The Transport Game (UK)

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We then take the 1416 First Bristol service to Uwe Frenchay Campus arriving at 14:43 on Tuesday afternoon

 

[ValleyLines142]

Ah my university! Of which I'm graduating today!

We then board the 1448 First in Bristol, Bath and the West service 319 to Cadbury Heath (Park Crescent), arriving there at 1529 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

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Congratulations
We have a 16 minute wait until the 1545 First Bristol service 42 to Keynsham Ashton Way arriving at 1606 on Tuesday Afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take the four minute walk to the Keynsham Memorial Park bus stop on Bath Hill which is enough of a time connection to enable us to board the 1611 Bath Bus Company service A4 to Bath (Dorchester Street) that arrives there at 1645 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We cross the road into Bath Spa station and take the 1708 FGW service to Gloucester, arriving at 1833 on Tuesday afternoon

 

[AndrewR232]

We then take the 1906 CrossCountry service to Plymouth, arriving 2146 on Tuesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Off next to the settlement which supplied much heavy equipment for the Cornish tin mining industry as we board the 2242 FGW service to Camborne that arrives there at 0023 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

There are no more services from this location now, so we call it a night before boarding the 0558 First Great Western service 1A77 to Westbury, arriving there at 1000 on Wednesday morning.

 

[me123]

We transfer onto the short First Great Western service 2F94 to Warminster, leaving at 10:08. We arrive at 10:19 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We look for a destination with naval connections and board the 1109 FGW service to Portsmouth Harbour that arrives at 1254 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[me123]

We have a look at the possible destinations from the harbour: Jersey, St Malo, Bilbao... places we can now explore.

But not on this journey. We stick to dry land (having recently visited the Isle of Wight), and board the 13:12 Southern service 1C57 towards the Capital (which joins to 1C55 at Horsham). We alight at Crawley at 14:28 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Not too long to wait until we board the 1448 SN service to Barnham that arrives at 1539 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

We then decide to visit a station whose name intrigues us by taking the 1603 Southern service to Christs Hospital, arriving 1636 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Taking the six minute walk to the bus stop on King Edward Close where we board the 1646 Compass Travel service 74A to Storrington bus station that arrives there at 1711 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[AndrewR232]

It's a much shorter bus ride now as we take the 1735 Compass Travel service 100 to Cootham village hall, arriving at 1740 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1747 Compass Travel service 100 to Hickstead (Little Chef) that arrives there at 1847 on Wednesday evening.

 

[me123]

There's no more buses from this stop towards Brighton, so we walk over the A23 flyover to the bus stop at The Castle, where we stop for a drink but end up having a Chinese instead... before boarding the 20:15 Metrobus 273 service back towards Crawley Bus Station, arriving at 20:38 on Wednesday evening.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 2124 Metrobus service 100 to Northgate, Midgeley Road, arriving at 2127 on Wednesday evening.

I've got the game to home

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2143 Metrobus Fastway service 100 to Maidenbower (Stirling Close) that arrives there at 2158 on Wednesday evening.

(Lucky that it is not my home we were heading for, as I live deep in rural Cheshire East, two miles from the nearest bus stop or railway station)

 

[James Wake]

The route 100 makes a loop round Maidenbower, starting a new journey at 2201 by Oriel School, which means we can wait for it to come back round the loop, boarding at Haworth Road bus stop, joining the 2212 Metrobus service 100 to Manor Royal East, arriving at 2230 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Thankfully we can soon use a bus with a different service number, so we take the two miniute walk to the bus stop on Gatwick Road South and board the 2256 Metrobus Fastway service 20 to Horley (Balcombe Road) that arrives there at 2309 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Springs Branch]

It's less than 0.4 mile and 7 minutes walk to Horley Railway station, where we board the 2326 Southern train to East Croydon, arriving at 2354 Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0017 Tramlink service 3 to New Addington, arriving there at 0034 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[James Wake]

We next board the 0054 Metrobus (Go-Ahead London) service N64 back to East Croydon Station, arriving at 0119 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

 

[AndrewR232]

We're very tired at this point and decide to have a rest, before taking the 0555 Southern service to East Grinstead, arriving 0625 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Hold a second please - I wish to object:

We next board the 0054 Metrobus (Go-Ahead London) service N64 back to East Croydon Station, arriving at 0119 in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Firstly, I had just taken us from East Croydon to New Addington on the tram. Why have we gone straight back to East Croydon again? There are plenty of options from New Addington.

