The Transport Game (UK)

[Andy Pacer]

OBSERVATION

1)...The overnight travel relexation rule does not come into effect until 2300 hours.

2)...As the minimum connection time at Aberdeen station is shown as 5 minutes, we could have boarded the 2249 Scotrail service to Inverurie.

Agreed. There are also still plenty of buses operating. Aberdeen maybe very far up north, but it has a respectable bus and rail service.

Apologies, I forgot we were only at just before 11pm. For the record we couldn't have made the 2249 train though. I will strike through.

 

[-Colly405-]

Having had a few days away in Lancashire with the family, I'm back, and it looks as though we are in Aberdeen, so will walk the 0.4 mile (7 minutes) to Union Square bus station. There we board the 2320 Stagecoach East Scotland X7, alighting at Montrose (Co-op) at 0043 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Now it is time to claim the overnight travel relaxation rule, so we take the three minute walk to the bus outside Lloyds Pharmacy on High Street and there board the 0621 Stagecoach in Strathtay service 30A to Brechin (the bus stop opposite Bank Street on Panmure Street) that arrives there at 0641 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We can now take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and walk the 4 minutes 0.2 mile to the Railway Station to board the 0610 Scotrail service to Glasgow Queen Street arriving at 0832 on Wednesday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We can now take advantage of the overnight relaxation rule and walk the 4 minutes 0.2 mile to the Railway Station to board the 0610 Scotrail service to Glasgow Queen Street arriving at 0832 on Wednesday morning.

I see a problem, as the previous posting saw an arrival in Brechin at 0641.

 

[ValleyLines142]

I see a problem, as the previous posting saw an arrival in Brechin at 0641.

I think there was a clash of postings from Montrose.

Not to worry, anyway we board the 0727 Stagecoach East Scotland service 21A to Dundee (Bus Station), arriving there at 0843 on Wednesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk the 0.5 miles to Dunee railway station (entrance on South Union St), and board LNER's 0908 service towards London, from which we alight at Darlington at 1226 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1239 TransPennine Express service to Durham that arrives there at 1254 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the six minute walk to the bus stop on North Road (Durham bus station is currently being rebuilt and modernised), where we board the 1316 Go North East X-Lines service X21 to Gateshead (Interchange), arriving there at 1400 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1420 Stagecoach North East service X34 to Harton Nook (Sunderland Road) that arrives there at 1449 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 1500 Stagecoach North East service 3 to South Shields (Interchange), arriving there at 1508 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We then take the 1522 Stagecoach North East service E6 to Whitburn, Front Street arriving there at 1550 on Wednesday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk the 0.3 miles to the North Guard / Chicks Lane bus stop, and await the 1639 Gateshead Central Taxis service 558 to Heworth Interchange where we arrive at 1720 on Wednesday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

We walk down the steps into the Railway Station and catch the 1732 Northern service to Stockton arriving at 1835 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1847 Northern Trains service to Nunthorpe that arrives there at 1912 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Andy Pacer]

A bit of a wait, but I just fancy it given the chance, we will take the 2100 Northern service to Whitby arriving there at 2216 on Wednesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2223 Northern Trains service to Middlesbrough that arrives there at 2350 on Wednesday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

There are no more services of any description in Middlesbrough (other than a sleepy 0025 NatEx to London), so we take advantage of the overnight rule.

The first public transport the next morning isn't until after 0530 (unless we want to head back towards Whitby at 0456, which I don't), so we await 1N51, Northern's 0547 service towards Carlisle, which we take as far as Haltwhistle where we arrive at 0803 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0825 Northern Trains service to Wetheral that arrives there at 0848 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station and take the six minute walk to The Green, where we board the 0931 Reays service 74 to Dalston (Townhead Road), arriving there at 1029 on Thursday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We wait an hour and board the 1129 journey on Reays City Hopper Buses service 75, alighting at Denton Holme (Metcalfe St) at 1147 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1204 Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire service 62 to Kingstown (Lowry Hill road end on Kingstown Road) that arrives there at 1225 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We await the Borders Buses service X95 at 1257, which we take as far as Hawick (Mart St, Morrisons) where we alight at 1413 on Thursday.

Interestingly, this service is publicised as Edinburgh to Carlisle, yet is generally run in three overlapping portions,
Edinburgh - Galashiels - Hawick
Galashiels - Hawick
Galashiels - Hawick - Carlisle
with only one southbound journey (daily) and one northbound (Sundays only) running the full length.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1440 Peter Hogg of Jedburgh service 20 to Jedburgh (Bus Station) that arrives there at 1505 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Let's take the 1539 Borders Buses service 68 to Melrose (Borders General Hospital), where we arrive at 1632 on Thursday.

 

[Andy Pacer]

Next we take the 1655 Borders Buses service 69 to Galashiels Transport Terminal arriving at 1716 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1810 Border Buses service 61 to Lauder (the bus stop near the Post Office on Market Place) that arrives there at 1854 on Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We have just 1 minute to get the next bus back on the 61, which may or may not be the same vehicle. Instead, we await Border Buses service 51 at 2008, having first crossed over the road and walked 207ft to The Avenue stop. We take this to St Boswells (Bus Stance) where we arrive at 2032 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 2041 Borders Buses service 67 to Tweedbank Station, arriving there at 2107 on Thursday evening.

 

[DerekC]

Not wishing to miss the chance of a ride on the Borders Railway, we board the 21:29 Scotrail service 2T65 which takes us to Brunstane where we alight at 22:22 on Thursday evening.