The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1600 Stagecoach South Coastliner service 700 to Hove (Brunswick Place), arriving there at 1644 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1714 Brighton and Hove 46 service to Hollingbury (the bus stop adjacent to Buxted Rise on Rotherfield Crescent) that arrivers there at 1745 on Sunday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (4 mins / 0.2 mile) to the County Oak Ave South stop on Carden Hill.
There we await Brighton and Hove service 26 at 1809, alighting at Brighton, St Peters Church, stop L at 1822 on Sunday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We take the nine minute/0.4 mile walk up Trafalgar Street to the station, where we board the 1900 Southern service 1N30 to Southampton Central, arriving there at 2050 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2103 South Western Railway service to Dorchester South that arrives there at 2223 on Sunday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 2310 South Western Railway service 1W88 to Parkstone, arriving there at 2354 on Sunday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting that there are only one-stop services running to Poole at this time of the night, we take advantage of the overnight travel relaxation rule and next board the 0504 South Western Railway service to Totton that arrives there at 0548 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 0608 Bluestar service 12 to Southampton (WestQuay), arriving there at 0625 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0655 Bluestar service 12 to Millbrook (the bus stop near Regents Park Road on Millbrook Road West) that arrives there at 0707 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0740 Bluestar service 8 to Dibden Purlieu (Golden Hind Park), arriving there at 0823 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0840 Bluestar service 8 to Marchwood (the Bury Road bus stop on Tavell's Lane) that arrives there at 0858 on Monday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We'd have to wait an hour for the next bus back towards Southampton (02 minutes past the hour), so instead we board the 0916 Bluestar service 8 to Hythe (Pier), arriving there at 0937 on Monday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1010 Bluestar service 9 to Calshot (The Beach on the B3053) that arrives there at 1037 on Monday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

With just this hourly service and a once-daily college route, we head back north on Bluestar service 9 at 1139. We alight at Totton (Rushington Roundabout) at 1233 on Monday.
I'm not boarding the 1039 as, despite it looking to be the same vehicle, I'm sure that there are ways that it may not...!

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1239 Bluestar service 6 to Southampton (WestQuay), arriving there at 1305 on Monday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

Feeling that it is time to leave the south coast, we walk (11 minutes / 0.5 mile) to Southampton railway station where we board the 1415 Cross Country service from which we alight at Stoke-on-Trent at 1748 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1755 Northern Trains service to Cheadle Hulme that arrives there at 1834 on Monday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We exit the station to the bus stop outside, where we board the 1913 Stagecoach Manchester service 42B to Withington (Library), arriving there at 1940 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We cross over to stop E where we board Go NorthWest service 41 at 2003.
We alight at Northern Moor Metrolink stop at 2017 on Monday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We enter the light rail stop and board the 2028 Metrolink Blue Line service to Shadowmoss, arriving there at 2051 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

A 3 minute walk takes us to the Shadow Moss Rd stop on Cornishway, where Stagecoach Manchester service 103 arrvies at 2116.
We take this to Chorlton (Southern Cemetery, stop E), alighting at 2147 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We cross over Princess Parkway to the opposite bus stop and there board the 2205 Stagecoach Manchester service 172 to Clayton Bridge (Assheton Road) that arrives there at 2259 on Monday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk 7 minutes to the Culcheth Lane stop on Daisy Bank, where we await Stagecoach Manchester service 76 at 2327. This takes us to Manchester City Centre (Piccadilly Gardens, Stop D) where we alight at 2344 on Monday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Moving to stop H, we next board the 0001 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Woodhouse Park (the bus stop opposite Portway on Selstead Road) that arrives there at 0044 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

With absolutely nothing of any interest here, as we're too far away from the airport, we'll have to wait for the 0059 Stagecoach Manchester service 43 to Chorlton-upon-Medlock (University Shopping Centre), arriving there at 0138 on Tuesday morning.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk one stop back up the Oxford Road to the Aquatics Centre bus stop (3 mins) as our next bus appears to be a limited stop route, which is something new for the Oxford Rd, I believe!
We board Stagecoach Manchester service 142N at 0155, alighting at East Didsbury (Parrs Wood E3) at 0221 on Tuesday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

With absolutely nothing of any interest here........

OBSERVATION

I sincerely hope that the management of the rather good exclusive Etrop Grange Hotel at the top of Selstead Road and the owners of the high quality corporate office blocks nearby do not take that comment to heart.....

 

[ValleyLines142]

We walk one stop back up the Oxford Road to the Aquatics Centre bus stop (3 mins) as our next bus appears to be a limited stop route, which is something new for the Oxford Rd, I believe!
We board Stagecoach Manchester service 142N at 0155, alighting at East Didsbury (Parrs Wood E3) at 0221 on Tuesday.

Taking advantage of the overnight relaxation rule, we take the five minute walk to the railway station and board the 0541 Northern service 2F13 to Wavertree Technology Park, arriving there at 0643 on Tuesday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

OBSERVATION

I sincerely hope that the management of the rather good exclusive Etrop Grange Hotel at the top of Selstead Road and the owners of the high quality corporate office blocks nearby do not take that comment to heart.....

I meant in terms of other onward transport....

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

I meant in terms of other onward transport....

There was the opportunity to speak with the night porter staff at the Etrop Grange Hotel, especially as that time was well within the time of the overnight travel relaxation rule. As one who has visited that hotel many times for business and leisure, I can certainly vouch for the standards set by the hotel management.

Howsoever, in this instance, there was an onward service bus service, to which I note that one was used at 0059 from there to Chorlton-on-Medlock