next take the 21.37 SWR service 2F10 to Waterloo alighting at Wimbledon at 22.04 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2211 Tramlink service to Addiscombe, arriving there at 2249 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 23.21 Transport UK service 367 alighting at Bromley South Station at 23.55 on Monday.