The Transport Game (UK)

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0702 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service 8 to Barton (the bus stop opposite Edgecombe Road on Enstone Road) that arrives there at 0717 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 00:06 South Western Railway service 2C79 back to Reading, arriving at 01:05 Saturday morning.

Why back to Reading?

 

[DanTrain]

Why back to Reading?

I'm fed up with the South-West and didn't want to end up in Weymouth again! Also, I was just about to play a move to Worcester when you played that, so I thought I'd see if someone took us to Paddington off Reading. As it happens, we went to Heathrow instead!

 

[DanTrain]

We next board the 0702 Stagecoach Oxfordshire service 8 to Barton (the bus stop opposite Edgecombe Road on Enstone Road) that arrives there at 0717 on Saturday morning.

I assume that's the stop on North Road near the A40/A420/A4142 roundabout - I can't find Enstone Road?

Hoping we're in the right place, we then cross the roundabout and board the 07:22 Arriva Beds and Bucks service 'Sapphire 280' to Haddenham, adj Railway Station, arriving at 08:10 Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I'm fed up with the South-West and didn't want to end up in Weymouth again! Also, I was just about to play a move to Worcester when you played that, so I thought I'd see if someone took us to Paddington off Reading. As it happens, we went to Heathrow instead!

Richmond isn't in the south west, and also you can't get from Reading or Richmond to Weymouth unless you change at Clapham or Waterloo.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I assume that's the stop on North Road near the A40/A420/A4142 roundabout - I can't find Enstone Road?

Hoping we're in the right place, we then cross the roundabout and board the 07:22 Arriva Beds and Bucks service 'Sapphire 280' to Haddenham, adj Railway Station, arriving at 08:10 Saturday morning.

We enter the station and board the 0838 Chiltern Railways service 1Y07 to London Marylebone, arriving there at 0916 on Saturday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We then wait for the 09:43 Chiltern Railways service 1U19 to Bicester North, arriving at 10:46 Saturday morning.

 

[InterCity:125]

We board the 11:28 chiltern railways service to Banbury arriving at 11:40 on Saturday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 11:55 CrossCountry service 1O12 to Reading, arriving at 12:42 Saturday afternoon

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 13:00 GWR service 1C83 to Paignton, arriving at 15:56 Saturday afternoon.

 

[Esker-pades]

Realising that we've been here quite recently, we board the 16:37 CrossCountry service to York, arriving there at 22:47 on a Saturday.

 

[DanTrain]

Glad to be back ‘oop Norf’, we then board the 23:15 Northern service 2T39 to Church Fenton, arriving at 23:28 Saturday evening.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 23:50 Northern service 2E33 to York, arriving at 00:02 Sunday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We rest overnight and board the 0515 TransPennine Express service 1P10 to Manchester Piccadilly, arriving there at 0633 on Sunday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 07:18 Arriva Trains Wales Bus service to Chester, arriving at 09:38 Sunday morning.

This does appear to be a permanent bustitution service.

 

[Esker-pades]

We go into the station and board the 09:48 Arriva Trains Wales service to Valley, arriving there at 11:35 on a Sunday.

I've always wanted to visit here.

 

[DanTrain]

It appears we have to wait for the 13:26 Arriva Wales service 4R to Holyhead Clock, arriving at 13:42 Sunday afternoon.

 

[Esker-pades]

We walk into the station and board the 13:55 Virgin Trains service to Crewe, arriving there at 15:52 on a Sunday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 16:01 Virgin Trains West Coast service 9M56 to Milton Keynes Central, arriving at 17:57 Sunday evening

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1813 Virgin Trains service 9S97 to Birmingham International, arriving there at 1854 on Sunday evening.

 

[Esker-pades]

Admiring the planes, we stick around until the 20:08 Arriva Trains Wales service to Borth, arriving there at 23:01 on a Sunday.

 

[DanTrain]

We then board the 19:07 Arriva Trains Wales service 1D19 to Wrexham General, arriving at 20:59 Sunday evening.

 

[DanTrain]

Here, we wait for the 23:32 Arriva Trains Wales service 2G42 back to Machynlleth, arriving at 23:50 Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We stop off overnight and return for the first train out of Wales, as we board the 0601 Arriva Trains Wales service 1G07 to Smethwick Galton Bridge, arriving there at 0822 on Monday morning.

 

[DanTrain]

Already missing the delights of the West Country, we then board the 08:31 Arriva Trains Wales service 1J07 back to Shrewsbury, arriving at 09:20 Monday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

Already missing the delights of the West Country, we then board the 08:31 Arriva Trains Wales service 1J07 back to Shrewsbury, arriving at 09:20 Monday morning.

I think that's quite a silly move, given that we've effectively just come from there.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I think that's quite a silly move, given that we've effectively just come from there.

Shrewsbury isn't too bad to be fair. It's moves such as the ones that took place earlier on at Reading and York that are the ones. I think there should be a ban on returning in the direction we've just come from when there are plenty of other services; how it'd be enforced however is another question.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Already missing the delights of the West Country, we then board the 08:31 Arriva Trains Wales service 1J07 back to Shrewsbury, arriving at 09:20 Monday morning.

We then board the 1000 Arriva Trains Wales service 1W10 to Stockport, arriving there at 1058 on Monday morning.

 

[Esker-pades]

Shrewsbury isn't too bad to be fair. It's moves such as the ones that took place earlier on at Reading and York that are the ones. I think there should be a ban on returning in the direction we've just come from when there are plenty of other services; how it'd be enforced however is another question.

Fair enough. I think the "pseudo realistic fasion" clause can be used in such instances. If one was actually going around the country as we are, certain moves (such as the ones you have pointed out) simply wouldn't be made. Especially when there are lots of other options.

 

[Esker-pades]

We then board the 1000 Arriva Trains Wales service 1W10 to Stockport, arriving there at 1058 on Monday morning.

We then board the 11:21 Northern service to New Mills Newtown, arriving there at 11:41 on a Monday.