The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2158 Burnley Bus Company Mainline service M1 to Huncoat (the bus stop opposite Newhouse Road on Bolton Avenue) that arrives there at 2229 on Friday.

 

[RDP]

With only the M1 available and only one more bus we have no option but to back track on the 22.49 service alighting at Hapton, Lancaster Drive at 23.02 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With only the M1 available and only one more bus we have no option but to back track on the 22.49 service alighting at Hapton, Lancaster Drive at 23.02 on Friday.

There was a train at 2318 to Preston.

We take an overnight break and return in the morning for the 0749 Preston Bus service 65 to Burnley Central Bus Station, arriving there at 0809 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0832 The Burnley Bus Company service M2 to Barrow (the bus stop outside Clitheroe Golf Club on Whalley Road) that arrives there at 0913 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Connecting perfectly with the 0918 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 280 to Preston (Bus Station), arriving there at 1006 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 10.15 Stagecoach C&NL service 40 Lancaster Bus station arriving at 11.38 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Having spent a lot of time in the north west, we take the ten minute/0.5 mile walk to the station and board the 1240 Avanti West Coast service 1M11 to London Euston, arriving there at 1512 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1530 Avanti West Coast service to Oxenholme Lake District that arrives there at 1810 on Saturday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Or not....

We next board the 1842 Avanti West Coast service 9M60 to Coventry, arriving there at 2143 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2149 Avanti West Coast service to Wolverhampton that arrives there at 2240 on Saturday.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and from the nearby bus station take the 23.35 National Express service 210 to Gatwick Airport South Terminal Bus Station arriving at 04.25 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0453 Metrobus service 200 to Horsham Bus Station that arrives there at 0539 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

With only the 200 available at this time of day we next take the 05.48 service alighting at Bewbush, Dorsten Square at 06.17 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0757 Metrobus service 23 to Worthing (Marine Parade) that arrives there at 0908 on Sunday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.15 Stagecoach South service 701 alighting at Littlehampton, Anchor Springs at 09.55 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1005 Stagecoach South service 500 to Chichester Cathedral, arriving there at 1053 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1102 Stagecoach South service 600 to Bognor Regis (the bus stop outside the Royal Norfolk Hotel on Aldwick Road) that arrives there at 1154 on Sunday.

I am delighted to make this posting as we have stayed five times at that hotel after the Alfa Travel/Leisureplex Hotel group took it over. It has a very long history. There are bus stops on either side of the road and in the years when we stayed there, the bus service was the service 60, which went through Chichester to Midhurst.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the eleven minute/0.5 mile walk to the railway station and board the 1231 Southern service 1B33 to Arundel, arriving there at 1254 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

With no buses serving the environs of the station on a Sunday we depart on Southern's 1C26 at 1300. We alight at Portsmouth & Southsea at 1350 on Sunday.

As an aside, we need to jump forward to Sunday 10th May here for the next Sunday that doesn't have a variation to the published timetable according to RTT.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1405 Southern service to Emsworth that arrives there at 1421 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Southern's 1N20 at 1507 takes us to Southampton Central at 1551 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the station and at the adjacent bus stop, we next board the 1615 Bluestar service 9 to Hythe Pier that arrives there at 1647 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly, the Hythe Ferry is currently suspended due to Pontoon damage, so we remain with the buses. We next board the 1714 Bluestar service 9 to Millbrook (Millbrook Road West/Regents Park Road), arriving there at 1739 on Sunday.

 

[DerekC]

We walk exactly our maximum half mile (12 minutes) to Millbrook Railway Station and wait for 2S53, the 18:13 South Western Railway service to Salisbury where we arrive at 18:48 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 1950 morebus service X3 to Fordingbridge (Post Office), arriving there at 2018 on Sunday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Being late on a Sunday, the bus onward options are few and far between, so we next board the 2118 morebus service X3 to Ringwood (Meeting House Lane) that arrives there at 2130 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That's it for the rest of the night, so we're left with no alternative but to stop off for the night and return in the morning for the 0627 morebus service X3 to Boscombe (Palmerston Road), arriving there at 0647 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0655 morebus service m2 to Poole Bus Station that arrives there at 0739 on Monday.

 

[DerekC]

We grab a bite of breakfast whilst waiting for the 08:50 morebus service X8 to Blandford (Crown Hotel) where we arrive at 09:28 on Monday morning.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 09.55 First Somerset service CR4 to Yeovil Bus Station arriving at 11.40 on Monday.