The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1309 East Coast Buses service 124 to Portobello (Town Hall), arriving there at 1414 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1420 Lothian Buses service 26 to Tranent (Waterloo Road/Toll House Grove) that arrives there at 1503 on Monday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

There aren't any other services here at this time of day, so it's back on the Lothian Buses service 26 at 15:18 on our way to Edinburgh Haymarket where we arrive at 16:45 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Esker-pades]

We walk to Haymarket station and board the 17:47 ScotRail service to Aviemore, arriving there at 20:26 on a Monday.

 

[DerekC]

We wait on the platform to board the 21:33 Caledonian Sleeper on which we get a good night's sleep and arrive refreshed at London Euston at 07:47 on Tuesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Mindful of the 15 minute minimum connection time that applies at this large station, we next board the 0810 Virgin Trains service to Bangor that arrives at 1122 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Probably one of the last Virgin Trains services we'll go on!

We then board the 1201 Transport for Wales service 1G40 to Smethwick Galton Bridge, arriving there at 1522 on Tuesday morning.

 

[DerekC]

We wait half an hour for the 15:52 West Midlands Trains service 2V38 to Worcester Foregate Street where we arrive at 16:42 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to Crowngate Bus Station, where we board the 1650 First Worcestershire & Herefordshire service 44 to Malvern (Retail Park/Morrisons Store), arriving there at 1711 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1726 First Worcestershire and Herefordshire service 44 to Great Malvern (Church Street) that arrives there at 1750 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Surprisingly, for a town as large as Malvern, there isn't a massive range of bus services here (I've had past experiences with an ex of mine ), so we return on the 1800 First Worcestershire & Herefordshire service 44 to St Johns (Bull Ring), arriving there at 1839 on Tuesday evening.

 

[DerekC]

The bus situation in Worcester is pretty thin, too. We walk half a mile across the Worcester Bridge to Crowngate Bus Station, where we wait for the 20:15 First Worcester service 144 to Bromsgrove Bus Station, where we arrive at 20:50 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2100 Diamond Bus service 43 to Redditch (Bus Station) that arrives there at 2133 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We cross the road over to the railway station, where we board the 2157 West Midlands Trains service 2L97 to Gravelly Hill, arriving there at 2244 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2306 West Midlands Trains service to Lichfield Trent Valley that arrives at 2336 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Thankfully, one more services remains here, so we quickly return on the 2341 West Midlands Trains service 2G51 to Sutton Coldfield, arriving there at 0002 in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and wait until it is time to board the 0551 West Midlands Trains service to Longbridge that arrives at 0634 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

We then board the 06:56 West Midlands Railway service to Bromsgrove, arriving there at 07:05 on a Wednesday.

 

[DerekC]

We wait on the station for the 07:43 West Midlands service to Great Malvern where we arrive at 08:22 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from Worcestershire and the Midlands for now, we then board the 0850 Great Western Railway service 2F97 to Lawrence Hill, arriving there at 1036 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

We then board the 11:30 Great Western Railway service to Chetnole, arriving there at 13:31 on a Wednesday.

 

[DerekC]

There used to be a bus to Chetnole but no longer, and it's more than two hours before the next southbound service, so it's onto the 13:55 Great Western service to Yeovil Pen Mill where we arrive at 14:06 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We've still got the almost two hour wait here because Yeovil Junction is too far to walk, so we'll have to wait for the 1556 Great Western Railway service 2E26 to Trowbridge, arriving there at 1648 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

We leave the station and walk 300 yards to the Town Bridge, where we board the 17:54 Stagecoach West service 49 to Devizes Market Place where we arrive at 18:27 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1922 Stagecoach West service 49 to Wroughton (High Street) that arrives there at 2000 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2101 Stagecoach West service 49 to Swindon (Regent Circus), arriving there at 2112 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the nine minute walk to Spring Gardens and there board the 2142 Stagecoach West Gold service S6 to Faringdon (Market Place) that arrives there at 2215 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We're a little limited for options here as that was the last bus towards Oxford, so we hop over to the opposite side of the road and wait for the 2250 Stagecoach West Gold service S6 to Stratton Park (Sainsburys), arriving there at 2310 on Wednesday evening.

 

[DerekC]

Not sure if this is a 24-hour Sainsburys, but if so we kip down in the café until time for the 07:05 National Express service 444 to Heathrow Airport Central Bus Station where we arrive at 08:30 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Making use of a brand new bus service that launched only yesterday, we next board the 0844 Metroline service X140 to Yeading (White Hart Roundabout), arriving there at 0913 on Thursday morning.