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Andy Pacer
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We take the 2 minute 0.1 mile walk to Aberdeen Railway Station and join the 10:38 Scotrail 1T18 service to Perth arriving there at 12:10 on a Thursday.
ValleyLines142
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Taking the five minute walk to Perth bus station, we then board the 1225 Stagecoach East Scotland service X56 to Edinburgh (West End/Queensferry Street), arriving there at 1357 on Thursday afternoon.
Andy Pacer
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We then walk 11 mins (0.5 mile) to Haymarket Station, and join the 14:18 1M99 Transpennine Express service to Preston arriving there at 16:45 on Thursday.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1657 Northern service to Hapton that arrives at 1743 on Thursday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1833 Northern service 2N83 to Blackburn, arriving there at 1853 on Thursday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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Not possible as the train in the previous posting arrived at Hapton at 1743.
Andy Pacer
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We can then take the 1903 Northern Rail 1B40 service to Halifax arriving there at 1958 on Thursday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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I am surprised that you can travel from Hapton to Halifax without changing. When did this 1903 service start running?
Andy Pacer
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http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y23050/2018/05/31/advanced ... we are in Blackburn (post #15066)
ValleyLines142
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From Halifax we then board the 2015 Northern service 1D99 to Manchester Victoria, arriving there at 2104 on Thursday evening.
ValleyLines142
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Andy Pacer
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We then take the 1E53 21:17 Transpennine Express service to Seamer arriving there at 23:24 on Thursday.
ValleyLines142
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That appears to be it for the rest of the day, so in the morning we board the 0605 TransPennine Express service 1P62 to East Didsbury, arriving there at 0828 on Friday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 0834 Northern service to Holmes Chapel that arrives at 0928 on Friday morning.
ValleyLines142
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Making use of the new direct service from Crewe to Liverpool, we then board the 1028 Northern service 2F35 to Broad Green, arriving there at 1215 on Friday afternoon.
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We then get the 12:24 Northern service 2F54 to Wigan North Western, arriving at 13:01 Friday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1511 Virgin Trains service 9M84 to Milton Keynes Central, arriving there at 1858 on Friday evening.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1511 Virgin Trains service 9M84 to Milton Keynes Central, arriving there at 1858 on Friday evening.
Andy Pacer
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We then take the 19:57 Arriva The Shires Service X60 to Aylesbury Horse & Jockey arriving there at 20:52 on Friday.
ValleyLines142
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That's actually it for the rest of the day, so the following morning we board the 0722 Arriva Beds & Bucks 'Max' service X60 to Buckingham (Tesco), arriving there at 0750 on Saturday morning.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 0821 Stagecoach in Bedford service X5 to Eaton Socon (the bus stop opposite to Field Cottage on Great North Road) that arrives there at 1023 on Saturday morning.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1054 Stagecoach Bedford service X5 to Oxford (Gloucester Green Bus Station), arriving there at 1345 on Saturday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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ValleyLines142
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My word, evenings start early in Oxford....
They do indeed!
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 1400 National Express Airport Coach service 737 to Stansted Airport (Coach Station) that arrives there at 1740 on Saturday afternoon.
ValleyLines142
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We then board the 1840 National Express service 777 to Coventry (Pool Meadow Bus Station), arriving there at 2150 on Saturday evening.
Xenophon PCDGS
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We next board the 2220 National Express West Midlands service X1 to Hay Mills (the bus stop adjacent to Kings Road on Coventry Road) that arrives there at 2311 on Saturday evening.
ValleyLines142
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Crossing the rather notorious Coventry Road/A45, we then board the 2319 National Express West Midlands service 60 to Cranes Park (Mapledene Road), arriving there at 2331 on Saturday evening.