The Transport Game (UK)

[DerekC]

We don't have long to wait for the 11:53 South West Coaches service CR5 to Cerne Abbas (New Inn) where we alight at 12:37 on Monday, hoping we will have time for lunch at the Royal Oak (highly recommended).

 

[RDP]

With only the CR5 available we wait for the next bus at 14.07 alighting at Dorchester, The Museum at 14.42 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the twelve minute/0.5 mile walk to Dorchester South and board the 1513 South Western Railway service 1W24 to Parkstone, arriving there at 1545 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1602 South Western Railway service to Winchester that arrives there at 1717 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and from the nearby City Road bus stop we take the 17.50 Stagecoach South service 75 to Andover Bus Station arriving at 18.34 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1845 Salisbury Reds service 8 to Amesbury (the bus stop opposite the Library on The Centre) that arrives there at 1946 on Monday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart on Salisbury Reds service X4 at 2036, alighting at Durrington (Stonehenge Inn) at 2050 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2109 Salisbury Reds service X4 to Salisbury (Railway Station), arriving there at 2155 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We enter the station and take the 22.25 SWR service 1L80 to Waterloo arriving at 23.55 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 15-minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 0012 South Western Railway service to Strawberry Hill that arrives there at 0048 on Tuesday

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the six minute (0.3 mile) walk to St. Marys University (stop SH) for the 01.11 First London service N33 to Hammersmith Bus Station arriving at 01.43 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0200 First London service N72 to White City (Du Cane Road/Latymer Upper School Playing Fields), arriving there at 0218 on Tuesday.

 

[RDP]

We take the eleven minute (0.5mile) walk to the White City Estate bus stop V on the A40 for the 02.47 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service TUBE to Oxford, Gloucester Green Bus Station arriving at 04.01 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting that we are still in the overnight travel relaxation time, we take a short travel break to recover, then board the 0650 Stagecoach East service X5 to Bedford bus station that arrives there at 0925 on Tuesday.

 

[RDP]

We take the eleven minute (0.5 mile) walk to the railway station for the 09.56 EMR service 1Y15 to Corby arriving at 10.24 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 1111 Stagecoach Midlands Gold service X4 to Peterborough (Railway Station), arriving there at 1223 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the station and board the 1234 LNER service to York that arrives there at 1352 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1422 TransPennine Express service 9E12 to Chester-le-Street, arriving there at 1512 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk down Station Rd to the Lambton Arms stop (5 min / 0.2 mile) where we board Go North East service 78 at 1531. We alight at Stanley, Civic Hall at 1607 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the five minute walk to Stanley bus station and board the 1701 Go North East Durham Diamond service 16 to Shotley Bridge Hospital (Hospital Main Entrance), arriving there at 1748 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Since we are at the terminal stop, we are in order to re-board the bus and take the 1750 Go North East Durham Diamond service 16 to Consett Bus Station that arrives there at 1756 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1821 Go North East service V5 to Medomsley, Grange Farm arriving at 1837 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

No other option here as the only other alternative departed half an hour previous, so we return on the 1906 Go North East Venture service V5 back to Consett (Bus Station), arriving there at 1920 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1933 Go North East service to Durham, Blackie Boy arriving at 2001 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the three minute walk to New College and board the 2045 Go North East Angel service 21 to Allerdene (Angel of the North), arriving there at 2115 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2135 Go North East Angel service 21 to Gateshead Interchange that arrives there at 2149 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2154 Go North East Crusader service 27 to South Shields Interchange, arriving there at 2242 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2307 Stagecoach North East service E2 to Sunderland (Fawcett Street) that arrives there at 2344 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Time for an overnight break. We return in the morning to the Metro station for the 0550 Tyne & Wear Metro Green Line service to Wansbeck Road, arriving there at 0634 on Wednesday.

 

[RDP]

We leave the station and take the 07.22 Gateshead Central Buses service 35 alighting at Gosforth High Street, South Cross Street at 07.32 on Wednesday.