The Transport Game

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Moving ever onwards, we board the 1448 Red Rose Travel service 501 to Tring (opposite to the Rose and Crown PH) that arrives there at 1513 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[Bodie]

We then at 1540 step aboard the Arriva the Shires and Essex number 500 service to Aylesbury, opp Railway Station arrving there at 1643, Wednesday afternoon


We alight here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps?q=Ayl...oid=CmUXHL_VptGLx9OFre5tMw&cbp=12,347.95,,0,0

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We take advantage of the opportunity to make a short onward jouney by rail and on entering the railway station, we board the 1730 Chiltern service to Monks Risborough that arrives there at 1742 on Wednesday afternoon.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 2H79, the 1831 Chiltern service to London Marylebone, arriving there at 1932 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heading towards the Midlands, we board the 1945 Chiltern Railways service to Dorridge that arrives there at 2125 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then exit the station and board the 2133 Diamond Buses service S3 to Solihull (Warwick Road) (opposite House of Fraser), arriving there at 2153 on Wednesday evening.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The new BETA version of the Traveline West Midlands website needs some departure point and destination improvement...

We carry ever onwards and board the 2204 Diamond Bus service S3 to Hockley Heath (after Box Trees Road) that arrives there at 2227 on Wednesday evening.

 

[ValleyLines142]

The new BETA version of the Traveline West Midlands website needs some departure point and destination improvement...

Why?

We carry ever onwards and board the 2204 Diamond Bus service S3 to Hockley Heath (after Box Trees Road) that arrives there at 2227 on Wednesday evening.

We then call it a night before boarding the 0618 Johnson's Coaches service X20 to Birmingham (Carrs Lane) (Church Centre), arriving there at 0657 on Thursday morning.

 

[Bodie]

We see Birmingham Moor Street just a stones throw away but alas are bound by the rules of our universe to stay firmly on Carrs Lane.

We pace the street up and down till 0725 when we board the National Express West Midlands service 31A which takes us down to the delightfully named Robin Hood, Southside. After Robin Hood Island on Stratford Road at the time of 0809 Thursday Morning

 

[ValleyLines142]

We see Birmingham Moor Street just a stones throw away but alas are bound by the rules of our universe to stay firmly on Carrs Lane.

About a year ago you would have been able to on the game!

We pace the street up and down till 0725 when we board the National Express West Midlands service 31A which takes us down to the delightfully named Robin Hood, Southside. After Robin Hood Island on Stratford Road at the time of 0809 Thursday Morning

We then board the 0842 National Express West Midlands service 3 to Acocks Green (Shirley Road), arriving there at 0857 on Thursday morning.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Continuing our travelogue, we next board the 0906 NXWM service 3 to Shirley (adjacent to Shirley railway stations) that arrives there at 0927 on Thursday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board the 0942 National Express West Midlands service 49 to Frankley (Holly Hill Shops), arriving there at 1042 on Thursday morning.

 

[Bodie]

I don't know where you are?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We then board the 0942 National Express West Midlands service 49 to Frankley (Holly Hill Shops), arriving there at 1042 on Thursday morning.

Still wishing to see the settlement at the end of this route, we wait for the following service and board the 1102 NXWM service 49 to Weoley Castle (Weoley Castle Road) that arrives there at 1127 on Thursday morning.

 

[Bodie]

We struggle to find said castle. We decide instead to press on so...

We board WMSNT (West Midlands Special Needs Transport) no. 39 at 1208

Arriving at what we hope won't be for this game Worlds End (adj Shops, on Faraday Avenue) at the time of 1217 Thursday afternoon

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8180/8067712648_00bb91c0ca_z.jpg ------ All Aboard!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We await at the terminus for the 1318 WMSNT service 39 to Longbridge railway station that arrives there at 1359 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 1412 London Midland service to Lichfield Trent Valley High Level arriving at 1515 Thursday afternoon

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

We make our way to the main line low level platforms and board the 1613 LM service to Rugby that arrives there at 1651 on Thursday afternoon.

 

[dzug2]

The 1722 Virgin service takes us to Preston, arriving at 1901 Thursday everning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Noting that there is an 8-minute connection time here, we next board the 1910 First TPE service to Heald Green that arrives there at 2011 on Thursday evening.

 

[dzug2]

We take the 2051 TPE service to Crowle, arriving at 2306 Thursday evening

Heald Green seems to have some magical significance in this game

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Heald Green seems to have some magical significance in this game

gnolife has this as his local station..
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We take the 2051 TPE service to Crowle, arriving at 2306 Thursday evening

Resigning ourself to an overnight stay, we next board the 0610 First TPE service to Dore & Totley that arrives there at 0714 on Friday morning.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then board 1R52, the 0739 East Midlands Trains service to Liverpool Lime Street, arriving there at 0926 on Friday morning.

 

[High Dyke]

The minimum 10 minute connection time affords us the chance to obtain some food before joining the 09:46 Northern service to Eccles arriving at 10:36 on Friday.

 

[ValleyLines142]

We then hop over to the Metrolink station and board the 1046 Metrolink service to Salford Quays, arriving there at 1101 on Friday morning.

 

[Bodie]

Is that move allowed because they share the same name?

They are not exactly next door to one another from what I can see.

Also the Metrolink map doesn't list it as a Railway interchange, like they do with Altrincham and Ashton Under Lyne for example.

Assuming it to be valid we will press on...

Finding the one minute connection time a little to hot to handle we have no option but to let the 1102 go on without us.
We are however able to hop aboard the 1114, Metrolink service to it's end at MediaCityUK at 1120 on Friday morning

http://www.mediacityuk.co.uk/images/content/sustainability-1096x545-1.jpg

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The two locations of the heavy-rail railway station of Eccles and the terminal Manchester Metrolink stop are Eccles are a considerable distance away from each other.
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Also the Metrolink map doesn't list it as a Railway interchange, like they do with Altrincham and Ashton Under Lyne for example.

Whilst I agree that the heavy rail and light rail systems at Altrincham are contained in the same building complex at Altrincham Interchange, the new terminal Manchester Metrolink stop at Ashton-under-Lyne is quite some distance away from the heavy rail railway station there and a major road runs between the two sites.

 

[Bodie]

So we are allowing the move?

If not we are at Eccles 1036 Friday morning

If so we are at MediaCityUK at 1120 on Friday morning

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Game moves

Walking

You may not walk between stations of the same mode although you may walk to a different bus stop at the same location for example by crossing the road in order to travel in a different direction. You may also walk when changing modes but only to a stop serving the same location.

I think that the actual physical distance between the two Eccles sites is such as to rule the posting there as invalid.

Not that I have not called a HOLD, just giving my opinion.

 

[Zoe]

Yes, both stations serve Eccles but they are in different locations so that isn't a valid move. When changing modes, the stop for the mode you wish to change to must be either within the a station (like at Wimbledon) or immediatly outside (including the car park) or clearly shown as serving the location (for example a bus stop named "Barking station"). We remain at Eccles at 1036 on Friday with DanTrainMain185 having priority to post the next move until 2200 after which time it becomes open floor.