The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We take the seven minute walk to the railway station, where we board the 1033 Southern service 1S17 to Hove, arriving there at 1147 on Sunday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 1151 Southern service 1H27/1F27 to Clapham Junction, arriving at 1251 Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1322 South Western Railway service 1L37 to Salisbury, arriving there at 1442 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

We take the short walk to Fisherton Street and wait for the 15:14 Salisbury Reds service R3 to Wilton (West Street) where we arrive at 15:34 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1541 Salisbury Reds service R3 to Bemerton (Skew Bridge) that arrives there at 1550 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well out of all the buses that serve this area, stupidly only the R3 runs on a Sunday, so we best head back to the city centre as we wait for the 1650 Salisbury Reds service R3 to Salisbury (New Canal), arriving there at 1700 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We walk to Stop N and get the 17:30 Salisbury Reds service X4 to Pewsey (Methodist Church), arriving at 18:49 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Well there aren't any buses left today, but thankfully we can take the six minute walk to the railway station, where we board the 1904 Great Western Railway service 1A92 to London Paddington, arriving there at 2007 on Sunday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We get the first service we can after the 15 minute minimum connection time, the 2024 Great Western Railway service 2N82 to its actual destination of Didcot Parkway, arriving at 2142 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2248 Great Western Railway service 1C33 to Bath Spa, arriving there at 2328 on Sunday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

Is that not the 2239, arriving 2319?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Is that not the 2239, arriving 2319?

Possibly yes, I could be looking at a VAR for today.

 

[DerekC]

We next board the 2248 Great Western Railway service 1C33 to Bath Spa, arriving there at 2328 on Sunday evening.

Is that not the 2239, arriving 2319?

Either way, we have plenty of time to walk the 150 yards to the bus station where we kip down for a couple of hours whilst waiting for the 01:40 National Express service 404 to Liskeard (Post Office) where we arrive at 06:32 on Monday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

Either way, we have plenty of time to walk the 150 yards to the bus station where we kip down for a couple of hours whilst waiting for the 01:40 National Express service 404 to Liskeard (Post Office) where we arrive at 06:32 on Monday morning.

That's over the 2 hour break allowed, and there are other options. I'm not sure if it counts in the overnight rules because this move happens during that period.

 

[ValleyLines142]

That's over the 2 hour break allowed, and there are other options. I'm not sure if it counts in the overnight rules because this move happens during that period.

And also Bath has plenty of evening bus services.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 2329 Great Western Railway service 1F38 to Dilton Marsh, arriving at 2359 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

In the morning we return for the 0633 Great Western Railway service 2V52 to Yate, arriving there at 0803 on Monday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 09:00 Great Western Railway service 2E54 to Malvern Link, arriving 10:24 Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1113 West Midlands Railway service 1M61 to University, arriving there at 1200 on Monday morning.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 1239 CorssCountry service 1M94 to Wilnecote, arriving at 1304 Monday afternoon.

 

[DerekC]

We exit the station and walk three hundred yards to Two Gates (Appian Close) where we wait for the 13:32 Diamond Bus service 15 to Kingsbury (White Swan) where we arrive at 13:40 on Monday afternoon.

That's over the 2 hour break allowed, and there are other options. I'm not sure if it counts in the overnight rules because this move happens during that period.

There does seem to be some making up new rules as you go along, here. So if you arrive after 23:00 you can only claim the overnight break if there are no other services to catch and then you must wait the full five hours? I will try very hard to keep up.

 

[A Challenge]

You shouldn't wait for more than two hours after the first available service (to any destination) has left, after allowing for the minimum interchange time.

It is in the original rules

We then get the 1400 Flexibus service 223 to Lea Marston (Green), arriving at 14:07 Monday afternoon.

 

[Esker-pades]

There does seem to be some making up new rules as you go along, here. So if you arrive after 23:00 you can only claim the overnight break if there are no other services to catch and then you must wait the full five hours? I will try very hard to keep up.

The overnight break is optional. But, if one isn't going to take it, then one should observe the existing rules.

 

[DerekC]

We then get the 1400 Flexibus service 223 to Lea Marston (Green), arriving at 14:07 Monday afternoon.

We walk round the corner to Haunch Lane and wait for the 15:37 Diamond Bus servie 16S to Castle Bromwich (Kingsleigh Drive) where we arrive at 15:50 on Monday afternoon.

The overnight break is optional. But, if one isn't going to take it, then one should observe the existing rules.

So do the existing rules require that if taking the overnight break you mustn't depart before 05:00?

 

[Esker-pades]

So do the existing rules require that if taking the overnight break you mustn't depart before 05:00?

It depends. Technically, if one uses a service before 5am, one has to make sure that there are no other services (IE: the 2 hour rule isn't broken). But, nobody should be discouraged from using the first service of the transport day. (Transport day generally re-starting at around 3-4am, depending.) This is the first time I've questioned it, because the gap for the "overnight" was so short.

 

[A Challenge]

We walk the 10 minutes (0.5 miles) to School Lane and get the 16:09 National Express West Midlands service 71 to Sutton Coldfield (Sutton Library), arriving at 16:54 Monday morning.

 

[Alex365Dash]

We then walk the 4 minutes (0.2 miles) to Sutton Coldfield station and catch the 17:10 West Midlands Railway service to Birmingham New Street, arriving at 17:31 Monday afternoon.

 

[Esker-pades]

We then board the 18:04 London NorthWestern Railway service to Hartford, arriving there at 19:12 on a Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 1947 London North Western Railway service to Liverpool South Parkway arriving at 2006 on Monday.

 

[Alex365Dash]

We then walk to the bus stop to find we missed the last bus for the day.

Oh well, back to Hartford station to catch the 19:47 London Northwestern Railway service to Liverpool South Parkway, arriving there at 20:06 Monday night.

We managed to take the same train?