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The Transport Game (UK)

ValleyLines142

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We exit the station and take the eight minute/0.4 mile walk to Corporation Street, where we board the 1624 Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire service 68 to St Annes (St Leonards Road West), arriving there at 1730 on Monday.
 
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We next board the Blackpool 17:42 Transport service 11A to Blackpool, Coperation Street arriving there at 18: 21 on Monday evening.

Edit due to there being a earlier bus! :)
 
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With only the 7A available here at this time of day and nearly an hour until the next bus we take the short walk to Bispham Roundabout for the 19.28 Blackpool Transport service 7 to Cleveleys Bus Station arriving at 19.39 on Monday.
 

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With no other connection services available here, we board the same vehicle forming the return working to avoid being stuck here overnight, the 2150 Blackpool Transport service 5c to Grange Park (Dinmore Place), arriving there at 2230 on Monday evening.
 

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Time for an overnight break. We then take the nine minute walk to Blackpool North station for the 05.00 Northern service to Manchester Airport alighting at Manchester Piccadilly at 06.15 on Tuesday.
 

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Lots of choices for onward journeys from Manchester Piccadilly, so noting the 10 minutes minimum connection time required, we'll perhaps go for the 0627 TfW train service to Shrewsbury, arriving 0746 (Tuesday).
 

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We next take the 10.57 WMT (WMR) service to Stratford upon Avon arriving at 12.46 on Tuesday.
 

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Leaving the station, we head to the bus stop outside and next board the 1449 Diamond service 192 to Halesowen (Bus Station), arriving there at 1519 on Tuesday afternoon.
 

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We next board the 1618 National Express West Midlands Platinum service X10 to Russells Hall Hospital, arriving there at 1746 on Tuesday afternoon.
 

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We next board the 2020 National Express West Midlands Platinum service 87 to Birmingham City Hospital, arriving there at 2101 on Tuesday evening.
 

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We go round the corner and from stop CM we take the 21.12 National Express WM service 11A to Acocks Green, Shirley Road arriving at 22.01 on Tuesday.
 

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We next board the 2218 National Express West Midlands Outer Circle service 11C to Handsworth Wood (Wellington Road/Upper Grosvenor Road), arriving there at 2318 on Tuesday evening.
 

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Time for one more trip on the 23.38 National Express WM service 11C to Erdington, Six Ways arriving at 23.53 on Tuesday.
 

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We take advantage of the overnight rule and return in the morning taking the twelve minute/0.5 mile walk to Erdington station, where we board the 0557 West Midlands Railway service 2R03 to Alvechurch, arriving there at 0648 on Wednesday morning.
 

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With no bus connections available we continue on the 07.18 WMT (WMR) service to Redditch arriving at 07.23 on Wednesday.
 

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Leaving the station, we cross Unicorn Hill to the bus stop opposite and board the 0731 Diamond Bus service 52 to Bromsgrove (Bus Station), arriving there at 0757 on Wednesday morning.
 

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we next take the 08.11 First Worcestershire service 144 to Worcester, Crowngate Bus Station arriving at 09.16 on Wednesday.
 

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Looks like we are stuck here for the best part of four hours until the next 423 at 14.01 from which we alight at Bransford Powick Turn at 14.18 on Wednesday.
 

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