The Transport Game

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We now take the 12:52 First Trans-Pennine Express service to York arriving at 15:18 Friday Afternoon

How long have First TPE been running services from Preston to York...hock:

 

[Manchester77]

How long have First TPE been running services from Preston to York...hock:

Oos got my operators mixed up! wondered why it didn't go via MAN!
Will edit my post to show

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

No offence to the Scots, but I'm glad we're back in England, as I thought we'd be stuck in that bloody Lobster right up in the Highlands

Lybster...not Lobster...:roll:

It was you, if I remember was the first one to suffer from Lybster Omnibus Syndrome..
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We now take the 12:52 Northern service to York arriving at 15:18 Friday Afternoon

Leaving on a Sunday and not arriving till Friday...hock:

I know some Northern services are slow, but really.....:roll:

 

[ValleyLines142]

Lybster...not Lobster...:roll:

It was you, if I remember was the first one to suffer from Lybster Omnibus Syndrome..

I honestly could not believe such an isolated place existed!

We now take the 12:52 Northern service to York arriving at 15:18 Friday Afternoon

Next we take a whopper journey as we embark on 1V64, the 1541 CrossCountry service to Taunton, arriving there at 2018 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Next we take a whopper journey as we embark on 1V64, the 1541 CrossCountry service to Taunton, arriving there at 2018 on Sunday evening.

We carry on by rail and board the 2051 FGW service to Totnes that arrives there at 2202 on Sunday evenng.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We call it a night and then fresh on Monday morning, on a new week, we embark on 1S37, the 0545 CrossCountry service to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving there at 0726 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0822 FGW service to Southampton Central that arrives there at 1004 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then catch 1C37, the 1013 Southern service to Horsham, arriving there at 1146 on Monday morning.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then board the 15:40 XC Service to Derby arriving there at 17:29 Sunday Afternoon
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We next board the 12:08 Southern Service to London Victoria Arriving there at 13:18 Monday Afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We carry our rail expedition of the South-East by next boarding the 1347 Southern service to Hastings that arrives there at 1552 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then board the 16:19 Southern Service to London Bridge Arriving there at 17:58 Monday Afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

Time for a quick coffee before exiting the station and boarding the 521 operated by Go-Ahead London at 1807 to Holborn Circus, arriving there at 1829 on Monday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then take the 18:32 first London bus no 25 to Chancery Lane arriving there at 18:36 Monday Afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then take the short work to Holborn Circus and board the 46 operated by Metroline at 1855 to Paddington, arriving there at 1950 on Monday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

We then transfer to the underground station to board the 19:55 Bakerloo Line Service to Marylebone arriving there at 19:58 Monday Evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then continue with rail travel and board 1K62, the 2015 Chiltern service to Birmingham Snow Hill, arriving there at 2203 on Monday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

Still we continue Northwards with the 22:15 Midland Metro Tram to Wednesbury Parkway arriving there at 22:37 Monday Evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then take the short walk to Wednesbury Bus Station where we board the 311 operated by National Express West Midlands at 2316 to Dudley Bus Station, arriving there at 2341 on Monday evening.

 

[Trainfan344]

A quick transfer onto the 00:02 126 NXWM Service to Wolverhampton (Bus station) Arriving there at 00:23 Tuesday Morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then check in for the night in a hotel and the next day we take the 81 operated by National Express West Midlands at 0830 to Merry Hill, arriving there at 0937 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We now board the 0945 National Express West Midland service 53 to West Bromwich bus station that arrives there at 0954 on Tuesday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We now board the National Express West Midland service 53 to West Bromwich bus station that arrives there at 0854 on Tuesday morning

Hang on, we arrived at Merry Hill at 0937?!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hang on, we arrived at Merry Hill at 0937?!

I had read the wrong column of that timetable.....However, I have now amended that posting to show the correct departure and arrival times.


Please now refer to that posting to set the next part of the journey.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I had read the wrong column of that timetable.....However, I have now amended that posting to show the correct departure and arrival times.


Please now refer to that posting to set the next part of the journey.

Not a problem!

We then take the 5 operated by National Express West Midlands at 1002 to Pheasey Church, arriving there at 1020 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We continue our West Midlands omnibus excursion by next boarding the 1032 National Express West Midlands service 934 to Birmingham (Carrs Lane) that arrives there at 1103 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ls2270]

We now rejoin the railway network at Birmingham Moor Street, joining the 1130 London Midland departure to Stratford-upon-Avon, arriving at 1221 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the railway station, we walk to the bus stop on Wood Street where we board the 1232 Stagecoach in Warwickshire service X18 to Leamington Spa railway station that arrives there at 1322 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ls2270]

Time for a long train journey now as we board Cross Country's 1344 service to Newcastle, arriving at 1745.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A "cross country" rail journey of a different type beckons us now, so we board the 1824 Northern service to Haltwhistle that arrives there at 1921 on Tuesday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

Onto the West Side with 2N51, the 2024 Northern service to Carlisle, arriving there at 2200 on Tuesday evening.