The Transport Game

[dzug2]

ATW take us on their 2211 departure as far as Wem where we arrive at 0026 on Saturday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We examine the Saturday services running in both the Crewe and the Shrewsbury directions and find that come what may, there are no onward services for quite some time, so we resign ourselves to wait for the first onward one and board the 0522 ATW service to Carmarthen that arrives there at 0949 on Saturday morning

 

[dzug2]

We catch Arriva's 40 service from the railway station approach at 1008 and travel to Lampeter High Street, Nat West bank, arriving at 1110 Saturday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We note there is a Saturday service leaving soon from the stop that we had not considered, so we next board the 1125 Arriva Cymru service 585 to Bronant (Old Post Office) that arrives there at 1226 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We continue on the next 585 bus at 1426 and travel to Llanfarian, Bryn Eglur,
A487, arriving at 1445 Saturday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A service change sees us boarding the 1511 Arriva Cymru service 40 to Felinfach School that arrives there at 1553 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We have about half an hour to wait before catching the Arriva 40 service at 1627, travelling to Aberaeron Alban Square, arriving at 1640 Saturday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not too long to wait before we board the 1722 Arriva Cymru service 50 to Aberystwyth bus station that arrives there at 1755 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

Back to our old friends Lloyds Coaches, with their X28 departure at 1840 to Tre'r-Ddol, Wildfowler Hotel, North Road, arriving at 1903 Saturday evening

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Onwards on the 2103 Lloyds Coaches service X28 to Machynlleth depot that arrives there at 2122 on Saturday evening.

 

[High Dyke]

We struggle to find another departure this evening so retire to the nearest 'Tafarn' for liquid refreshment.

The following morning we are back at the bus depot to board the 09:32 Lloyds Coaches T2 service. We venture through the splendid countryside and alight at Portmeirion, Tollgate (A487) arriving 11:00 on Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Just a short time to wait until we board the 1122 John's Coaches service 1 S to Blaenau Ffestiniog (Queens Hotel on Church Street) that arrives there at 1150 on Sunday morning.

 

[dzug2]

I think we established last time that this stop is immediately outside the station car park and therefore is acceptable as serving the station

We therefore take the 1340 Ffestiniog Railway departure and ride to Porthmadog, arriving at 1455 Sunday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sunday is not exactly the best day of the week to seek out a range of regular transport options so after looking around the railway station environs, we decide to take another ride of this heritage narrow-gauge railway and we board the 1600 Ffestiniog Railway service to Penrhyn that arrives there at 1620 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[harry42]

From Penhryn, we take the Sunday 16:30 Arriva 12 service which arrives in at Clifton Road Stop Z at 16:47.

Anyone upto to doing this whole transport game in real life?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

From Penrhyn, we take the Sunday 16:30 Arriva 12 service which arrives in at Clifton Road Stop Z at 16:47.

Sorry to disappoint you, but you have used the "Penrhyn" that is on the Arriva Cymru Colwyn Bay/Rhyl number 12 bus service....The "Penrhyn" that was last referred to is on the Ffestiniog Railway, 20 minutes north of Portmadog....:cry:

 

[dzug2]

There doesn't seem to be a formal hold, so I'll jump in.

We have a problem - plenty of buses serving Penrhyn(deudraeth) but none call at the Cambrian View stop outside the station on a Sunday and the rules won't allow us to walk into the village

So the only way out is the 1825 FFR departure, which we take to Minffordd, arriving at 1835 Sunday evening

 

[Zoe]

There doesn't seem to be a formal hold, so I'll jump in.

The above move by harry42 hasn't been struck through though or declared. I will declare it void at this time though as an incorrect location was used and harry42 has until 2148 to post the next move. If not then we will take dzug2s latest move as valid.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We have a problem - plenty of buses serving Penrhyn(deudraeth) but none call at the Cambrian View stop outside the station on a Sunday and the rules won't allow us to walk into the village

So the only way out is the 1825 FFR departure, which we take to Minffordd, arriving at 1835 Sunday evening

Time embargo over....

We know of the dearth of buses in this area late on Sunday, but Ffestiniog Railway service we arrived on does in fact afford us interchange facilities with the main line rail services so we choose the first available one and eventually board the 2035 ATW service to Pwllheli that arrives there at 2107 on Sunday evening.

 

[High Dyke]

With no prospect of onwards travel this evening we explore this settlement to see what it has to offer.

The following morning we are back at the railway station to catch the first departure of the day, the 06:29 ATW service, which conveys us to the request stop at Dyffryn Ardudwy arriving 07:29 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wishing to start the new week with a feeling to visit a noted settlement with a historic castle, we next give a "request stop" hand signal to the driver of the oncoming train and board the 0756 ATW service to Harlech that arrives there at 0810 on Monday morning.

 

[High Dyke]

Not wanting to get stuck in this location for two hours we board the next available train - the 08:25 ATW service. We take a trip on this service across the famous viaduct at Barmouth to alight at the station on the southern side of the estuary. Now a shadow of its former self is Morfa Mawddach (Barmouth Junction), where we have requested the train to stop, arriving at 08:56 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Being thwarted already in our hope of visiting a settlement that has a castle, we decide to try again and give a clear signal that we wish to board to the driver of the approaching train, we then board the 0949 ATW service to Criccieth that arrives there at 1057 on Monday morning.

 

[High Dyke]

The nature of the timetable in this area gives us the opportunity to visit the castle, and even more surprised to find it's free entry today.

We enjoy the delights of this piece of Welsh history, though all too soon we are back at the railway station to continue our travels. We board the 12:53 ATW service to its terminus at Pwllheli arriving at 13:10 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Whilst there are bus services from Station Square, we see that we would be unable to avail ourselves of these as there is not a bus stop immediately outside the railway station, so being thwarted of bus journeys to settlements at the foot of the Lleyn peninsula, we board the first available train service, which is the 1338 ATW service to Shrewsbury that arrives there at 1727 on Monday evening.

 

[High Dyke]

We don't have too long to wait for a train to return us to the Principality. We board the 17:40 ATW service and alight at Haverfordwest arriving 22:15 on Monday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There is still a rail service to use this evening, so we board the 2333 ATW service to Carmarthen that arrives there at 0016 on Tuesday morning.

 

[High Dyke]

Our travels can still continue tonight by joining the 00:33 ATW service alighting at the reopened Fishguard and Goodwick station arriving at 01:20 Tuesday morning.

 

[Bodie]

We can keep out our travels in the wee small hours by boarding the 0153 ATW service to Swansea arriving at 0348, Tuesday morning

 

[High Dyke]

A return to England beckons as we board the 03:57 FGW service to Didcot Parkway arriving at 06:46 on Tuesday.