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The Transport Game (UK)

DanTrain

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There's not a lot going on here, so we board the 21:12 First Greater Manchester service 83 to Newton Heath, Oldham Rd, arriving at 21:49 Thursday evening.
 
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ValleyLines142

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We take the four minute walk to Newton Heath & Moston tram stop, where we board the 2157 Metrolink Pink Line service to St Werburgh's Road, arriving there at 2226 on Thursday evening.
 

DanTrain

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Walking the 0.5 miles up to Mauldeth Road, we then board the 23:12 Stagecoach Greater Manchester service 25 to Stockport Merseyway Precinct, arriving at 23:38 Thursday night.
 

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We then board the 2350 Stagecoach Manchester service 203 to Ardwick (Apollo Theatre), arriving there at 0018 in the early hours of Friday morning.
 

Xenophon PCDGS

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We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and take the three minute walk to the bus stop outside Apollo Tyres and board the 0508 First Manchester service 201 to Hattersley (the bus stop opposite the shopping precinct on Hattersley Road East) that arrives there at 0545 on Friday morning
 

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We then board the 0702 Manchester Community Transport service 387 to Tameside General Hospital (Stop C), arriving there at 0731 on Friday morning.
 

DanTrain

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We then board the 07:37 First Greater Manchester service 389 to Flowery Field, adj Ashton Road, arriving at 08:14 Friday morning.
 

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Here we board the 09:4 Stagecoach Greater Manchester service 236 to Glossop, adj Howard Arms, arriving at 10:25 Friday morning.
 

ValleyLines142

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From the adjacent Market Hall, we then board the 1038 High Peak service 394 to Stepping Hill Hospital, arriving there at 1130 on Friday morning.
 

Andy Pacer

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We take the 6 minute 0.2 mile walk to the nearby Sainsburys where we join the 1141 Stagecoach Manchester Service 192 to Stockport, Grand Central (Stop WW) arriving there at 1156 on Friday morning.
 

DanTrain

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We then leave the station and walk the 0.3 miles to Riverhead Exchange, where we board the 16:15 Stagecoach Lincolnshire service 51 to Louth, adj Market Place, arriving at 17:16 Friday afternoon.
 

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We then board the 1901 Stagecoach Lincolnshire service 50 to Lincoln (Central Bus Station), arriving there at 1930 on Friday evening.
 

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We then board the 2318 Stagecoach Lincolnshire service 1 to Chapel St Leonards (Bus Station), arriving there at 2331 on Friday evening.
 

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With there being no more busses after this, the next morning we get the 07:17 Stagecoach East Midlands service Interconnect 59 to Louth (Bus Station), arriving at 08:30 Saturday morning
 

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We then board the 0905 Stagecoach Lincolnshire 'InterConnect' service 51 to Grimsby (Riverhead Exchange), arriving there at 1015 on Saturday morning.
 

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We then get the 10:40 Stagecoach East Midlands service Interconnect 53 to Market Rasen (Market Place), arriving at 11:33 Saturday morning.
 

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We then get the 13:02 East Midlands Trains service 2K35 to Peterborough, arriving at 14:50 Saturday afternoon.
 

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We then get the 16:22 East Midlands Trains service 1L10 to Thetford, arriving at 16:43 Saturday afternoon.
 

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We decide to do the last section into Norwich by bus, and so walk the 10 minutes (0.4 miles) to Cross and get the 17:35 First in Norfolk and Suffolk service 14 to Norwich (Railway Station (Stop DD)), arriving at 18:23 Saturday evening.
 

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There appear to be no onward transport opportunities from here and nowhere else within 0.5 miles this evening or on Sunday, so we have to wait until Monday for the 07:27 Greater Anglia service 2K58 to Eccles Road, arriving at 07:58 Monday morning.
 
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