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ValleyLines142 · 18 Jan 2020

DerekC said:
Did think about that but it seemed a bit tight. Maybe you walk faster than me!!

It's about a 7/8 minute walk

DerekC said:
We cross the road to the Castle Entrance bus stop and board the 23:01 Stagecoach South Wales service 120 to Pontypridd (Bus Station) where we arrive at 23:27 on Monday evening.

We retire for the night and return in the morning, taking the 11 minute 0.5 mile walk to the railway station, where we board the 0518 Transport for Wales service 2Y03 to Barry Island, arriving there at 0624 on Tuesday morning.

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Xenophon PCDGS · 18 Jan 2020

We next board the 0656 Transport for Wales service to Troed-y-Rhiw that arrives at 0820 on Tuesday morning.

ValleyLines142 · 18 Jan 2020

We then board the 0838 Stagecoach South Wales service 78A to Treharris (Bus Station), arriving there at 0854 on Tuesday morning.

Xenophon PCDGS · 18 Jan 2020

DanTrainMan185 said:
We then board the 0838 Stagecoach South Wales service 78A to Treharris (Bus Station), arriving there at 0854 on Tuesday morning.

Does that bus stop outside the Troed-y-rhiw railway station?

ValleyLines142 · 18 Jan 2020

Xenophon PCDGS said:
Does that bus stop outside the Troed-y-rhiw railway station?

Correct.

Xenophon PCDGS · 18 Jan 2020

Thanks for that confirmation.....

We next board the 0921 Stagecoach South Wales service 79 to Merthyr Tydfil (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0943 on Tuesday morning.

ValleyLines142 · 18 Jan 2020

Xenophon PCDGS said:
We next board the 0921 Stagecoach South West service 79 to Merthyr Tydfil (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0943 on Tuesday morning.

Bit far away for Stagecoach South West

We then board the 1000 Stagecoach South Wales TrawsCymru service T4 to Cathays (High School), arriving there at 1050 on Tuesday morning.

Andy Pacer · 18 Jan 2020

We then take the 1055 Cardiff Bus service 27 to Cardiff, Havelock Street arriving at 1106 on Tuesday morning.

ValleyLines142 · 18 Jan 2020

We take the six minute walk to Customhouse Street, where we board the 1115 Cardiff Bus service 52 to Cardiff Metropolitan University (Cyncoed Campus), arriving there at 1140 on Tuesday morning.

DerekC · 18 Jan 2020

We wait for the 12:05 Cardiff Bus service M1 to Gabalfa (Tesco) where we arrive at 12:19 on Tuesday afternoon.

ValleyLines142 · 18 Jan 2020

We then board the 1233 Cardiff Bus City Circle service 2 to Grangetown (Grange Gardens), arriving there at 1300 on Tuesday afternoon.

DerekC · 18 Jan 2020

We walk the 700 yards to Grangetown railway station and board the 13:19 Transport for Wales service to Quakers Yard where we arrive at 14:09 on Tuesday afternoon.

Xenophon PCDGS · 19 Jan 2020

Leaving the railway station, we take the three minute walk to Cardiff Road and there board the 1432 Stagecoach South Wales service 79 to Bedlinog (Maes-y-Bedw) that arrives there at 1455 on Tuesday afternoon.

ValleyLines142 · 19 Jan 2020

Why do we keep ending up in/around Merthyr?! It's an absolute dump there are plenty of other places we can explore.

As this is the terminus of the route, and it's the same bus heading back in the opposite direction, we are guaranteed a spot on the return working, so we board the 1455 Stagecoach South Wales service 79 to Pentrebach (Railway Station), arriving there at 1536 on Tuesday afternoon.

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

DanTrainMan185 said:
Why do we keep ending up in/around Merthyr?! It's an absolute dump there are plenty of other places we can explore..

And we never seem to venture much further I to South Wales than the Cardiff area...

We then take the 1610 Transport for Wales service to Cardiff Central arriving at 1710 on Tuesday.

ValleyLines142 · 19 Jan 2020

Your wish is my command!

