The Transport Game (UK)

[RDP]

We go next door to Kings Cross for the 07.39 GTR (Great Northern) service 1T10 to Kings Lynn arriving at 09.30 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 0940 First Eastern Counties Excel service B to Cringleford (Interchange), arriving there at 1113 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 11.40 Coach Services service 90 to Thetford Bus Interchange arriving at 12.25 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1300 Coach Services service 80 to Mildenhall bus station that arrives there at 1400 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 14.38 Stephensons of Essex service 16 to Newmarket, The Guineas Bus Station arriving at 15.18 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1540 Stagecoach East Tiger 4 service to Addenbrookes Hospital (Bus Station), arriving there at 1658 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1719 Stagecoach East service 7 to Saffron Walden (Station Street) that arrives there at 1834 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to the High Street and board the 1936 Stephensons of Essex service 301 to Bishops Stortford (Interchange), arriving there at 2021 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2043 Central Connect service 305 to Takeley (Parsonage Road) that arrives there at 2119 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 22.44 Central Connect service 333 to Braintree Bus Interchange arriving at 23.30 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2355 First Essex service X20 to Colchester (Osborne Street) that arrives there at 0029 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With services running on a 24 hour basis here, we choose not to take an overnight break and continue on the 0120 First Essex Airlink service X20 to Stansted Airport (Coach Station), arriving there at 0235 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 02.50 Arriva Herts & Essex service 510 to Harlow, Temporary Bus Station arriving at 03.39 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0355 Arriva Herts & Essex Greenline service 724 to Uxbridge (The Greenway), arriving there at 0635 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 06.45 Carousel Buses service 102 to High Wycombe Bus Station arriving at 07.38 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0805 Redline service 300 to Aylesbury bus station that arrives there at 0900 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.45 Red Rose Travel service 150 to Leighton Buzzard, West Street arriving at 10.22 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly despite the western end of West Street being just in reach of the railway station, the bus stops aren't, so we remain with the latter. We next board the 1034 Arriva Beds & Bucks service X3 to Milton Keynes Central (Railway Station), arriving there at 1130 on Saturday (isn't it mad how on the train this takes twelve minutes yet on a bus it's almost an hour!).

 

[RDP]

We enter the station and take the 12.24 Avanti West Coast service 1H18 to Manchester Piccadilly arriving at 14.05 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We head down to the undercroft and board the 1418 Metrolink service to Ashton Moss, arriving there at 1442 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 14.50 Metroline service 7 to Stockport Interchange arriving at 15.57 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1620 Belle Vue Coaches service 391 to Hockley (the bus stop outside the Post Office on Coppice Road) that arrives there at 1704 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With just the aforementioned 391 available here, we're left with very little choice other than to board the 1754 Belle Vue Coaches service 391 to Macclesfield (Railway Station), arriving there at 1842 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We cross over the road and enter the railway station and are disheartened to find the minimum connection time precludes an onward journey to Bournemouth, so we settle for a local run on the rail network and next board the 1918 Northern Trains service to Kidsgrove that arrives there at 1931 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 19.45 EMR service 1K75 to Crewe arriving at 19.58 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2032 London Northwestern Railway service 1F70 to Liverpool South Parkway, arriving there at 2107 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 21.30 TPE service 1B96 to Doncaster arriving at 23.31 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2343 Northern Trains service to Sheffield that arrives there at 0016 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break returning for the first train of the day the 08.04 Northern service 2W55 to Hull arriving at 09.46 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1000 Northern Trains service to Scarborough that arrives there at 1132 on Sunday.