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ValleyLines142

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We continue northwards on the 2353 East Midlands Trains service 1F83 to Sheffield, arriving there at 0109 in what I believe is the early hours of Friday morning.
 
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We leave the station and get the 01:31 National Express service 465 to London (Golders Green), arriving at 05:50 Friday morning.
 

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We then board the 0602 Tower Transit service 328 to Chelsea (Kings Road/World's End), arriving there at 0650 on Friday morning.
 

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We then board the 0602 Tower Transit service 328 to Chelsea (Kings Road/World's End), arriving there at 0650 on Friday morning.

We take the three minute walk to the bus stop outside the Health Centre and board the 0656 Abellio London service C3 to Clapham Junction (Falcon Street) that arrives there at 0723 on Friday morning.
 

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We then enter the railway station and take the 0745 SWR service to Brockenhurst, arriving at 0949 on Friday morning
 

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Exiting the station to the bus stop outside, we then board the 1006 Bluestar service 6 to Totton (Shopping Precinct), arriving there at 1042 on Friday morning.
 

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We then get the 11:27 Salisbury Reds service X7 to Salisbury (Endless Street), arriving at 12:27 Friday afternoon.
 

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Taking the eleven minute walk to the station, we then board the 1306 Great Western Railway service 2M98 to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving there at 1616 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We then get the 16:34 London Midland service 2C62 the length of its journey to Dorridge, arriving at 18:09 Wednesday evening.
 

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Exiting the station, we then board the 1841 Diamond Bus service S2 to Solihull (House of Fraser), arriving there at 1856 on Friday evening.
 

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We then walk to the station (6 minutes, 0.3 miles) and get the 19:17 National Express West Midlands service 72 to Marston Green Interchange, arriving at 19:52 Friday evening.
 

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We then enter the station and catch the 20:02 London Midland service to Milton Keynes Central arriving at 21:22 on the Friday evening.
 

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We then board the 2131 Virgin Trains West Coast service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 2308 on Friday evening
 

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We then get the 21:29 London Midland service 1Y85 to its terminus at Crewe, arriving at 00:22 Saturday morning.
 
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We decide to call it a night, and then take the 0603 Northern service to Kidsgrove, arriving at 0616 on Saturday morning
 

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We then board the 2131 Virgin Trains West Coast service to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 2308 on Friday evening

It would appear that the posting above is now the last valid posting.

Remember that Manchester Piccadilly has a longer minimum connection time than normal, BR Times saying 10 minutes, it being a large station
 

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Ok, apologies for that.

I’ll go with what was my original instinct of the 23:21 TPE service to Huddersfield arriving at 23:52 on a Friday evening
 

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Using the overnight rule, we then board the 0640 TransPennine Express service 1F81 to Liverpool South Parkway, arriving there at 0847 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then walk 0.2 miles to Sandhills Lane and catch the 09:30 Avon Buses Service 135 to Bootle, New Strand Shopping Centre arriving at 09:41 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then walk the 11 minutes (0.5 miles) to Valley Road and get the 12:21 Tyrers service 111 to Leyland (The Railway), arriving at 12:39 Saturday morning.
 

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