The Transport Game (UK)

[AndrewR232]

We enter said station and take the 1014 Chiltern Railways service to Leamington Spa, arriving 1059 on Saturday morning.

 

[bnsf734]

We leave the station and make our way to the bus stop in time to catch the Stagecoach Warwickshire service 68 departing 1116 to Warwick Castle, arriving there at 1135 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We have time for a quick visit before continuing on Stagecoach X16 service at 1236 and travelling to Stratford on Avon Mcdonalds, arriving at 1300 Saturday afternoon

 

[me123]

We continue our journeys on a local bus company, Johnsons Excelbus. We cross the road to the bus stop outside BHS and catch a 269 service at 13:26. It takes us to Banbury Bus Station at 14:33 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ooo]

We take the 14:50 Stagecoach Oxfordshire S4 service to Oxford City Centre, Magdalen Street East (Stop T1) arriving at 16:05 on Saturday Afternoon

 

[me123]

We walk over to Magdalen Street itself to catch the 16:15 Stagecoach Oxfordshire 17 service to Summertown (Shops), alighting at 16:30 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1638 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service 85 to Bicester (Manorsfield Road) that arrives there at 1702 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[me123]

From here, it's an 8 minute/0.4 mile walk to Bicester Town Railway station. We have forgotten that it's closed, so instead of a train we board the Chiltern Rail Replacement Bus Service at 17:35. It deposits us at (the also closed for rebuilding) Islip station at 17:53 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

We wander around aimlessly for an hour before returning to board the 1853 Chiltern Railways Replacement Bus Service to Oxford, arriving 1918 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We've explored London and the south for a while now, so making our way up north, we board the 1940 CrossCountry service 1E73 to Leeds, arriving there at 2325 on Saturday evening.

 

[AndrewR232]

We have just enough time to take 1P66, the 2337 First TransPennine Express service to York, arriving 0003 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We have just enough time to take 1P66, the 2337 First TransPennine Express service to York, arriving 0003 on Sunday morning.

There does not appear to a wide range of buses at this hour in York, with most services finishing by 2330, so we have no choice but to let the hours pass, before boarding the 0230 First TransPennine Express service 1P03 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 0349 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

Almost an hour later we board the 0442 First TransPennine Express service and double back to Huddersfield, arriving 0511 on Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We could just continue going back and forth on 24 hour TransPennine services between Manchester and Leeds but I don't see much point in that, as it is repetitive and none of the other rail services start until about 0900, so we sample the local buses as we board the 0700 First in Calderdale & Huddersfield service 185 to Slaithwaite (Star Hotel), arriving there at 0719 on Sunday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

There's not a lot happening in Slaithwaite at this time on a Sunday morning and we're still a bit early for the first trains and trans-Pennine buses of the day, so .....

We board the 0744 First in Calderdale & Huddersfield service 185 (giving a nod to the same driver who dropped us off less than half-an-hour ago) and ride to Huddersfield Bus Station, arriving at 0806 Sunday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Moving away from the Kirklees administrative area, we board the 0830 First in Calderdale and Huddersfield service 503 to Halifax bus station that arrives there at 0902 in Sunday morning.

 

[Springs Branch]

We then transfer to First Halifax service 592 departing from the bus station at 0920 to Burnley Bus Station, arriving 1045 Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1128 Transdev Burnley & Pendle service 152 to Feniscowles (The Arches), arriving there at 1230 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

It's a 0.3 mile walk to the bus stop adjacent to Feniscowles Infant School, where we board a Stagecoach in Lancashire service 24 at 1304 to Chorley Interchange, arriving at 1329 Sunday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

With the Sunday trains from Chorley being replaced by buses, we take the 1342 Northern Replacement Bus Service to Leyland, arriving 1411 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With the Sunday trains from Chorley being replaced by buses, we take the 1342 Northern Replacement Bus Service to Leyland, arriving 1411 on Sunday afternoon.

We don't take into account replacement buses, we go on the normal working timetable.

 

[FQ]

Is this different though as it is a big one and the line is closed for ages.

 

[Springs Branch]

My interpretation of the spirit of the quiz rules is that normally we do not take into account short-term engineering works, like line closures or replacement buses, which last only for one or two weekends and we should refer to normal timetables for these kind of occasions.

The line closures, service changes and replacement buses for the Preston - Bolton - Manchester electrification are major, longer-term 7-day-a-week events (scheduled to last at least until October), for which the TOCs have gone to the trouble of publicising & printing special timetables.

I propose in this particular case (as well as the temporary Metrolink closures at St Peter's Square in Manchester City Centre) we do treat these as special situations which are not transient or short-term, and work to the published temporary timetables, including any replacement buses where these are part of the service pattern.

Keeping on the move, we board the 1431 Northern train from Leyland to St Helens Central, arriving at 1503 Sunday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We head off to the seaside next on this lovely Sunday afternoon, catching the 15:14 Northern service 2N78 back the way we came and off to Blackpool North, arriving there at 16:20 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

We then take the 1644 First TransPennine Express service to Heald Green, arriving 1810 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walking up the station approach incline to the bus stop on the other side of Finney Lane outside the telephone exchange, we board the 1830 Stagecoach Manchester service 369 to Adswood (Bird Hall Lane/Fleming Works) that arrives there at 1843 on Sunday evening.

 

[OxtedL]

With the Sunday trains from Chorley being replaced by buses, we take the 1342 Northern Replacement Bus Service to Leyland, arriving 1411 on Sunday afternoon.

We don't take into account replacement buses, we go on the normal working timetable.

Is this different though as it is a big one and the line is closed for ages.

The line closures, service changes and replacement buses for the Preston - Bolton - Manchester electrification are major, longer-term 7-day-a-week events (scheduled to last at least until October), for which the TOCs have gone to the trouble of publicising & printing special timetables.

These are indeed long term changes - I can't actually find any obvious timetable for what would be running if the work wasn't being done. I agree this move is completely fine, even if it temporarily confused us all.

Carry on.

 

[me123]

Walking up the station approach incline to the bus stop on the other side of Finney Lane outside the telephone exchange, we board the 1830 Stagecoach Manchester service 369 to Adswood (Bird Hall Lane/Fleming Works) that arrives there at 1843 on Sunday evening.

I assume you mean Fielding Works?

We alight to find that the 369 is the only bus stopping here. Instead of simply waiting for the next 369, we walk 0.4 miles (8 minutes) back to the stop at Edgeley Road/Bordon Road where we catch the 19:04 Stagecoach Manchester service 11 to Altrincham Interchange, arriving at 19:55 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide to visit the House of Mammon that is oft referred to as the Vatican of the North on account of its architectural features and board the 2000 Arriva North West service 245 to Trafford Centre bus station that arrives there at 2052 on Sunday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

We continue on Manchester Community Transport service 22 at 2120. Inspired by the cathedralesque architecture of the Trafford Centre and still feeling religious, we alight at Moses Gate at 2200 Sunday evening.