The Transport Game (UK)

[Springs Branch]

We transfer to the Stagecoach London service 230 departing the Bakers Arms at 1047 and alighting at Turnpike Lane Tube Station at 1137 Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1146 Piccadilly Line service to Osterley, arriving there at 1240 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way to the bus stop outside the tube station and board the 1245 London Bus service H91 to Turnham Green (Chiswick Police Station on Chiswick High Road) that arrives there at 1317 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Springs Branch]

Waiting at the same stop, it's 6 minutes until the arrival of the next London United service 27 which we take to Marylebone Road / Baker Street arriving at 1429 Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Quakkerillo]

With Marylebone station being within the walking limit, we head there in order to get out of the capital.

After getting there, we look at the departure board, and decide to get on the 15:15 Chiltern to Birmingham Snow Hill .
We take this, and get off at Solihull at 16:44 on Wednesday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We now have the chance to sample a route operated by brand new 15-reg Platinum ADL Enviro 400MMCs, so exiting the station, we then board the 1650 National Express West Midlands service 957 to Birmingham (Pavillions), arriving there at 1741 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We make our way to New Street station for the 1825 ATW train to Aberystwyth, arriving at 2119 Wednesday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station, we then board the 2140 First Cymru service T1 (TrawsCymru) to Lampeter (Black Lion), arriving there at 2249 on Wednesday evening.

 

[dzug2]

Well that bus shoots off back to Aberystwyth after only one minute so our rules bar us from taking it

So we take the Lewis Coaches 585 departure next morning at 0635 and travel to Tregaron Square, arriving at 0708 Thursday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

Services in this neck of the wood, as expected in mid-Wales, are very scarce. Luckily we can board the 0920 Brodyr James service 588 to Llangwyryfon (Post Office), arriving there at 1001 on Thursday morning.

 

[dzug2]

We now travel to Bethania, leaving on Lewis Coaches 588 service at 1124 and arriving at 1143 Thursday morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

These rural bus services are really starting to irritate me, so we head back towards a more larger settlement and board the 1317 Lewis Coaches service 588 to Aberystwyth (Bus Station), arriving there at 1359 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

There's a bit of a wait for the 1530 ATW service to Dovey Junction arriving at 1551 Thursday afternoon

 

[Springs Branch]

Another wait of an hour or so sees us on the 1701 ATW departure, alighting at Barmouth at 1758 Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We walk to the bus stop outside the railway station and board the 1905 GHA Coaches service T3 to Wrexham bus station that arrives there at 2125 on Thursday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

We take the 2150 Arriva in Wales "Sapphire" service 1 from Wrexham to Chester (Railway Station) arriving 2229 Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way into the railway station and are in good time to board the 2248 Northern service to Mobberley that arrives there at 2334 on Thursday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 2352 Northern service to Plumley arriving at 0002 Friday morning

 

[Springs Branch]

We call it a night before joining the first train of the morning, the 0640 Northern service as far as Stockport arriving at 0718 Friday morning.

It's Friday morning and we're in the Manchester area. Will we be able to position ourselves for the 0922 Stockport-Stalybridge? Probably not!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We decide upon a change of TOC and next board the 0739 ATW service to Ludlow that arrives at 0905 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Heading to the bus stop outside the Compasses Inn, we then board the 1015 Diamond Bus service 2L to Cleobury Mortimer (Talbot Inn), arriving there at 1044 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1214 Diamond Bus service 2L to Blakebrook (Police Station) that arrives there at 1259 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This isn't in Blakebrook, but actually in Kidderminster.

We then board the 1429 Diamond Bus service 2L to Kidderminster (Town Hall), arriving there at 1442 on Friday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1450 Diamond bus 3 to Stourport on Severn, York Street, arriving at 1511 Friday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1551 Diamond Bus service 295 to Worcester (Crowngate Bus Station) that arrives there at 1633 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We have time to grab a quick coffee before boarding the 1655 First in Worcestershire and Herefordshire service 44 to Great Malvern (Graham Road), arriving there at 1739 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1752 First in Worcestershire and Herefordshire service 44C to Powick (Hospital Lane) that arrives there at 1821 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1854 First in Worcestershire and Herefordshire service 44 to Malvern Link (Station), arriving there at 1921 on Friday evening.

 

[Quakkerillo]

At 19:46, a train rolls into the station. We decide to take this service to London Paddington, but only as far as Moreton-in-Marsh, where we arrive at 20:37 on Friday evening

 

[backontrack]

We depart from Moreton-in-Marsh at 21:41 on the Great Western service to London Paddington, where we decamp at 23:40 Friday Night.