The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

We depart from stand G at 1245 on Keighley & District (t/a Keighley Bus Company) service Dalesway 66. We alight at Skipton General Hospital at 1316 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the seven minute/0.4 mile walk to the bus station and board the 1338 Burnley Bus Company Mainline service M6 to Burnley (Bus Station), arriving there at 1452 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.25 Burnley Bus Company service X43 alighting at Rawtenstall Bus Station at 15.54 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1612 Rosso Irwell Line service 481 to Bury (Moorgate Primary Care Centre), arriving there at 1636 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 16.48 First Manchester service 468 to Rochdale Interchange arriving at 17.18 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We cross over to the light rail platforms and board the 1730 Metrolink Pink Line service to Burton Road, arriving there at 1845 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time to sample one of the new phase 3 Bee Network services so from the nearby Darlington road bus stop we take the 18.58 Metroline service 111 alighting at Manchester Royal Infirmary at 19.17 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1929 Bee Network Metroline* service 15 to Flixton (Roedean Gardens), arriving there at 2007 on Sunday.

* Please bear with me re the Manchester Bus shake up, it may take a bit of time to get used to so let's not worry if we get the operator wrong, as long as the times are okay.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 20.35 Metroline service 256 alighting at Stretford, Arndale at 20.56 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 2101 on Bee Network - Stagecoach Manchester service 25, from which we alight at Heaton Moor, Heaton Moor Rd (the stop on Parsonage Rd, not the previous identically named stop) at 2133 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We take the eight minute (0.4mile walk to Heaton Chapel station for the 21.48 Northern service 2B27 to Manchester Piccadilly arriving at 21.58 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We head down to the undercroft and board the 2208 Metrolink Blue Line service to Anchorage, arriving there at 2231 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

With little in the way of connections at this time on a Sunday we continue on the 22.45 Metrolink Blue Line service to the terminus at Eccles arriving at 23.01 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2307 Bee Network Go North West service 20 to Trafford Centre (Bus Station), arriving there at 2319 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before taking the 06.21 Stagecoach Manchester service 100 to Warrington Bus Interchange arriving at 07.10 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from the Greater Manchester empire, we next board the 0740 Arriva North West service 7 to Fairfield (Wavertree Technology Park/Innovation Boulevard on Edge Lane), arriving there at 0905 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We take the nine minute (0.5 mile) walk to the Onslow Road bus stop for the 09.18 Arriva Merseyside service 10A to St. Helens Bus Station arriving at 10.18 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1044 Arriva North West service 10A to Dovecot (East Prescot Road/Pilch Bank Road), arriving there at 1131 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 11.36 Arriva Merseyside service 10B alighting at Huyton Bus Station at 11.53 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1220 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 217 to Tower Hill (Linnet Way), arriving there at 1313 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Unable to fathom Merseytravel's timetables for the 14 group of services, and bustimes being rather quiet on the matter, we depart on service 217 at 1345. We alight at Kirkby Bus Station at 1402 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1427 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire Trainlink seevice 319 to Skelmersdale (Concourse), arriving there at 1454 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 15.31 Arriva Merseyside service 375 to Wigan Bus Station arriving at 16.04 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Having just come from the Greater Manchester region before Liverpool, we instead take the five minute walk to Wallgate station and head elsewhere as we board the 1649 Northern service 2I23 to Batley, arriving there at 1849 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

Not much in the way of connections available here so we take the 19.01 Northern service 2J76 to Huddersfield arriving at 19.24 on Monday.

 

[DerekC]

We don't linger long in Huddersfield, catching 2U79, the 19:39 Transpennine Express service to York, where we arrive at 20:40 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2123 Grand Central service 1N96 to Sunderland, arriving there at 2252 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 23.02 Tyne & Wear Metro Green Line service alighting at Newcastle Central at 23.31 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to the National Rail station, and kip on a bench somewhere until we depart on 1Y03, LNER's 0440 service up to London. We alight at Peterborough at 0717 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0750 Greater Anglia service 2L71 to Ely, arriving there at 0829 on Tuesday.