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Exiting the station and taking the 5 minute (0.4 mile) walk to Shudehill Interchange we next take the First Manchester 18 Service at 23:32 as far as Langley Windermere Road o/s Seascale Walk where we arrive at 00:00 on Wednesday morning.
That appears to be it for the rest of the day, so we call it a night and head down to the bus stop on Wood Street, where we board the 0506 First Manchester service 163 to Harpurhey (Post Office), arriving there at 0524 on Wednesday morning.
Taking the 10 minute (0.5 mile) walk to Monsall Tram stop we next take Manchester Metrolink Line G at 0534 as far as Rochdale Interchange where we arrive at 0619 on Wednesday morning.
From Royal Oldham Hospital Stop B we take First Manchester 182 service at 0705 as far as Miles Platting Oldham Road/Queens Road (Stop E) where we arrive at 07:44 on Wednesday morning.
We leave the tram stop and take the 10 minute (0.5 mile) walk to the bus stop at Old Trafford, o/s White City from where we take Stagecoach Manchester 256 service at 09:38 as far as Trafford General Hospital (Stop B) where we arrive at 10:03 Wednesday morning.
We take the four minute walk to the bus stop at All Saints Church on Thelwall New Road and board the 1216 Network Warrington service 6 to Warrington (Bus Interchange) that arrives there at 1246 on Wednesday afternoon.
That service actually arrives at 0704, so we can connect into the 0720 Virgin Trains East Coast service 1A04 to London Kings Cross, arriving there at 0831 on Thursday morning.
Exiting the station to the bus stop outside, we then board the 1705 Stagecoach London service 75 to Penge (Pawleyne Arms), arriving there at 1725 on Thursday afternoon.
we then walk the 9 minutes (0.5 miles) to East Croydon, and get the 18:23 Southern service 1C40 to Portsmouth and Southsea, arriving at 20:00 Thursday evening.
We next take the 200 metre walk to the bus stop on Station Road and board the 2147 Stagecoach South Coastliner service 700 to Hove, opp Palmeira Square, arriving at 2255 on Thursday evening.