The Transport Game (UK)

[backontrack]

Do we go back then?

My move would still likely be valid, even if it were the next Heathrow Express service we took.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 14:27 Crosscountry service 1N59 to Coleshill Parkway, arriving at 17:24 Saturday evening.

 

[LOL The Irony]

HALT.

I've just realised....

A three minute connection at one of London's principal stations doesn't work. Also, an 0804 departure and an 0810 arrival at Heathrow? I think not

Ask RTT.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Do we go back then?

Yes. As there has been less than five moves and it's under 24 hours.

We should remain at London Paddington at 0801 on Saturday morning, bearing in mind there is a fifteen minute connection time here so the earliest departure for anywhere must be at at least 0816.

 

[A Challenge]

The 08:25 Heathrow Express arrives at 08:46 so if we use that it will be valid, if you could edit your move @LOL The Irony

 

[backontrack]

We walk to Bishop's Bridge Road and board the 08:24 National Express route 106 coach service to Stansted Airport (Coach Stn, Arrival Bays) arriving there at 10:19 on Saturday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 10:27 Crosscountry service 1N51 to Coleshill Parkway, arriving at 13:24 Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1425 National Express West Midlands service X70 to Castle Bromwich (Heathland Avenue), arriving there at 1450 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then walk the 4 minutes (0.2 miles) to Newport Road and get the 15:03 National Express West Midlands service 28 to Erdington (Station Rd), arriving at 15:24 Saturday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the railway station and embark on a cross city journey as we board the 1537 West Midlands Railway service 2N60 to Bournville, arriving there at 1604 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1609 West Midland Railway service to Lichfield City that arrives there at 1701 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Exiting the station to the bus stop on St John Street at the end of Frog Lane, we then board the 1739 Central Buses service 35 to Walsall (Town Hall), arriving there at 1829 on Saturday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We then walk to 8 minutes (0.4 miles) to Walsall station and get the 19:06 West Midlands Trains service 2K75 to Rugeley Trent Valley, arriving at 19:42 Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Walking does not count as a move.

Something to be aware of.

 

[A Challenge]

Sorry, I forgot to put the move in and just said we were walking the distance to Walsall station and ending up at Rugeley Trent Valley! Now edited.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2029 London North Western Railway service 1U47 to Crewe, arriving there at 2122 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Remembering that a 10 minute minimum connection time applies at this station, we next board the 2212 Arriva Train Wales service to Wem that arrives at 2244 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Wem isn't the most appealing of places at such a late hour (passing it regularly on my travels from Manchester to Cardiff), so we wait for the 2320 Arriva Trains Wales service 1W78 to Chester, arriving there at 0017 in the early hours of Sunday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the first Arriva Trains Wales service of the morning, the 08:15 (2J01) to Wrexham General, arriving at 08:33 Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0938 Arriva Trains Wales service 1G14 to Wolverhampton, arriving there at 1056 on Sunday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 11:07 Virgin Trains (West Coast) service 1B13 to Milton Keynes Central, arriving at 12:25 Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1313 Virgin Trains service 9S70 to Edinburgh Haymarket, arriving there at 1811 on Sunday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 18:42 Rail Replacement His on behalf of Scotrail service 0B00 to Livingston South, arriving at 19:40 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then get the 18:42 Rail Replacement His on behalf of Scotrail service 0B00 to Livingston South, arriving at 19:40 Sunday evening.

Don't think we take rail replacement buses into account unless they're permanent?

 

[A Challenge]

Its listed as WTT - http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G12033/2018/02/25/advanced

 

[ValleyLines142]

Fair, it is as well.

I can't seem to find a connecting bus service, as the local Livingston town service doesn't run on a Sunday, so we board the 1946 RRB service to Cleland, arriving there at 2049 on Sunday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We get the 21:23 Rail Replacement Bus on behalf of Scotrail service 0B00 to Edinburgh Waverley, arriving at 23:25 Sunday evening.

 

[backontrack]

We decide to call it a day - as we are allowed to now that it is past 23:00 - and, in the morning, we board the 06:55 Virgin Trains East Coast service to Northallerton, arriving there at 09:07 on Monday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 09:40 TransPennine Express service 1P14 to Middlesborough, arriving at 10:11 Monday morning.

 

[DanNCL]

We then take the 10:23 Northern service 2D13 to Bishop Auckland, arriving there at 11:20 on Monday morning