The Transport Game (UK)

[LUYMun]

We exit the station and walk towards the adjacent Fisherton Street bus stop, where we catch the 23:23 Salisbury Reds service R1 to Bemerton Heath, Glyndebourne Close - arriving there at 23:38 on Monday night.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and walk towards the adjacent Fisherton Street bus stop, where we catch the 23:23 Salisbury Reds service R1 to Bemerton Heath, Glyndebourne Close - arriving there at 23:38 on Monday night.

That's a standard weekday service, don't forget it's currently Bank Holiday and also that falls foul of the minimum 5 minute connection time when catching the next service.

 

[LUYMun]

That's a standard weekday service, don't forget it's currently Bank Holiday and also that falls foul of the minimum 5 minute connection time when catching the next service.

After looking at the local timetables, it turns out that there are no buses running at this time of evening on a Bank Holiday, so we decide to rest in a nearby lodging. The next morning, we walk towards Endless Street, where we catch the 06:40 Salisbury Reds service X7 to Southampton Central Station, arriving there at 07:46 on Tuesday morning, thankfully returning to the standard weekday timetable!

 

[minecrafter63]

We will walk about 4mins to Southampton Central Station , and catch the 0810 1F08 GWR Service to Westbury, arriving there at 0908 on tuesday morning .

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0940 Great Western Railway service 2V58 to Worcester Foregate Street, arriving there at 1216 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[LUYMun]

We exit the station and walk up the road to the next bus stop named "The Tything". We then board the 12:32 Diamond Bus service 303 to Kidderminster Bus Station, arriving there at 13:25 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1343 Diamond Bus service 125 to Stourbridge (Interchange), arriving there at 1405 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[LUYMun]

We walk for two minutes to Stourbridge Town station, where we board the 14:20 West Midlands Trains service to Stourbridge Junction, arriving there at 14:23 on Tuesday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside on Brook Road, where we board the 1441 National Express West Midlands service 7 to Merry Hill (Bus Station), arriving there at 1513 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[PerryPacer]

We will now leave Merry Hill Bus Station at 1530, on the X10 National Express West Midlands, arriving at Halesowen Bus Station at 1558 on Tuesday Afternoon

 

[miklcct]

We will now leave Halesowen Bus Station at 16:05 Tuesday on NX West Midlands route 9 to Birmingham, and alight at the terminal station Birmingham Colmore Row at 16:55 Tuesday.

Rule clarification needed - for a through service (which a bus terminates at a station, changes the number and continue another journey where the passenger is allowed to stay on board), does it count as one single move?

 

[ValleyLines142]

Rule clarification needed - for a through service (which a bus terminates at a station, changes the number and continue another journey where the passenger is allowed to stay on board), does it count as one single move?

No, if it's a new service then its a separate move. I'm not too sure what the policy is on services that connect halfway to comply with driver's regulations, where passengers can remain on the same service which operates throughout, but if the service is different even if it is the same vehicle then it's a different service. But I'm sure the Quizmasters will clarify that for you

We will now leave Halesowen Bus Station at 16:05 Tuesday on NX West Midlands route 9 to Birmingham, and alight at the terminal station Birmingham Colmore Row at 16:55 Tuesday.

We next board the 1706 National Express West Midlands Platinum service 87 to Oldbury (Interchange), arriving there at 1748 on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

No, if it's a new service then its a separate move. I'm not too sure what the policy is on services that connect halfway to comply with driver's regulations, where passengers can remain on the same service which operates throughout, but if the service is different even if it is the same vehicle then it's a different service. But I'm sure the Quizmasters will clarify that for you

That's also my uunderstanding. If the service is shown as a guaranteed connection then that is fine, assumptions on what a vehicle does from one service to the next cannot be made as a through move as there is no guarantee to us as 'outsiders' whether the next trip is the same bus or not.

 

[miklcct]

That's also my uunderstanding. If the service is shown as a guaranteed connection then that is fine, assumptions on what a vehicle does from one service to the next cannot be made as a through move as there is no guarantee to us as 'outsiders' whether the next trip is the same bus or not.

