The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

We next take the 0816 departure of Warrington's Own Buses service C44A, from which we alight at Widnes Railway Station at 0845 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0850 Arriva North West service 17 to St Helens (Hunter Street), arriving there at 0913 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We take the 0933 Arriva Merseyside service 35, alighting at St Helens Junction rail station at 0944 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the railway station and board the 0954 Northern service 2A95 to Burnage, arriving there at 1039 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We atake the 4 min walk to Kingsway (Stop E) and await my former bus to Uni, Stagecoach Manchester [well, it was GMBuses then...] service 50, at 1048. We alight at MediaCityUK [which is apparently one word] at 1034 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1055 Diamond Bus North West service 29 to Boothstown (Simpson Road) that arrives there at 1150 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1159 Diamond Bus North West service 126 to Trafford Centre (Bus Station), arriving there at 1212 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1220 Diamond Bus North West service 132 to Wigan (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1325 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1343 Stagecoach Manchester service 7 to Bolton (Callis Road), arriving there at 1438 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Assuming we are at Callis Road, we take the 1445 Diamond North West service 20 to Walkden, Tesco arriving at 1513 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's take the allotted 8 minutes to walk the 0.4 mile to Walkden railway station, and we'll then board 2N90, Northern's 1543 service towards Blackburn, which we take as far as Todmorden where we alight at 1635 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Assuming we are at Callis Road, we take the 1445 Diamond North West service 20 to Walkden, Tesco arriving at 1513 on Tuesday.

I'm really not very good at this game am I?!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Let's take the allotted 8 minutes to walk the 0.4 mile to Walkden railway station, and we'll then board 2N90, Northern's 1543 service towards Blackburn, which we take as far as Todmorden where we alight at 1635 on Tuesday.

We next take the three minute walk to the bus station and board the 1702 First Halifax, Calder Valley & Huddersfield service 590 to Rochdale (Entwistle Street), arriving there at 1737 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

With those timings I think we are actually at Entwisle Rd, not Entwistle St .....

Let's take Rossobus Lakeline service 458 at 1745, and alight at Littleborough (Railway St, stop C) at 1814 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I give up!!!!!!!

We then enter the station and board the 1842 Northern service 1E72 to New Pudsey, arriving there at 1934 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1951 Northern Trains service to Chester that arrives there at 2217 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 2232 Transport for Wales service to Gobowen arriving at 2305 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2357 Transport for Wales service to Ruabon that arrives there at 0009 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We wait overnight and return for the 0557 Transport for Wales service to Telford Central arriving there at 0652 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We await the 0720 journey on Arriva Midlands North service 4, which departs from the Telford Central railway station bus stop. We alight at Wellington (Bus Station) at 0743 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0825 Arriva Midlands service X4 to Shrewsbury (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0858 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Reluctant to be pulled in to the vicious cycle of Arriva's local services around Shrewsbury, we take the three minute walk to the railway station and board the 0915 Transport for Wales service 1V92 to Pontyclun, arriving there at 1133 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1152 Transport for Wales service to Gloucester that arrives there at 1318 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the four minute walk to the bus stop on Clarence Street, where we board the 1335 Stagecoach West service 8 to Coopers Edge (Lobley's Estate), arriving there at 1350 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We continue with the 1410 Stagecoach West service 8 to Brockworth, Gloucester Business Park arriving there at 1415 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1425 Stagecoach West service 10 to Cheltenham (Promenade) that arrives there at 1450 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 5 minute 0.2 mile walk to Clarence Street and board the 1500 Stagecoach West service 41 to Cheltenham, Tewkesbury Rd - Moat Lane Junction arriving there at 1513 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1526 Stagecoach West service 41 to Northway (the bus stop before Westfield Avenue on Kingston Road) that arrives there at 1605 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Doesn't seem to be too many options available to we will wait for the 1625 Stagecoach West service 41 to Ashchurch, Railway Station arriving there at 1631 on Wednesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Not wanting to make a fourth journey on the 41 (!), we enter the station and await 2C28, GWR's 1715 service towards Westbury, which we take as far as Bradford-on-Avon where we alight at 1916 on Wednesday.