Round Trips

[Reece]

08/04/15 Today I decided to stay local and get a Kidderminster Connecta day ticket...

Diamond | 4A > Home - Kidderminster Bus Station (20136) Y36YVV
R & B Travel | 291 > Kidderminster Bus Station - Bewdley, Load Street - YK05CBY
Central Buses | 125 > Bewdley, Load Street - Kidderminster Bus Station - EU06KOX (Nice, Clean and Good Acceleration Unlike Diamonds Mini Pointer Darts)
(Met Up With Some Friends And Had Some Lunch)
Diamond | X3 > Kidderminster Town Hall - Stourport, York Street (30801) WX58FRU
(Spent an Hour in Stourport Enjoying the Nice Weather) 8)
Diamond | 3 > Stourport, High Street - Kidderminster Town Hall (30931) VX54MUO
Holland Coaches | 9A > Kidderminster Bus Station - Caunsall, Kinver Lane - SN03GNP
Holland Coaches | 9A > Caunsall, Kinver Lane - Kidderminster Bus Station - SN03GNP
Diamond | 4A > Kidderminster Town Hall - Home (20136) Y36YVV

[Tony]

A different sort of round trip, but from 26th April it will be possible to do a round trip of about 120 miles (60 each way) on a £4.20 daysaver, Stafford to Leamington spa ( I know you wouldn't actually want to do it!) but that works out at 3.5p per mile, I wonder if there are any bus journeys between two towns anywhere else in the country where it is possible to pay on the day and travel for less than 3.5p per mile

[the trainbasher]

20686 226 Diamond Hawbush Road to Merry Hill, Bus Station
4700 241 NXWM Merry Hill, Bus Station to Cradley Heath, Railway Station
***Class 168 train to Birmingham, Snow Hill Station***
4251 7 NXWM Birmingham, Snow Hill Station to Centro House
1863 7 NXWM Centro House to Birmingham, Snow Hill Station
6119 9 NXWM Birmingham, Snow Hill Station to Quinton, Church
6102 9 NXWM Quinton, Church to Halesowen, Bus Station
6109 9 NXWM Halesowen, Bus Station to Lye, Cross
6108 9 NXWM Lye, Cross to Stourbridge, Bus Station
2099 276 NXWM Stourbridge, Bus Station to Mary Stevens Park
2104 276 NXWM Mary Stevens Park to Stourbridge, Bus Station
4192 246 NXWM Stourbridge, Bus Station to Brierley Hill, Library
825 222 NXWM Brierley Hill, Library to Merry Hill, Bus Station
1551 225 Hansons Merry Hill, Bus Station to Brierley Hill, Five Ways
869 222 NXWM Brierley Hill, Five Ways to Merry Hill, Bus Station
2101 226 igo/WMSNT Merry Hill, Bus Station to Hawbush Road

[Tara4352]

My trip today:

4604 on WN529 from Gipsy Lane to Walsall Bus Stn
4530 on WAX51 from Walsall Bus Stn to Bham Carrs Lane
6124 on YW50 from Bham Selfridges to Moseley Village
4027 on AG1 from Moseley Village to Sheepcote St
5509 on BC22 from Sheepcote St to Colmore Row
Walked around for a bit and got lunch
Chiltern Class 168 on 1155 from Moor St to Solihull
Went and got some photos
London Midland Class 172 on 1217 from Solihull to Moor St
London Midland 170513 on 1242 from New St to Walsall
Met up with @jack4325 & @Nathan, but Jack buggered off
4686 on WAX51 from Walsall Bus Stn to Birmingham Carrs Lane
Waited around for an MMC to show on the 50
6125 on YW50 from Selfridges to Maypole Shops
20604 on 50 from Maypole to Bham Markets
London Midland 1601 from New St to Wolverhampton
17xx on WA69 from Wton Bus Stn to Broad Lane
850 on WN28 from Broad Lane to Cornwall Gate

I was in the 1242 to walsall

[Ashley 60171]

A different sort of round trip, but from 26th April it will be possible to do a round trip of about 120 miles (60 each way) on a £4.20 daysaver, Stafford to Leamington spa ( I know you wouldn't actually want to do it!) but that works out at 3.5p per mile, I wonder if there are any bus journeys between two towns anywhere else in the country where it is possible to pay on the day and travel for less than 3.5p per mile

And they say bus travel is expensive. You couldn't drive there and back for that much could you?

[Alex]

I was in the 1242 to walsall

I was sat (going backwards >:() in the extreme front of the forward carriage, either way. didn't see you

[Trident 4194]

A different sort of round trip, but from 26th April it will be possible to do a round trip of about 120 miles (60 each way) on a £4.20 daysaver, Stafford to Leamington spa ( I know you wouldn't actually want to do it!) but that works out at 3.5p per mile, I wonder if there are any bus journeys between two towns anywhere else in the country where it is possible to pay on the day and travel for less than 3.5p per mile

What routes do you do?