We then board the 1723 Transport for Wales service 2L63 to Wildmill, arriving there at 1753 on Tuesday afternoon.

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

We then tale the 1839 Transport for Wwles service to Bridgend arriving at 1843 on Thursday.

ValleyLines142 · 19 Jan 2020

We're on Tuesday

We then take the seven minute walk down Station Hill to the bus station, where we board the 1855 First South & West Wales service X1 to Swansea (Jersey Marine/Bay Campus), arriving there at 1955 on Tuesday evening.

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

DanTrainMan185 said:
We're on Tuesday

We then take the seven minute walk down Station Hill to the bus station, where we board the 1855 First South & West Wales service X1 to Swansea (Jersey Marine/Bay Campus), arriving there at 1955 on Tuesday evening.

I almost put Thursday on the previous move too and then corrected it in time!

DerekC · 19 Jan 2020

DanTrainMan185 said:
We're on Tuesday

We then take the seven minute walk down Station Hill to the bus station, where we board the 1855 First South & West Wales service X1 to Swansea (Jersey Marine/Bay Campus), arriving there at 1955 on Tuesday evening.

A bit short of buses at this time in the evening so we have time for a pint in the student bar before boarding the 20:47 First South Wales service 10 to Swansea (High Street Station) where we arrive at 21:02 on Thursday evening.

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

We then take the 2227 Transport for Wales service to Whitland arriving at 2337 on Tuesday.

Esker-pades · 19 Jan 2020

~~We walk into the station to board the 21:22 Great Western Railway service to Neath, arriving there at 21:33 on a Tuesday.~~

ValleyLines142 · 19 Jan 2020

DerekC said:
A bit short of buses at this time in the evening so we have time for a pint in the student bar before boarding the 20:47 First South Wales service 10 to Swansea (High Street Station) where we arrive at 21:02 on Thursday evening.

There's plenty of services still? 8 is every twenty minutes and the 10 is half hourly at 17 and 47 minutes past?

Andy Pacer said:
We then take the 2227 Transport for Wales service to Whitland arriving at 2337 on Tuesday.

We then board the 2357 Transport for Wales service 1E55 to Carmarthen, arriving there at 0018 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

We then take the 0139 Transport for Wales service to Fishguard Harbour arriving at 0232 on Wednesday morning.

Xenophon PCDGS · 19 Jan 2020

Unfortunately, the seven minute minimum connection time at this station precludes the use of the 0237 service to Carmarthen, so we take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and board the 0650 Transport for Wales service to Clarbeston Road that arrives at 0714 on Wednesday morning.

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

We then catch the 0727 Transport for Wales service to Clunderwen arriving at 0734 on Wednesday morning.

ValleyLines142 · 19 Jan 2020

Xenophon PCDGS said:
Unfortunately, the seven minute minimum connection time at this station precludes the use of the 0237 service to Carmarthen, so we take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and board the 0650 Transport for Wales service to Clarbeston Road that arrives at 0714 on Wednesday morning.

It's the same train, so it wouldn't have mattered

Andy Pacer said:
We then catch the 0727 Transport for Wales service to Clunderwen arriving at 0734 on Wednesday morning.

We then board the 0819 Transport for Wales service 1W56 to Newport, arriving there at 1104 on Wednesday morning.

Xenophon PCDGS · 19 Jan 2020

Class172 said:
Rules

You may not re-board the service just used in the previous post

The above extract from the quiz rules seems to say otherwise.

Esker-pades · 19 Jan 2020

Xenophon PCDGS said:
The above extract from the quiz rules seems to say otherwise.

It's a different service. Fishguard Harbour is the terminus. Thus, the following rule applies:

You should use the first available service to reach your destination after allowing for the minimum interchange time.

An exception to this applies where the following service is formed of the same exact vehicle as the preceding service (applicable all day).

Andy Pacer · 19 Jan 2020

FelixtheCat said:
It's a different service. Fishguard Harbour is the terminus. Thus, the following rule applies:

As long, I guess, as we can be sure it is the same vehicle. In this case we can but with buses for instance we can't always be sure.

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