The Transport Game (UK)

[Hamma52]

After a rather uncomfortable night in Paddington Station, we take the 0833 0523 GWR service to Cardiff Central, arriving into Wales' capital at 1029 on Sunday. 0839 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We decide to sample a ride on one of the class 756 units and take the 09.00 TfW service 1M14 to Merthyr Tydfil arriving at 10.05 on Monday.

 

[Hamma52]

After a delightfully smooth ride on the fantastic 756s, we walk down the street and have a bit of a wait at Merthyr Tydfil bus station, before getting on the 1045 Number 76 Stagecoach bus towards Abergavenny, getting off at Ebbw Vale Learning Zone at 1133 on Monday

 

[RDP]

We take the short walk to Ebbw Vale Town station for the 12.07 TfW service 2L28 to Maesteg arriving at 14.04 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1407* Transport for Wales service 2N23 to Pye Corner, arriving there at 1522 on Monday.

*Guaranteed connection as it's the ssame unit we arrive on.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Rules

• You may not re-board the service just used in the previous post

This rule extract always confuses me in what it intends to state.

 

[Hamma52]

This rule extract always confuses me in what it intends to state.

Assuming it's okay (I'd say so, as they're different services!):

We then hop on the 1538 route 151 Stagecoach bus towards Newport, getting off at Gaer Park Shops at 1544 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We take the ten minute (0.5 mile) walk to the Coed Melyn Park bus stop for the 15.56 Stagecoach South Waled service 56 to Tredegar, Lidl arriving at 17.20 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1729 Stagecoach South Wales service 56 to Newport (Market Square) that arrives there at 1848 on Monday.

 

[RDP]

We take the seven minute (0.4 mile) walk to the railway station for the 18.58 GWR service 1B25 to Swansea arriving at 20.14 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2049 Great Western Railway service to Carmarthen that arrives there at 2140 on Monday.

 

[danielhogg2005]

We then take the 10 minute (0.4 mile) walk to the Rose and Crown for our overnight break then board the 0850 National Express Service 112 to Digbeth, Birmingham Coach Station, arriving there at 1400 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

This rule extract always confuses me in what it intends to state.

It's self-explanatory. You can't re-board a service we've just alighted. However, in my scenario, it was a new service with a new headcode and the same unit forming the next service so we were guaranteed to catch it. The previous headcode was 2L28, the next one was 2N23.

We then take the 10 minute (0.4 mile) walk to the Rose and Crown for our overnight break then board the 0850 National Express Service 112 to Digbeth, Birmingham Coach Station, arriving there at 1400 on Tuesday.

Leaving the coach station, we next board the 1413 National Express West Midlands service 60 to Cranes Park (Cranes Park Road/Dovercourt Road), arriving there at 1452 on Thursday.

 

[-Colly405-]

It is actually Tuesday

We walk for 8 minutes to the Greenvale Ave stop where we board LandFlight service A10 at 1529. We alight at Solihull Hospital at 1600 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1615 National Express West Midlands Platinum service X2 to Sheldon (The Wheatsheaf), arriving there at 1635 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Walking round the corner onto Sheaf Lane we head to the Deepdale Ave stop where we board service 73 at 1643. We alight at Heartlands Hospital stop HN at 1709 on Tuesday, bringing back memories of an unscheduled arrival there in an ambulance after falling over on a canal towpath....

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the nine minute/0.5 mile walk to Alston Road stop on Bordesley Green East, where we board the 1736 National Express West Midlands service 28 to Perry Common (Short Heath Road/Court Farm Road), arriving there at 1820 on Tuesday.

 

[Hamma52]

We take the nine minute/0.5 mile walk to Alston Road stop on Bordesley Green East, where we board the 1736 National Express West Midlands service 28 to Perry Common (Short Heath Road/Court Farm Road), arriving there at 1820 on Tuesday.

We then walk about 10 minutes down the road and board the 1848 National Express West Midlands service 7 towards Birmingham, alighting at Witton Road / Witton Square at 1901 on Tuesday. We take a a moment to relish in the beauty of Villa Park (UTV!).

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1914 National Express West Midlands Outer Circle service 11A to Queen Elizabeth Hospital (Harborne Park Road/Cross Farm Road), arriving there at 2000 on Tuesday.

 

[Hamma52]

We then walk over to University station, and board the 2037 Cross Country service 1V16 towards Cardiff Central, alighting at Gloucester at 2124 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (4 min) to the hospital's Hildrop Grove stop where we board NXWM service 48 at 2009. We alight at Londonderry (Hayes Road) at 2040 on Tuesday.

 

[transportphoto]

We walk (4 min) to the hospital's Hildrop Grove stop where we board NXWM service 48 at 2009. We alight at Londonderry (Hayes Road) at 2040 on Tuesday.

Sorry! @Hamma52’s post got stuck in the spam filter due to the use of the word University… can we continue from:

We then walk over to University station, and board the 2037 Cross Country service 1V16 towards Cardiff Central, alighting at Gloucester at 2124 on Tuesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

Hadn't realised that University was such a contentious word

Hoping there is no more spam we take the regular but infrequent opportunity to leave Gloucester on a Voyager, by departing at 2205 on Cross Country's 1V70 towards Bristol. We alight at Bristol Parkway at 2231 on Tuesday.

 

[Hamma52]

Hadn't realised that University was such a contentious word

Hoping there is no more spam we take the regular but infrequent opportunity to leave Gloucester on a Voyager, by departing at 2205 on Cross Country's 1V70 towards Bristol. We alight at Bristol Parkway at 2231 on Tuesday.

It's probably worth just deleting this at this point. Lesson learned, I'll never mention Un*versity station in Birmingham again!

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 2304 First West of England service 74 to Filwood Green Business Park, arriving there at 2357 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0045 Bath Bus Company Air Decker service A4 to Barrow Gurney (Hobbs Lane) that arrives there at 0100 on Wednesday.

 

[RDP]

We next take the 01.16 First WoE service A1 to Bristol Airport, Airport Terminal arriving at 01.23 to Wednesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We depart at 0218 on First WoE service A3, from which we alight at Worle Railway Station at 0250 on Wednesday.

 

[RDP]

Time for a shorter than usual break. We then enter the station and take the 05.27 GWR service 2C61 to Exeter St. Davids arriving at 06.36 on Wednesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0648 Great Western Railway service 2F05 to Digby & Sowton, arriving there at 0700 on Wednesday.