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ValleyLines142

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We exit the station and walk to Tigers Road, where we board the 2322 Arriva Midlands service 47A to Wigston Magna (Car Park), arriving there at 2342 on Thursday evening.
 

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We then stay overnight before taking the Arriva Midlands Service 49 at 0604 to Leicester Haymarket Bus Station arriving at 0630 on Friday.
 

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Taking the five minute walk to Charles Street, we then board the 0649 First Leicester service 22 to Goodwood (Ingarsby Drive), arriving there at 0711 on Friday morning.
 

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We then board the 1245 Centrebus 'Circle Line' service 40 to Glenfield Hospital (Main Entrance), arriving there at 1322 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1356 First Leicester service 12 to Leicester (Haymarket Bus Station), arriving there at 1420 on Friday afternoon.
 

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We walk the 5 minutes to St Margarets Bus Station and get the 14:30 Kinchbus service skylink to Derby (Railway Station (Stop 1)), arriving at 16:06 Friday afternoon.
 

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We then take the 1620 Arriva Midlands Rail Replacement Bus Service (on behalf of Cross Country) to Burton Upon Trent Railway Station arriving at 1715 on Friday
 

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We then get the 17:26 CrossCountry service 1E56 to Newcastle, arriving at 20:43 Friday evening.
 

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We then take the 2240 Service 708 to Loftus, West End Post Office arriving at 2206 on Friday

Not sure who runs this, it showing as Council Supported
 

ValleyLines142

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It's 2306.

Sadly we've just missed the last bus of the day, so we stop overnight and return for the 0649 Arriva North East 'Sapphire' service X4 to Middlesbrough (Bus Station), arriving there at 0800 on Saturday morning.

Edit: Slightly different times on a Saturday.
 

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We then board the 0908 Arriva North East 'Max' service X93 to Scarborough (Railway Station), arriving there at 1057 on Saturday morning.
 

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Assuming we are at Prospect Hill, we embark on a long-distance bus journey as we board the 1301 Transdev Yorkshire 'Coastliner' service 840 to Seacroft (York Road/The Green), arriving there at 1613 on Saturday afternoon.
 

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