[PM]

A different sort of round trip, but from 26th April it will be possible to do a round trip of about 120 miles (60 each way) on a £4.20 daysaver, Stafford to Leamington spa ( I know you wouldn't actually want to do it!) but that works out at 3.5p per mile, I wonder if there are any bus journeys between two towns anywhere else in the country where it is possible to pay on the day and travel for less than 3.5p per mile

I'd say that's possible with Arriva North East as well. I've done day trips from Durham to Carlisle, Berwick and Scarborough. Each of those is around 150+ miles per day for a simple there and back journey. Ticket costs £7.70 so comes in around the 4/5p mark. Of course, you could do a massive trip from Berwick right the way down to Scarborough or Whitby which would be a fair bit more distance wise, bringing the cost down to around that kind of level.

[Tara4352]

1119 LM service to Wolverhampton
1141 11 to Underhill
1209 11 to Wolverhampton
1310 ATW service to Birmingham New street
1342 LM service to Walsall
1418 38 to Wednesbury
1444 79 to West Bromwich
MM 06 OLDONE West Bromwich to Birmingham snow hill
1705 LM service to Sandwelll and Dudley
@Alex Appoliges it was the 13:42 I got on

[Tony]

I'd say that's possible with Arriva North East as well. I've done day trips from Durham to Carlisle, Berwick and Scarborough. Each of those is around 150+ miles per day for a simple there and back journey. Ticket costs £7.70 so comes in around the 4/5p mark. Of course, you could do a massive trip from Berwick right the way down to Scarborough or Whitby which would be a fair bit more distance wise, bringing the cost down to around that kind of level.

But  could you do the return journey, Berwick to Whitby/Scarborough in a day?

Stafford - Leamington is possible with an arrival in Leamington before midday

[Ashley 60171]

What routes do you do?

54 (Stafford to Wolverhampton)
126 (Wolverhampton to Birmingham)
900 (Birmingham to Coventry)
11 (Coventry to Leamington)

Working on the round figure of 40p per mile (which is how much my father was allowed to claim on travel expenses in one of his old jobs) to drive 120 miles it would cost £48

Depends on the car/fuel efficiency/driving style. £48 of fuel gets you from Wolverhampton to Cornwall and back

[PM]

But  could you do the return journey, Berwick to Whitby/Scarborough in a day?

Stafford - Leamington is possible with an arrival in Leamington before midday

Provided you set off pretty early and didn't spend long at the destination, you could probably do it in a day. Certainly Middlesbrough or Durham up or down to Scarborough or Berwick is easily do-able. It's the links to Scarborough that stop relatively early and there are later buses from Berwick than to Berwick which would make it more difficult.

[domino.99]

Today (09/04/15)

Vehicle             Journey/Route                     Time On/Off

LM 350257     Coseley - Wolverhampton    10:01-10:07
XC 4560         Wolverhampton-B'Ham NS   10:17-10:38
VT 1B34          B'Ham NS - Coventry           10:44-11:10
TDC 575         W1A                                     11:15-11:21
NXC 6012       4                                          11:28-11:37
TDC 801         X6                                        11:41-11:47
Walked Around The Transport Museum
NXC 871        3                                          12:12-12:23
NXC 874        3                                          12:36-12:48
NXC 2158      9                                          12:51-13:07
VT 5190        Coventry - B'Ham NS            13:22-13:47
LM 170504   B'Ham NS - Codsall               13:56-14:34
Met Sister and Mother and went to The Claregate for lunch
NXWM 2071 5                                           16:01-16:25
MM 26          W'Ton SG - Loxdale               16:38-16:47
NXWM 4020 82                                          17:06-17:16

All this for just £4.30!

[Alex]

Today (9/4/15):

861 on 0837 WN28 from Bloxwich Rd South to Wton Bus Stn
@jack4325 got on at Wood End
Met up with @Nathan in Wton
4555 on WN126 from Wton Bus Stn to Dudley Bus Stn
867 on PN244 from Dudley Bus Stn to Halesowen Bus Stn
Got lunch
30439 on 002 from Halesowen Bus Stn to Merry Hill Bus Stn
1642 on PN276 from Merry Hill Bus Stn to Dudley Bus Stn
4020 on WN82 from Dudley Bus Stn to Bilston Bus Stn
677 on 1341 WN25 from Bilston Bus Stn to Wton Bus Stn
1782? (I think?) on 1419 WA40 from Wton Bus Stn to Stroud Ave
Stopped at my nans for a few hours
861 on 1744 WN28 from Cornwall Gate to Bloxwich Rd South

[John]

Not as I had planed it originally. But I had seen 4390 as I was leaving City on the 50, and chased it for a bit until I got a good picture of it in Hall Green. I was going to go to Harborne first and then to the Q.E., and then the rest of the trip in reverse to what I listed below. Still not bad not costing me a penny! (apart from food!)

997 - Home - Birmingham - 4326
50 - Birmingham - Kings Heath - 6125
11A - Kings Heath - Hall Green - 4031
6 - Hall green - Shirley - 1917
6 Shirley - Hall Green - 4335
11C - Hall Green - Kings Heath - 4072
27 - Kings Heath - Northfield - 1902
98E - Northfield - Q.E. - 2124
99 - Q.E. - Birmingham - 808
997 - Birmingham - Home - 4326