Welcome back to "The Transport Game."
Gameplay
The Aim of the game is to travel around the country using public transport in a pseudo-realistic fashion. To play, you must depart from the station or stop where the previous post arrived using a permitted timetabled public transport service. Having arrived at the destination, the minimum connection time for the station or stop must be allowed for. Where this is not published, a minimum interchange time is considered to be five minutes. In your post you should clearly state the time your service departs, the company who's service you are using and the time and day of arrival at your chosen destination.
Example post:
At 1015 we catch the GoAhead KonectBus 50 bus to Norwich (St Stephens Street), arriving at 1032 on Wednesday morning
Additional Notes
Rules
To start off, we shall depart from Droitwich Spa on Monday at 07:46 London Midland to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving at 07:56.
Gameplay
The Aim of the game is to travel around the country using public transport in a pseudo-realistic fashion. To play, you must depart from the station or stop where the previous post arrived using a permitted timetabled public transport service. Having arrived at the destination, the minimum connection time for the station or stop must be allowed for. Where this is not published, a minimum interchange time is considered to be five minutes. In your post you should clearly state the time your service departs, the company who's service you are using and the time and day of arrival at your chosen destination.
Example post:
At 1015 we catch the GoAhead KonectBus 50 bus to Norwich (St Stephens Street), arriving at 1032 on Wednesday morning
Additional Notes
- If arriving by bus or coach then you should name the area in addition to the stop name.
- If a move is discovered to be incorrect then the original post should be struck through and the correction made as a new post.
- Should the previous move leave you at a the end of a route for which there are no services timetabled to depart from then you may walk to the nearest stop where services are available.
- So the game remains realistic, you should use the current timetable for the relevant day not including timetable variations for engineering works.
Rules
- You may not re-board the service just used in the previous post
- You should use the first available service to reach your destination after allowing for the minimum interchange time.
- An exception to this applies where the following service is formed of the same exact vehicle as the preceding service (applicable all day).
- 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.
- Night services in the UK can be quite limited, so when the previous move arrives at its destination after 2300 you are allowed to wait until 0500 the next day if you wish.
- You may walk up to about half a mile when changing modes to a stop in the vicinity, if you wish.
- The use of cars, taxis, planes or helicopters is not allowed.
- The playing area includes only mainland Great Britain. This includes any landmass connected to Great Britain by bridge or tunnel (excluding the Channel Tunnel). Domestic ferry services to outlying islands, such as the Isle of Wight and the Scottish Islands are also acceptable (with due regards to the note in the etiquette post below).
To start off, we shall depart from Droitwich Spa on Monday at 07:46 London Midland to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving at 07:56.
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