The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2349 Arriva North West service 55 to Bootle Strand Shopping Centre, arriving there at 0007 on Friday morning.

 

[RDP]

Time for an overnight break before we make our way to the nearby Bootle New Strand railway station for the 06.09 Merseyrail service to Hunts Cross alighting at Liverpool South Parkway at 06.41 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Leaving the station, we next board the 1705 Arriva North West service 86 to Toxteth (Upper Parliament Street/Bedford Street South), arriving there at 0726 on Friday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk around the corner to the Egerton Street bus stop where we catch the 0742 Arriva Merseyside service 75 to Halewood, Arncliffe Road arriving at 0821 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0911 Arriva Merseyside service 3A to Huyton (Bus Station) that arrives there at 0938 on Friday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 0949 Arriva Merseyside service 15 to Tuebrook, Green Lane arriving at 1015 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1032 Arriva Merseyside service 12 to Liverpool (Greek Street/London Road) that arrives there at 1045 on Friday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We cross over the road to the Pembroke Place bus stop where we then take the 1057 Arriva Merseyside service 79C to Runcorn, Heath Road arriving at 1214 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1233 Arriva North West service 61 to Prescot (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1329 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1346 Arriva North West service 89 to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, arriving there at 1441 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1459 Arriva Merseyside service 81A to Bootle, New Strand arriving there at 1610 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Moving away from the buses for the time being, we cross over to the station and board the 1621 Merseyrail service 2S40 to Hillside, arriving there at 1645 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1701 Merseyrail service to Southport that arrives there at 1710 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 1726 Northern service to Burscough Bridge arriving at 1744 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1819 Northern service 2O72 to Westhoughton, arriving there at 1848 on Friday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We take the 1917 Northern service to Manchester Victoria arriving there at 1949 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

From the adjacent light rail stop, we next board the 1957 Metrolink service to Besses o' th' Barn, arriving there at 2015 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way to the adjacent bus stop and there board the 2020 Stagecoach Manchester service 97 to Fishpool (the bus stop opposite Back Home Street South on Parkhills Road) that arrives there at 2041 on Friday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to the Gigg Lane stop on Manchester Road, where we board the 2104 Go North West service 524 to Little Lever High School, arriving there at 2127 on Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

OBSERVATION

There are five primary schools in Little Lever, which come under the Bolton education area:-
Bowness Community Primary School
Masefield Community Primary School
Mytham Community Primary School
St Matthew's C of E Primary School
St Teresa's RC Primary School

Has a new primary school called Little Lever Primary School been opened recently.

 

[ValleyLines142]

OBSERVATION

There are five primary schools in Little Lever, which come under the Bolton education area:-
Bowness Community Primary School
Masefield Community Primary School
Mytham Community Primary School
St Matthew's C of E Primary School
St Teresa's RC Primary School

Has a new primary school called Little Lever Primary School been opened recently.

It's a high school. Post corrected.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thanks for solving that query....

We next board the 2157 Go North West service 524 to Bolton Interchange that arrives there at 2207 on Friday evening.

 

[RDP]

Time to leave the North West by taking the 23.00 National Express service 424 to Victoria Coach Station arriving at 06.20 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0635 London General service 11 to Westminster Abbey that arrives there at 0643 on Saturday morning.

 

[RDP]

As we are only a three minute walk from St James's Park Underground station we make our way there for the 06.50 London Underground District Line service to Upminster alighting at Whitechapel at 07.07 on Saturday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Crossing to the National Rail platforms, we next board the 0717 Elizabeth Line service to Brentwood that arrives there at 0749 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Crossing to the National Rail platforms, we next board the 0717 Elizabeth Line service to Brentwood that arrives there at 0749 on Saturday morning.

Sidenote:

You'd have fun 'crossing' from the District Line to the Elizabeth Line platforms, as the latter are underneath them! Whitechapel has an unusual layout where the District and Hammersmith & City Lines are above the Overground platforms in a perpendicular layout, then the Elizabeth Line platforms lie to the north of the station, with access via escalators down from the intermediate concourse above the Overground platforms.

Anyway, from Brentwood, we next board the 0815 Elizabeth Line service 9T75 to West Ealing, arriving there at 0916 on Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Sidenote:

You'd have fun 'crossing' from the District Line to the Elizabeth Line platforms, as the latter are underneath them! Whitechapel has an unusual layout where the District and Hammersmith & City Lines are above the Overground platforms in a perpendicular layout, then the Elizabeth Line platforms lie to the north of the station, with access via escalators down from the intermediate concourse above the Overground platforms.

Anyway, from Brentford, we next board the 0815 Elizabeth Line service 9T75 to West Ealing, arriving there at 0916 on Saturday morning.

Just my old-fashioned way of expressing a platform move....

However my last posting ended at Brentwood...not Brentford.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Just my old-fashioned way of expressing a platform move....

However my last posting ended at Brentwood...not Brentford.

That, in my defence, was autocorrect! I did actually type Brentwood.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 0921 Elizabeth Line service to Heathrow Terminal 4 arriving there at 0942 on Saturday morning.