I personally think there should be a rule whereby we are not allowed to return to the same destination that we have just come from, unless there is SOLELY one way in or out from that destination.

We're very tired at this point and decide to have a rest, before taking the 0555 Southern service to East Grinstead, arriving 0625 on Thursday morning.

Secondly, East Croydon is one of the biggest transport interchanges in Greater London. I don't think this game is about 'having a rest'; it's about keeping moving and to have a gap of almost five hours at a station that sees 24 hour operation and has interchange with National Rail, trams and buses (one of only five stations in the whole of Greater London to have this) is, I'm sorry to say, completely unreasonable.

Furthermore, there have been times where we have played all night. The only reason we should be calling it a day is if there are no more onward connections AT ALL from that location.

 

[James Wake]

I think it is perfectly reasonable to head back in the same direction, we have done it before. I appreciate there may be options, but East Croydon has many options too, anyway the bus takes a different route to the tram.

I agree though that we do not need to wait until 0559 in the morning, as East Croydon is close to or served by many all night bus and train services.

Hold a second please - I wish to object:



Firstly, I had just taken us from East Croydon to New Addington on the tram. Why have we gone straight back to East Croydon again? There are plenty of options from New Addington.

I personally think there should be a rule whereby we are not allowed to return to the same destination that we have just come from, unless there is SOLELY one way in or out from that destination.



Secondly, East Croydon is one of the biggest transport interchanges in Greater London. I don't think this game is about 'having a rest'; it's about keeping moving and to have a gap of almost five hours at a station that sees 24 hour operation and has interchange with National Rail, trams and buses (one of only five stations in the whole of Greater London to have this) is, I'm sorry to say, completely unreasonable.

Furthermore, there have been times where we have played all night. The only reason we should be calling it a day is if there are no more onward connections AT ALL from that location.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Hold a second please - I wish to object:

I personally think there should be a rule whereby we are not allowed to return to the same destination that we have just come from, unless there is SOLELY one way in or out from that destination.

The only way that such a matter should be dealt with is by a formal PM request to the forum quizmasters, stating that point you feel is in need of addressing as there is nothing in the rules of the quiz to clarify the said matter. They will then consider your request and if they feel that matter is indeed in need of rule clarification, a new section dealing with the said matter will then be added to the rules of this quiz. However, until such rule change is made, the status quo must apply.

I have personal experiences of making such applications on other quizzes which were discussed by the forum quizmasters and amendments made to the rules where the forum quizmasters felt it to be the appropriate protocol.
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I agree though that we do not need to wait until 0559 in the morning, as East Croydon is close to or served by many all night bus and train services.

Indeed, this matter was one that York station seemed to forever to be a bone of contention in past days, until it was pointed out that there were night services there.

 

[Springs Branch]

Assuming all opinions now have been expressed (my own co-incide with James Wake) and with no one person appointed to adjudicate on moves in this quiz, let's get going again.

Standing at the station, we observe many frowning "Disgusted"-looking East Grinstead commuters arriving for the next London train, Daily Telegraphs tucked under their arms and already mentally composing their letter to the Editor about the latest outrage.

We decide on a more cheerful travel option by boarding Compass Bus service 261 leaving outside the station at 0640 and arriving in Lewes Bus Station at 0802 Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0825 Compass Travel service 123 to Piddinghoe (Court Farm Close) that arrives there at 0846 on Thursday morning.