The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the station, we walk to the adjacent station on Du Cane Road and board the 1356 London United service 272 to Chiswick (Stop AP on Grove Park Road /Bolton Road) that arrives there at 1421 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then enter the station and get the 14:32 South Western Railway service 2V37 to Barnes, arriving at 15:11 Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1542 South Western Railway service to Weybridge that arrives at 1637 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We have just missed a train to Basingstoke so we wait for the next one, the 17:11 South Western Railway service 2L51 to Brookwood, arriving at 17:24 Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wishing to fulfil the previously expressed wish to visit Basingstoke, we next board the 1743 South Western Railway service to Basingstoke that arrives at 1816 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1833 South Western Railway service 1B93 to Swaythling, arriving there at 1905 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1927 South Western Railway service to Salisbury that arrives at 2015 on Friday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 20:40 Great Western Railway service 1F34 to Severn Tunnel Junction, arriving at 22:17 Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Severn Tunnel Junction is not the nicest of places to wait, especially at this hour, so we quickly board the 2235 Great Western Railway service 2C95 to Lawrence Hill, arriving there at 2300 on Friday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We continue into Bristol on the 23:28 Great Western Railway service 2K53 to Bristol Temple Meads, arriving at 23:32 Friday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Fitting one last train in, we take the 23:33 GWR service to Exeter St. David's, arriving at 01:04 in the morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The "quiz day" of that last arrival was Saturday morning

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 08:00 Great Western Railway service 2A05 to Carbis Bay, arriving at 08:07 Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We leave the railway station and take the eight minute walk to the bus stop on Richmond Way where we board the 0830 First Kernow service A17 to Gudgvan (the bus stop opposite to The Old Inn) that arrives at 0842 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Fitting one last train in, we take the 23:33 GWR service to Exeter St. David's, arriving at 01:04 in the morning.

Hold on, this service departed a minute later than the arrival of the previous service (2332), so this definitely isn't valid.

 

[DanTrain]

Hold on, this service departed a minute later than the arrival of the previous service (2332), so this definitely isn't valid.

Oops, I think I read 23:23 not 23:32 (all those 3s and 2s!). I think that invalidates a few posts after too, sorry. Looks like we're stuck at BTM, having just missed the last train of the day by a minute or two. No matter, we'll get the 5:24 GWR service to Penzance, arriving 10:17 Saturday Morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Thank you.

We then board the 1058 Great Western Railway service 1A85 to Westbury, arriving there at 1500 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 15:20 service to Swindon, taking it as far as Chippenham, arriving 15:45 Saturday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station to the adjacent bus stop, we then board the 1611 Faresaver service X31 to Batheaston (Stambridge), arriving there at 1700 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1752 Faresaver Buses service X31 to Corsham (Newlands Road) that arrives there at 1820 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 18:25 Faresaver service X31 to Chippenham (Railway Station Approach), arriving at 18:45 Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way into the railway station and board the 1923 Great Western Railway service to Swansea that arrives at 2145 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We make our way into the railway station and board the 1923 Great Western Railway service to Swansea that arrives at 2145 on Saturday evening.

There aren't direct services from Chippenham to South Wales except for engineering works (or sometimes the first and last services on a weekday). In the normal working timetable the only westbound HSTs from Chippenham are at 1910 and 1946.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

There aren't direct services from Chippenham to South Wales except for engineering works (or sometimes the first and last services on a weekday). In the normal working timetable the only westbound HSTs from Chippenham are at 1910 and 1946.

Point noted and the offending posting is now struck-through. I shall not "Pass Go", Collect £200 and "Go straight to jail"

We are still on the outside approach to Chippenham station.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We then get the 18:25 Faresaver service X31 to Chippenham (Railway Station Approach), arriving at 18:45 Saturday evening.

This remains as the last valid posting.

 

[James Wake]

Continuing our Wiltshire bus travelogue, we next board the 1910 Stagecoach in Swindon service 55 to Swindon, Bus Station, arriving at 2015 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Taking the short walk across to the railway station, we then board the 2131 Great Western Railway service 1C31 to Nailsea & Backwell, arriving there at 2226 on Saturday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

You've landed us in a hole there. As far as I can see, both the last train and the last bus have left, but it's not 23:00. What are we supposed to do (or is there a way out I've missed)?

 

[A Challenge]

We can go through to the next day, the 23:00 is only an 'even if there are night services' deadline, so if we can go somewhere we can't stop before. So we now can use any service within two hours of the first in the morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Let's take the 08:37 2C45 all shacks GWR service to Penzance then, arriving 13:13 Sunday Afternoon