The Transport Game

[Trainfan344]

we wait for the 20:00 Southern service to Southampton Central Arriving there at 21:19 Monday Evening.

 

[High Dyke]

We have time to catch our breath in this location before continuing on board the 21:35 SWT service to Chandlers Ford arriving at 21:55 on Monday

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We are fortunate to be in time to board "the long-way round Romsey to Romsey circular service" and board the 2214 SWT service to Redbridge that arrives at 2244 on Monday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

We have a 20 minute wait in the cold before boarding the 23:05 South West Trains service to Southampton Central arriving there at 23:11 Monday Evening

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Still time left in the day to board the 2320 SWT service to Romsey that arrives there at 2348 on Monday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

We can still squeeze the last little bits out of this day by boarding the 23:56 SWT service to Salisbury arriving there at 00:19 Tuesday Morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I tried to find any very early morning overnight services from Salisbury without much luck..

We next board the 0512 SWT service to Basingstoke that arrives there at 0558 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

Not long to wait until we board the 06:08 First Great Western service to Reading West arriving there at 06:27 Tuesday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heading westwards, we then board the 0654 FGW service to Kintbury that arrives there at 0728 on Tuesday morning.

 

[dzug2]

Still further westward on FGW's 0820 service to Bedwyn arriving 0834 Tuesday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of direction sees us boarding the 0841 FGW service to Thatcham that arrives there at 0903 on Tuesday morning.

 

[dzug2]

A return to the roads on Newbury and District's 104 service at 1016, riding to Tilehurst Triangle, arriving at 1116 Tuesday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1127 Reading Buses service 17 to Whiteknights (Three Tuns) that arrives there at 1207 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

Next we take First in Berkshire and the Thames Valley's service 190 at 1227 for the short ride to Earley station, arriving at 1229 on Tuesday afternoon

 

[Class20]

I haven't been able to post much on here recently. Looking through the posts made since my last visit I have noted a few errors with certain journeys that have been made, errors that would affect any following journeys. As they are some time (and pages) ago I will not go into any detail about them

Next we take First in Berkshire and the Thames Valley's service 190 at 1227 for the short ride to Earley station, arriving at 1229 on Tuesday afternoon

We make our way into the station to board the 12:34 South West Trains service to Reading, arriving at 12:42 Tuesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1252 FGW service to Moreton in Marsh, arriving at 1359 Tuesday afternoon

Just in time to see the market being dismantled

 

[Trainfan344]

We soon find onwards transport on board the 14:48 First Great Western service to London Paddington arriving there at 16:29 Tuesday Afternoon

 

[Class20]

We wait time before boarding the 16:40 Heathrow Express service to Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, arriving at 17:01 Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We are soon off again after observing the minimum connection time and going underground we sit down and enjoy the 17:14 Piccadilly Line service to Cockfosters arriving there at 18:47 Tuesday Afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

From this northern line terminus, we next board the 1856 Piccadilly Line service to Arnos Grove underground station that arrives there at 1905 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Zoe]

We wait time before boarding the 16:40 Heathrow Express service to Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, arriving at 17:01 Tuesday afternoon.

HOLD HOLD HOLD
Minimum connection time at Paddington is 15 minutes which takes us to 1644 at the earliest. The times no longer seem to be available on the National Rail website but are listed in the Stations Index for the Complete national rail timetable available on the Network Rail site.

 

[Trainfan344]

HOLD HOLD HOLD
Minimum connection time at Paddington is 15 minutes which takes us to 1644 at the earliest. The times no longer seem to be available on the National Rail website but are listed in the Stations Index for the Complete national rail timetable available on the Network Rail site.

May I recommend http://www.brtimes.com/#home# just type any station name in and it comes up with the connection time, what I have been using.

 

[dzug2]

It must be open floor by now, so we take the 1724 FGW stopper to Kings Sutton, arriving at 1944 Tuesday evening

The Grand Central site also has MCTs - for some stations, apparently randomly selected

 

[Class20]

HOLD HOLD HOLD
Minimum connection time at Paddington is 15 minutes which takes us to 1644 at the earliest. The times no longer seem to be available on the National Rail website but are listed in the Stations Index for the Complete national rail timetable available on the Network Rail site.

May I recommend http://www.brtimes.com/#home# just type any station name in and it comes up with the connection time, what I have been using.

I had a feeling the connection time would be the issue. I didn’t know of any site which shows such information. I did search National Rail website as it did use to show connection times on there with in the Station Information pages. But as Zoe says this is no longer the case (as I found). I guessed the connection time at Paddington would be around 15mins but I appear to have misread the times when submitting my journey. Thanks to Trainfan344 for providing an alternative.

It must be open floor by now, so we take the 1724 FGW stopper to Kings Sutton, arriving at 1944 Tuesday evening

We wait at the station before boarding the 20:07 First Great Western service to Oxford, arriving at 20:37 Tuesday evening.

 

[Zoe]

It must be open floor by now, so we take the 1724 FGW stopper to Kings Sutton, arriving at 1944 Tuesday evening

The Grand Central site also has MCTs - for some stations, apparently randomly selected

We are still under HOLD conditions as I was waiting for Class 20s response as no RESUME was called (I was waiting to see if Class 20 was going to post a new move or declare open floor). I will leave it up to Class 20 to decide to continue from your move (in which case we will resume from the subsquent post by Class 20) or to post a new one from Trainfan's post at Paddington. The game should be considered RESUMED when this decision is made.

 

[Class20]

Nothings ever easy in this world is it. RESUME

My mistake was at Paddington. I asume this is were Dzug2 moved us on from, taking us to Kings Sutton. So I am moving on from there. I know Dzug2s move was under hold conditions but lets just move on.

we take the 1724 FGW stopper to Kings Sutton, arriving at 1944 Tuesday evening

We wait at the station before boarding the 20:07 First Great Western service to Oxford, arriving at 20:37 Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well, we now have had a DOUBLE adjudication and a number of intermediate postings made. I have "struck-through" my earlier posting, as this was affected by the FIRST of the two adjudications.

I am totally and utterly lost....
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---

We soon find onwards transport on board the 14:48 First Great Western service to London Paddington arriving there at 16:29 Tuesday Afternoon

Is this the posting from which the quiz can continue....or not ?

Zoe appeared to use this as the posting from which the next posting incurred the query on its not meeting a miniumum 15-minute connectional requirement.

 

[Zoe]

Zoe appeared to use this as the posting from which the next posting incurred the query on its not meeting a miniumum 15-minute connectional requirement.

That would have been the post that Class 20 could have elected post a new move from to replace the invalid move on the 1640. However dzug2 posted while still under hold conditions and Class 20 has not challenged this so we are at Oxford at 2037 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Deciding that a different mode of travel will take us from the rail-fuelled slough of despond, we walk to the bus stop outside the railway station and board the 2055 Oxford Bus Company service 5 to Blackbird Leys (Sandy Lane) that arrives there at 2124 on Tuesday evening.

 

[High Dyke]

We watch the bus disappear into the distance and await the next service, which are frequent even at this time of night. We board the 21:37 Oxford Bus Co. service 5 and alight in Oxford City Centre (County Hall, New Road - Stop E6) arriving at 21:59 on Tuesday.