The timetable says that "Through fares are available between the routes by remaining on the same bus at the terminal. Please check with the driver.", and the routes timetables are to provide through service between the routes." However, the actual connections aren't printed on the timetable, so can I take it for granted in this case?

The key word here is that passengers remain on board between different services.

We next board the 1706 National Express West Midlands Platinum service 87 to Oldbury (Interchange), arriving there at 1748 on Tuesday afternoon.

We board the National Express West Midlands route 4M towards Walsall at 17:55, and get off at Sandley & Dudley Station at 17:57 Tuesday.

 

[LUYMun]

We board the National Express West Midlands route 4M towards Walsall at 17:55, and get off at Sandley & Dudley Station at 17:57 Tuesday.

We walk into the station and wait to board the 18:08 West Midlands Trains service to Shifnal, arriving there at 18:40 on Tuesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside Jaspers Bar, where we board the 2003 Chaserider service X14 to Cannock (Bus Station), arriving there at 2040 on Tuesday evening.

 

[miklcct]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside Jaspers Bar, where we board the 2003 Chaserider service X14 to Cannock (Bus Station), arriving there at 2040 on Tuesday evening.

We board the last departure of NX West Midlands route X51 to Birmingham for its whole length at 20:55, getting off at Birmingham High Street at 22:15 Tuesday.

 

[DerekC]

We walk 100 yards to Moor Street station and catch the 22:58 West Midlands service to Hartlebury, where we arrive at 23:47 on Tuesday evening.

 

[miklcct]

We walk 100 yards to Moor Street station and catch the 22:58 West Midlands service to Hartlebury, where we arrive at 23:47 on Tuesday evening.

We walk 0.3 miles to The Birches, Worchester Road in order to board the Diamond Bus route 303 towards Waresley at 06:50 Wednesday, the first departure of the day, and get off at its terminal station, Waresley, Woodbury Close.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0752 Diamond Bus service 303 to Barbourne (Gheluvelt Park), arriving there at 0819 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

How refreshing to find after some time away from this quiz I rejoin to find us (sort of) in the West Midlands!!!

Next we take the 0824 First Worcestershire service 144 to Droitwich, Old Coach Road arriving at 0842 on Wednesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I know, I thought my move to Cannock would have got us out towards Staffordshire/Derbyshire! Never mind.

We next board the 0942 First Worcestershire service 144 to Longbridge (Technology Park), arriving there at 1038 on Wednesday morning.

 

[miklcct]

We walk to the Longbridge railway station and board the West Midland Railway towards Bromsgove at 10:59, alighting at its terminal station, Bromsgove, at 11:08 Wednesday.

 

[SeanG]

A quick wait allows us to catch the following fast train, the 1113 to Hereford, arriving at 1214

 

[miklcct]

A quick wait allows us to catch the following fast train, the 1113 to Hereford, arriving at 1214

We transfer to the Transport for Wales towards Milford Haven at 12:39, getting off at Newport at 13:28 Wednesday.

 

[SeanG]

We will wait until 1411 and then get the TfW service to Manchester Piccadilly, alighting at Stockport at 1659

 

[miklcct]

We will wait until 1411 and then get the TfW service to Manchester Piccadilly, alighting at Stockport at 1659

We will wait and board the CrossCountry train towards Bournemouth at 18:36, alighting at the terminal station Bournemouth at 23:17 Wednesday.

Yeah I have successfully got home from the West Midlands!!!

 

[Andy Pacer]

Taking advantage of the overnight rule, we take the 0515 South Western Railway service to Woking arriving at 0653 on Thursday morning.

 

[SeanG]

Then let's get the 0702 to Gillingham (Dorset), arriving at 0837

 

[miklcct]

Then let's get the 0702 to Gillingham (Dorset), arriving at 0837

We change to a Salisbury Reds bus route 25 towards Salisbury at 09:08 for its whole length, getting off at Salisbury City Centre, Castle Street at 10:22 Thursday.