The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

Let's walk the 8 minutes / 0.4 miles to Reading West station and there board 2J37, GWR's 1341 service. We alight at Bramley (Hampshire) at 1356 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1414 Great Western Railway service to Mortimer arriving at 1419 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With nothing of any interest happening here, we board the 1451 Great Western Railway service 2J41 to Basingstoke, arriving there at 1504 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Next we board 1W43, South Western Railway's 1527 service, alighting in Winchester at 1543 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the eight minute walk to Jewry Street, where we board the 1612 Bluestar service 1 to Chandlers Ford (Asda)*, arriving there at 1642 on Sunday afternoon.

* Bus Times' location of this, as per usual, is questionable! A check on Google Maps shows that it's more like Eastleigh to me.

 

[Andy Pacer]

I'm not sure what they use to identify bus stops, it's puzzled me for a while, it doesn't seem to always correspond with the stop name on Google Maps. One of my services in Leicestershire puzzled me as their stop name was out of date, I even tried changing the name of the stop in our systems to see if it made any difference!

Moving swiftly on, we take the 1700 Bluestar service 1 to Fryern Hill, Co-op arriving at 1708 on Sunday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Doesn't it feed from Naptan?

Our only option remains the Bluestar service 1, so we make the 1 minute walk to the Church bus stop, where we board the 1734 journey. We alight at Southampton (Civic Centre, stop AI) at 1801 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk around the corner to Asda & Marlands, where we board the 1813 Unilink service U1A to Swaythling (Montefiore House), arriving there at 1849 on Sunday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave here on the 1901 Unilink service U1E, alighting at Eastleigh (Bus Station) at 1912 ono Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1949 Bluestar service 2 to Portswood (Broadway), arriving there at 2010 on Sunday evening.

 

[liamf656]

We then take the short walk to St Denys Railway Station and hop onto the 20:44 South Western Railway Service to Fratton, arriving there at 21:32 on Sunday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

Surprised that there are no buses serving such an urban area even for a Sunday night, we instead board the 2209 Southern service 2S89 to Shoreham-by-Sea via Littlehampton, arriving there at 2326 on Sunday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We continue on 1H70, Southern's 0036 service to Lancing where we arrive at 0040 on Monday morning.

 

[liamf656]

That’s it for the evening now, so we continue on Monday morning with the 05:32 Southern service to Brighton, arriving there at 05:54

 

[MaidaVale]

Heading to across platforms, we then board the 0601 Thameslink Class 700 service to Harpenden (Herts) arriving at 0747 on Monday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We walk to Stop D on the High Street and get the 08:03 Arriva in Beds and Bucks service 321 Sapphire to Rickmansworth Railway Station (Stop A), arriving at 10:06 Monday morning.

 

[liamf656]

We then enter the station and catch the 10:19 Chiltern service to Aylesbury, arriving at 10:54 on Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to across platforms, we then board the 0601 Thameslink Class 700 service to Harpenden (Herts) arriving at 0747 on Monday morning.

Unfortunately, the minimum connection time at Brighton is ten minutes unless it's Southern to Southern which is 4 minutes (quite why I do not know; to go from Hove to Eastbourne which involves transferring from platform 1 to platform 7 or 8 at Brighton is valid but not onto the Thameslink platforms which are closer!!).

So subsequently your move, and the following ones, will need to be crossed out I'm afraid

 

[-Colly405-]

So let's leave Brighton on 9S04, the 0605 Thameslink service, and alight at Finsbury Park at 0737 on Monday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 0744 Great Northern service 2V17 to Hatfield, arriving at 0814½ Monday morning.

 

[Intro298]

Next we get the 0818 Thameslink service to Cambridge

 

[liamf656]

Next we get the 0818 Thameslink service to Cambridge

Don’t forget the arrival time and day! For completeness, this arrives at Cambridge at 09:22 on Monday morning

We then move onto the 09:35 Great Northern service to Ely, and we arrive there at 09:56 on Monday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Next we get the 0818 Thameslink service to Cambridge

This also falls foul of the minimum connection time at Hatfield.

In general, most average-sized stations have a five minute connection time (there are some that are only four but I can't remember off the top of my head).

Please use BR Times if you're unsure.

I'll continue on with the last two moves by pushing them forward by half an hour, so with that service from Finsbury Park arriving at Hatfield at 0815 in fact, we can then get the 0848 to Cambridge arriving at 09:52.

From there, we can exit the station to the bus stops outside on Station Place and board the 1000 Stagecoach East Citi service 7 to Addenbrookes Hospital, arriving there at 1007 on Monday morning.

 

[Intro298]

This also falls foul of the minimum connection time at Hatfield.

In general, most average-sized stations have a five minute connection time (there are some that are only four but I can't remember off the top of my head).

Please use BR Times if you're unsure.

I'll continue on with the last two moves by pushing them forward by half an hour, so with that service from Finsbury Park arriving at Hatfield at 0815 in fact, we can then get the 0848 to Cambridge arriving at 09:52.

From there, we can exit the station to the bus stops outside on Station Place and board the 1000 Stagecoach East Citi service 7 to Addenbrookes Hospital, arriving there at 1007 on Monday morning.

It leaves from the same platform as the GN service.

 

[-Colly405-]

It leaves from the same platform as the GN service.

Hi - despite that we need to stick to the rules, which are that we allow 5 minutes for connecting trains unless the station has a different advertised minimum connection time. It took me ages to remember that when I first played this game, and even now I occasionally fall foul by not allowing longer at a major station . I regularly need to check the rules, which are on page 1 of the game...

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave Addenbrookes at 1015 on Stagecoach East service 13, alighting at Haverhill (Bus Station) at 1112 on Monday.

 

[Intro298]

Hi - despite that we need to stick to the rules, which are that we allow 5 minutes for connecting trains unless the station has a different advertised minimum connection time. It took me ages to remember that when I first played this game, and even now I occasionally fall foul by not allowing longer at a major station . I regularly need to check the rules, which are on page 1 of the game...

Ok then, thanks for the info, it is my first time playing.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Ok then, thanks for the info, it is my first time playing.

No problem!

We leave Addenbrookes at 1015 on Stagecoach East service 13, alighting at Haverhill (Bus Station) at 1112 on Monday.

We next board the 1228 Stephensons of Essex service 59 to Audley End (Bus Station), arriving there at 1321 on Monday afternoon.

 

[liamf656]

We enter the station and catch the 13:43 Greater Anglia service to Stansted Airport, arriving there at 13:56 on Monday afternoon

 

[MaidaVale]

We then change platforms and after a short wait board the 1427 CrossCountry service to Stamford arriving at 1606 on Monday afternoon.