The Transport Game

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I take it that the day of travel is Monday........

Time to have a hot drink to ward off the chill and then we make our way to platform 16B where we board the 2240 First TPE service to Manchester Piccadilly that arrives at platform 2 there at 2337 on Monday night

 

[Welshman]

After a night on a park bench in Piccadilly Gardens, we awake as fresh as a daisy and catch the 0748 from Manchester Victoria[admiring the improvements when we pass through], and alight at Bradford Interchange at 0847, Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There are some fine examples of Victorian architecture to admire in Bradford whilst we stretch our legs, still stiff from the night on the park bench, before returning to board the 1022 Grand Central service to London Kings Cross that arrives at 1345 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[150222]

We then take the 1400 East Coast service to Darlington arriving at 1621 on tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

After a quick snack and drink, we board the 1648 First TPE service to Huddersfield that arrives at 1815 on Tuesday evening.


Wouldn't it be amazing if someone had kept a running total of the value spent on all these single train and bus tickets spent since this quiz started..

 

[150222]

We then board the 1822 northern service to Barnsley arriving at 1910 on tuesday night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

This gives us time to eat the " Double Mars Bar" we had kept and then to board the 1940 Northern service to Nottingham that arrives at 2100 on Tuesday evening.

 

[150222]

We then board the 2143 East Midlands Trains service to Leeds arriving at 2341 on tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We stay overnight in Leeds, and in the morning board Northern's 1B22, the 0851 service to Blackpool North, which arrives there at 1100 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Time for fish and chips and a bottle of Tizer then it is time to board the 1144 First TPE service to Manchester Airport that arrives at 1317 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

After grabbing a coffee, we then board 1P38, First TransPennine's 1335 service to Middlesbrough, which arrives at 1630 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not long to wait for our next connection and we board the 1704 Northern service to Whitby that arrives at 1907 on Wednesday evening.

 

[150222]

We then pop into the co-op for another mars bar and catch the 1937 arriva north east service 5 to Ormesby crossroads arriving at 2207 on wednesday evening.

 

[Robinson]

Whitby is another town renowned for its fish & chips, amongst other things. Deciding to stick around for a bit, rather than immediately dash off back the way we came, we end up spending the night here and leave the following morning on the 0930 Arriva bus no. 93 to Scarborough Station, arriving on Thursday morning at 1030.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then go on Arriva North East's 5A bus to Middlesbrough Bus Station, departing Ormesby Crossroads at 2307 and arriving at 'Boro at 2323 on Wednesday evening.

 

[150222]

After sleeping at the travellodge around the corner we board the 0935 Stagecoach on Teeside no. 13 to Linthorpe (Tollesby Rd./Emerson Ave.) arriving at 0950 on thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then jump on Stagecoach's no. 11 bus back to Middlesbrough which leaves Linthorpe at 1013 and arrives at Middlesbrough at 1024.

 

[150222]

We then take the 1050 FTPE service to Leeds arriving at 1222 on thursday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

At Leeds, we have several options, so let's head down south and take 1A30, the 1245 East Coast service to London Kings Cross, which arrives at 1502 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Welshman]

A quick negotiation of the building site that is Kings Cross finds us on the 1525 EMT from St Pancras International to Chesterfield, where we alight at 1737, Thursday afternoon.

 

[150222]

We catch the 1802 XC to Leeds arriving at 1903 on thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

A change of TOC and route direction is decided upon, so after a hot drink to refresh us, we board the 1937 Northern service to Manchester Victoria that arrives at 2113 on Thursday evening.

 

[150222]

We are bored of Manchester so we board the 2121 northern service to Todmorden alighting at 2158 on thursday. We then stay at a nice bed & breakfast on Burnley Rd.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Having told the staff that we will be up at 0500, we are treated to a hearty breakfast and copious amounts of tea and thick buttered toast, before making our way to the railway station to catch the 0622 Northern service to York that finally arrives there at 0806 on Friday morning.

 

[150222]

We look around the national railway museam for a few hours then return to the station to buy a sandwich from Upper Crust. We then board the 1411 northern service to Harrogate arriving at 1443 on friday.

 

[gnolife]

We join 1514 northern train to Leeds arr 1552 Friday

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The call of the West Country beckons us once more and we are pleased to have had such an excellent breakfast in Todmorden, so we only need a light snack and a hot drink before it is time to board the 1711 XC service to Plymouth that arrives there at 2248 on Friday night.

 

[ValleyLines142]

At last! Someone takes us down south. Was getting ever so slightly board hehe.

We then stay overnight in Plymouth before boarding 2C42, the 0818 First Great Western service to St Erth, which arrives there at 1007 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Saturday morning so soon again....another week starts on our voyage of discovery so we board the 1010 FGW service to Truro, that arrives there at 1039 on Saturday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well timed Paul, as this gives us chance to connect with First Great Western's 2F74 1050 Falmouth Docks service, arriving there at 1114 on Saturday morning. Good time for a cuppa me thinks