The Transport Game (UK)

[ValleyLines142]

All we can do here is either wait an hour and ten minutes here for the 581 to Diss, or return on the 36A back to Norwich where plenty of connections are available, so we aim for the latter and next board the 1215 First Norfolk & Suffolk Purple Line service 36A to Norwich (Castle Meadow), arriving there at 1317 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We walk (7 min / 0.3 mil) to St Stephen's St (Stop BR). At 1420 Border Bus service 146 takes us to Kessingland (Suffolk Wildlife Park), where we alight at 1525 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1535 First Norfolk & Suffolk Coastal Clipper service 99 to Lowestoft (Bus Station), arriving there at 1603 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1630 First Eastern Counties service X1 to Acle (the bus stop opposite the Kings Head PH on The Street) that arrives there at 1746 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[NorwichRailFan]

wow, a nice hop around Norfolk(My home county).
We then board the 1802 First Eastern Counties Coastal Reds 7(A very new service, only been running for about 2 months) to Caister-on-Sea, opposite Police Station Where we arrive at 1820 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1833 First Norfolk & Suffolk Coastal Clipper service 1A to Great Yarmouth (Market Gates), arriving there at 1845 on Thursday evening.

 

[NorwichRailFan]

The day is Thursday rather then Friday.
We then board the 1935 First Eastern Counties X1 Coastlink to Norwich, Outside County Hall where we arrive at 2005 on Thursday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting a dearth of bus services after 2000, we next board the 2034 First Eastern Counties Coastlink service X21 to Pakefield (the bus stop opposite the Tramway Hotel on London Road South) that arrives there at 2131 on Thursday evening.

 

[-Colly405-]

At 2131 I believe...

We continue to note a dearth of bus services at this hour so at 2140 we board the next northbound First Eastern Counties Coastlink service X21. We alight at Beccles (Old Market Place) at 2208 on Thursday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Grateful for train services being available as there are no more buses, we take the seven minute walk to the railway station and board the 2225 Greater Anglia service 2D96 to Lowestoft, arriving there at 2243 on Thursday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 2248 Greater Anglia service to Cantley that arrives there on 2315 on Thursday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

Thankful to not be stranded at such a location at this time of the night, we continue on the 2356 Greater Anglia service 2J99 to Norwich, arriving there at 0015 in the early hours of what I think is Friday morning.

 

[NorwichRailFan]

Taking advantage of the overnight rule we then board the 0511 Greater Anglia service to North Walsham Where we arrive at 0534 on Friday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 0609 Greater Anglia service to West Runton that arrives there at 0642 on Friday morning.

 

[NorwichRailFan]

We then walk 7 mins(0.2 miles) to West Runton,Post Office Where we board the 0803 Sanders Coaches 5 to Sheringham. Station approach where we arrive at 0812 on Friday.

 

[-Colly405-]

We let the 0823 short working pass and instead await the 0911 departure on Sanders service 9, from which we alight at Fakenham (Morrisons) at 1003 on Friday.

 

[NorwichRailFan]

After a lovely fry up in the Morrisons Cafe, we then walk 7 mins(0.3 miles) to Fakenham, George Edwards Road where we board the 1057 First Eastern Counties X29 to Fakenham, Oak street Where we arrive at 1105 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1125 First Norfolk & Suffolk Network Norwich service X29 to Norwich (Anglia Square), arriving there at 1235 on Friday afternoon.

 

[NorwichRailFan]

We then wait for the 1244 First Eastern Counties 12 to Cringleford Bus Interchange(Stand A) where we arrive at 1304 on Friday.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1335 First Eastern Counties Pink Line service 12 to Wroxham (the bus stop adjacent to Roys Department Store) that arrives there at 1426 on Friday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1440 First Norfolk & Suffolk Pink Line service 12 to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital (Forecourt), arriving there at 1540 on Friday afternoon.

 

[-Colly405-]

We leave from stand B at 1545 on Konectbus service 4. We alight at Dereham, Market Place at 1634 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 1705 Konectbus Straight8 service 8 to Norwich (Railway Station), arriving there at 1747 on Friday afternoon.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We enter the railway station and there board the 1800 Greater Anglia service to Stowmarket that arrives there at 1828 on Friday evening.

 

[A0]

From there, we board the 18.35 Greater Anglia service to Cambridge arriving at 19.43 Friday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We next board the 1954 Thameslink service to Burgess Hill that arrives there at 2205 on Friday evening.

 

[A0]

A quick pint in Burgess Hill before boarding the 2257 Metrobus 271 service to Crawley arriving at 2346.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We cross over to the bus station and there board the 0031 Metrobus Fastway service 100 to Redhill (Bus Station), arriving there at 0111 in the early hours of Saturday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the rule that allows a same bus at a terminus to start a new journey on the same route less than the five minute minimum connection time and board the 0115 Metrobus Fastway service 100 to Maidenbower (the bus stop opposite Oriel School on Matthews Drive) that arrives there at 0212 on Saturday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We next board the 0312* Metrobus Fastway service 100 to Three Bridges Station, arriving there at 0325 on Saturday morning.

* In reality we could get the 0212 returning as its the same bus again, but I won't take that risk!