The Transport Game (UK)

[-Colly405-]

We walk for 4 minutes to Blackpool Pleasure Beach railway station, from where we await 2N77, northern's 1418 service, from which we alight at Preston at 1453 on Sunday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1542 Avanti West Coast service to Glasgow Central arriving at 1806 on Sunday.

 

[atomicdanny]

Where we wait until the 1840 and catch the Avanti "1M19 1840 Glasgow Central to London Euston", departing from Platform 1, arriving at London Euston at 2333 on Sunday Evening

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 2359 London Overground service to Carpenders Park arriving at 0038 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Sadly that appears to be it for the rest of the night and we are too far outside of the London boundary to use any night buses, so we settle down for a few hours and return in the morning for the 0521 London Overground service 2C00 to Wembley Central, arriving there at 0538 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk the 11 minutes (0.5 miles) to Wembley Stadium station, where we board 2D06, Chiltern Railways' 0626 service from which we alight at Bicester North at 0732 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0754 Chiltern Railways service 1G88 to Solihull, arriving there at 0844 on Monday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0907 Chiltern Railways service to Leamington Spa arriving there at 0924 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk to the parish Church bus stop (0.2 mile / 5 minutes) where we board the 0944 Stagecoach Midlands service 63. We alight at Rugby Clifton Rd Stand B at 1037 on Monday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1105 Arriva Midlands service X84 to Broughton Astley, The Bull arriving at 1201 on Monday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1251 Arriva Midlands service X84 to Newton (Silver Street), arriving there at 1340 on Monday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Very irregular services through Newton, the next bus leaves from the nearby 'The Paddock' bus stop and is the 1558 Arriva Midlands service X84 back to Ashby Parva, Manor Farm arriving at 1635 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Avoiding Leicester and the back and forth the city and suburbs network, we wait for the 1800 Arriva Midlands service X84 to Rugby (Lancaster Road), arriving there at 1857 on Monday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Potentially would have been more varied than how we've spent the last few hours, but hey ho!

We cross over to the Essex Street bus stop and wait for the 2005 National Express Coventry service 85 to Pailton, Church arriving at 2020 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I know, the X84 is a funny one!

We return in the morning for the 0620 National Express Coventry service 85 to Gosford Green (All Saints Square), arriving there at 0706 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk 2 minutes to the Bramble St stop on Far Gosford St, where we await National Express Coventry service 3 at 0804. We alight at Wyken Green, Tesco at 0835 on Tuesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0908 National Express Coventry service X30 to Coventry, Rail Station arriving there at 0920 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Entering the station we await 9S54, Avanti's 0943 service to Edinburgh. We alight at Carlisle at 1300 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Embarking on a lovely journey over the North Pennines, we next board the 1340 Northern service 1E65 to Shipley, arriving there at 1550 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 16:00 Northern service 2P56 to Bradford Forster Square, arriving at 16:09 Tuesday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave on 2D70, Northern's 1646 service to Ilkley; we alight at Ben Rhydding at 1711 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the four minute walk to the bus stop on Valley Drive, where we board the 1731 First Leeds service X84 to Leeds University, arriving there at 1828 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We wait at stop H for the 1855 First Leedscity service 29. We travel around part of the Leeds Dock loop, alighting at Hunslet (Atkinson St / Fox Way) at 1930 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to the bus stop opposite Stafford Street, where we are just in time to board the 1937 First Leeds service 13 to Gledhow (Brackenwood Drive), arriving there at 2009 on Tuesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

Finding nothing online to confirm whether the 3 and 13 interwork at Gledhow (and having zero local knowledge!), we take 5 minutes to walk the 0.2 miles to Gledhow School, where we await the 2119 First Leedscity service 13A, from which we alight at the strangely named Harehills, Fforde Grene Jn at 2128 on Tuesday.

 

[A Challenge]

We then get the 2217 LeedsCity service X99 to Wetherby Bus Station, arriving at 2253 Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With it being late and not much in the way of other services, we next board the 2310 First Leeds service X99 to Leeds (Railway Station), arriving there at 2355 on Tuesday evening.

 

[atomicdanny]

Where we walk into the Station and Catch the 1P98 2339 York to Manchester Victoria, departing Leeds Platform 16 at 00:12, and arriving in Manchester Victoria at 01:18 on Wednesday Morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

Taking advantage of the overnight ruling we walk for 2 minutes to Printworks stop NP from where we board the 0513 Go North West service 135. We alight at Besses o'th' Barn metrolink stop M at 0533 on Wednesday.

 

[A Challenge]

We exit the station to Stop J and get the 0553 Go North West service 97 to Manchester (Blackfriars Road (Stop NF)), arriving at 0617 Wednesday morning.