The Transport Game (UK)

[Esker-pades]

Continuing our tour of North Wales request stops, we board the 07:30 Transport for Wales service to Conwy, arriving there at 08:19 on a Friday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then exit the station and get the 08:30 Llew Jones International service 19 to Llandudno (Railway Station (Stop H)), arriving at 08:49 Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Torn between a journey on the Arriva 12 bus, with their very smart spec Enviro 400s, or another onward railway journey, we opt for the latter as we board the 0945 Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru service 1H85 to East Didsbury, arriving there at 1203 on Friday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 12:37 Northern service 1C54 to Barrow-in-Furness, arriving at 15:15 Friday afternoon.

 

[Rich McLean]

We then continue our jounrey north, and board the 1544 Northern Service to Carlisle, arriving at 1810 on Friday Evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1824 Northern service 2H97 to Shipley, arriving there at 2050 on Friday evening.

 

[Esker-pades]

We then board the 21:02 Northern service to Bradford Forster Square, arriving there at 21:12 on a Friday.

 

[DerekC]

We exit the station and walk round the corner to Market Street, where we board the 21:47 Yorkshire Tiger service 747 to Leeds Bradford Airport Bus Point (Stand 3) where we alight at 22:17 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2305 Yorkshire Tiger service 747 to Leeds (Stop P5 in City Square) that arrives there at 2329 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We retire for the evening and the following morning we walk around the corner to Infirmary Street, where we board the 0536 First Leeds service 40 to Seacroft (Bus Station), arriving there at 0608 on what I believe is now Saturday morning.

 

[DerekC]

Buses are a bit thin at this time on Saturday so we have time for a leisurely breakfast in the Tesco café before boarding the 07:40 Harrogate Bus Company service 7 to Wetherby Bus Station, where we arrive at 08:30 on Saturday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 08:45 Harrogate Coach Travel service 412 to York (Rail Station), arriving at 09:20 Saturday morning.

 

[DerekC]

We enter the station and board the 09:40 Trans Pennine Express service to Northallerton, where we arrive at 10:06 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Buses are a bit thin at this time on Saturday so we have time for a leisurely breakfast in the Tesco café before boarding the 07:40 Harrogate Bus Company service 7 to Wetherby Bus Station, where we arrive at 08:30 on Saturday morning.

Seacroft is served by at least eight First Leeds buses alone (4, 11, 16/16A, 40, 49, 50/50A), all of which had buses operating from 5.30am to a range of different destinations, on top of some other smaller bus companies. Forgive me but I wouldn't call that thin personally!

We enter the station and board the 09:40 Trans Pennine Express service to Northallerton, where we arrive at 10:06 on Saturday morning.

We then board the 1026 TransPennine Express service 1P70 to Manchester Oxford Road, arriving there at 1215 on Saturday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 12:38 East Midlands Trains service 1L10 to Thetford, arriving at 16:43 Saturday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1713 Abellio Greater Anglia service 2K85 to Cambridge, arriving there at 1800 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Leaving the railway station, we take the three minute walk to the bus stop on Station Place and there board the 1805 Stagecoach East Citi service 3 to Cherry Hinton (Fulbourne Road/Edith's Way) that arrives there at 1815 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Assuming we are at Queen Ediths Way bus stop, we then walk around the corner to the bus stop at the end of Gladstone Way, where we board the 1823 Stagecoach East Citi service 1 to Arbury (Campkin Road/Nursery School), arriving there at 1910 on Saturday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Assuming we are at Queen Ediths Way bus stop,

Would not the additional mention of Fulbourne Road in my posting have helped with your deliberations? I have mentioned what you say to the information section of the organisation from where I obtained my information.

 

[DerekC]

Assuming we are at Queen Ediths Way bus stop, we then walk around the corner to the bus stop at the end of Gladstone Way, where we board the 1823 Stagecoach East Citi service 1 to Arbury (Campkin Road/Nursery School), arriving there at 1910 on Saturday evening.

We cross the road and board the next Stagecoach East Citi 1 service at 19:22, alighting at Cambridge Emmanuel Street, Stop E2 at 19:40 on Saturday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Would not the additional mention of Fulbourne Road in my posting have helped with your deliberations? I have mentioned what you say to the information section of the organisation from where I obtained my information.

Well yes as I was able to narrow it down by process of elimination, although there are several bus stops on Fulbourne Road.

We cross the road and board the next Stagecoach East Citi 1 service at 19:22, alighting at Cambridge Emmanuel Street, Stop E2 at 19:40 on Saturday evening.

We walk around the corner to the bus stop on Drummond Street, where we board the 1945 Stagecoach East Citi service 4 to Cambourne (Broad Street/De La Warr Way), arriving there at 2012 on Saturday evening.

 

[DerekC]

As far as I can see the only option we now have is to wait for the next Stagecoach East Citi service 4 at 21:12, which will take us to Cambridge Castle Street where we alight at 21:51.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2250 Stagecoach East service X5 to Bedford (Bus Station), arriving there at 2354 on Saturday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 08:30 Stagecoach East service 41 to Northampton Bus Interchange (Bay 14) arriving at 09:55 Sunday morning

 

[Esker-pades]

It's an 11 minute (0.5 mile) walk to the railway station to board the 10:28 London NorthWestern Railway service to Crewe, arriving there at 12:04 on a Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1228 Transport for Wales service 1W43 to Stockport, arriving there at 1258 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1328 TransPennine Express service to Cleethorpes that arrives at 1549 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

We walk 250 yards to Cleethorpes Pier, Sea Road and board the 16:15 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes service 4 which takes us to Grimsby Riverhead Exchange - (Stand J) where we alight at 16:37 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1645 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes service 5 to Immingham (Pelham Road/Highfield Avenue) that arrives there at 1711 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1717 Stagecoach Grimsby-Cleethorpes service 5 to Great Cotes (Station Road), arriving there at 1730 on Sunday afternoon.