Appendix - Itinerary




First      1a        Land’s End       10:35 – Penzance 11:32
First       2         Penzance         11:45 – Helston 12:37
First      33        Helston 13:40 – The Lizard 14:37
First      33       The Lizard 15:26 – Helston 16:23
First      82        Helston 16:35 – Truro 17:36



Western Greyhound     585      Truro 09:30 – Newquay 10:25
Western Greyhound     556      Newquay11:05 - Padstow 12:23
Western Greyhound     555      Padstow 13:30 – Bodmin Stn 14:13
Western Greyhound     593      Bodmin Stn 14:51 – Liskeard 15:22
Western Greyhound     592      Liskeard 15:35– Plymouth BS 16:10



First     82        Plymouth 09:00– Exeter Bus Stn 11:10
First     X53      Exeter BS (14) 13:45 – Weymouth 16:35 



First                X53     Weymouth 10:05 – Wareham Rly 10:51
Wilts & Dorset 40      Wareham 11:04 – Swanage 11:40
Wilts & Dorset 50      Swanage 12:25– Bournemouth 13:27
Wilts & Dorset X12    Bournemouth 15:50 – Lymington 17:15



Ferry                             Lymington 09:45– Yarmouth 10:25
Southern Vectis     7     Yarmouth – The Needles – Yarmouth
Southern Vectis     7     Yarmouth 12:37- Newport 13:50
Southern Vectis     3     Newport 15:30– Ventnor – Shanklin 16:30 
Island Line                    Shanklin 16:40– Ryde Pier 17:02



Hovercraft                  Ryde 09:30– Southsea
Stagecoach     700    Southsea 10:06 – Brighton 14:09
Brighton          1/1a/   Hove 14:13 – Brighton 14:22



Brighton       29a      Brighton 09:20 – Tunbridge Wells 10:58
Metrobus      291     Tunbridge Wells 11:37 – Crawley 13:04
Metrobus       24      Crawley 13:40 – Horsham 14:09
Arriva             63      Horsham 14:51 – Guildford 16:10
Countryliner  479     Guildford 17:40 – Leatherhead 18:22



Countryliner  479       Leatherhead 09:16 – Epsom 09:38
LT                 470       Epsom – Sutton
LT                 407       Sutton – Croydon
Tramlink        T2        Croydon – Beckenham
LT                  54        Beckenham – Woolwich
LT                  53        Woolwich – Old Kent Road
LT                  78        Old Kent Road – Tower Hill
LT                  15        Tower Hill – Trafalgar Square
Underground            Central Line to Chigwell



Around London various services
Metropolitan Line       Baker Street – Watford



Arriva           500     Watford 10:05– Aylesbury 11:42
Arriva             50     Aylesbury 12:15 – Milton Keynes 13:27
Arriva             33     Milton Keynes 15:05 – Northampton 16:07



Stagecoach    96    Northampton 09:45 – Rugby 11:05
Stagecoach    86     Rugby 11:11 – Coventry 12:00



NatExpress  900   Coventry 12:25 – Meriden 12:49
NatExpress  900   Meriden 13:49 – Birmingham 14:30


Two Museums Running Day (Aston Manor and Wythall)



WMT      Tram     Birmingham10:06 – Wolverhampton 10:41
Arriva       890     Wolverhampton 11:45 – Bridgnorth 12:29
Arriva         99     Bridgnorth 14:50 – Telford 15:40
Arriva         96     Telford 15:45 – Shrewsbury 16:35



Arriva            70     Shrewsbury 0945 – Oswestry 10:37
Arriva             2a    Oswestry 11:12 – Chirk 11:34
Bryn Morgan  64    Chirk14:48 – Llangollen 15:10
Bryn Morgan   5     Llangollen 16:30 – Wrexham – 17:04



Arriva            1     Wrexham 09:24 – Chester 10:06
First              1     Chester 11:19– Birkenhead 12:41
Tram                    Birkenhead – Transport Museum
Mersey Ferry      Birkenhead Woodside 14:20 – Liverpool 14:50



Arriva          10       Liverpool 10:37 – St Helens 11:34
Arriva         329      St Helens 14:49 – Warrington 15:25
First           100      Warrington 15:53– Eccles 17:08
Metrolink                Eccles – Piccadilly Gdns, Manchester 



Stagecoach     201      Manchester 13:19 – Hattersley 14:05
Speedwellbus  397     Hattersley 14:14 – Glossop 14.51



TM Travel      473   Glossop 10:07- Bamford 10:42
First               272   Bamford 11:19 – Sheffield11:55
Stagecoach     58   Sheffield 12:00 – Holmfirth 13:15
First               313   Holmfirth 14:03 – Huddersfield 14:31
First               363   Huddersfield 14:55 – Bradford 15:39



K&D                   662    Bradford 09:30 – Keighley 10:26
K&D                   66a    Keighley 10:50 – Skipton 11:21
Lancs Utd          280    Skipton 12:21 – Preston 13:45
Stagecoach         68    Preston 14:05 – Blackpool 15:27
B'pool Transport  Tram 6 to Daggers Hall Road



B'pool Transport               Blackpool 09:08 – Cleverleys
B'pool Transport    (bus)   Cleverleys - Fleetwood 10:12 
Wyre Council     Ferry       Fleetwood 10:30– Knott End 11:00
Stagecoach         89          Knott’s End 11:34 – Lancaster 12:33
Stagecoach        555         Lancaster 13:30 – Keswick 16:06
Stagecoach         X5          Keswick 16:13 – Penrith 17:09
Grand Prix/Stage 563        Penrith 18:10 – Kirkby Stephen 19:08



Cumbria Classic      572     Kirkby Stephen 10:45 – Barnard Castle 12:25
Arriva                         5       Barnard Castle 12:48 – Darlington 13:35
Arriva                      X66      Darlington 13:15 – Middlesbrough 13:57
Go North East           X9      Middlesbrough - Gateshead
Nexus                   Metro      Gateshead to South Shields
Nexus                    Ferry      South Shields 17:15 - North Shields 17:20
Go North East        R19       North Shields 17:30– Northumberland Park 17:55
Nexus                    Metro     Northumberland Park – Whitley Bay



Nexus                Metro       Whitley Bay – Newcastle
Arriva                AD122      Newcastle 09:35 – Hexham 10:54
Arriva                AD122      Hexham 11.30 – Carlisle 13:36
Stagecoach           79        Carlisle 14:30 – Dumfries 16:03



Stagecoach         500        Dumfries 09:15 – Stranraer 11:36
Stagecoach         358        Stranraer 11:55 – Ayr 13:54
Stagecoach          X77      Ayr – Glasgow



First                  10       Glasgow 13:02 – Balfron 14:08
First                  32       Balfron 14:28 – Stirling 15:24
First                  59       Stirling 16:53 – Callendar 17:40


Kinghouse Travel  C60       Callendar 09:00 – Killin 09:42
Post Bus                025       Killin 12:30 – Tyndrum 13:10 (cancelled)
Citylink                   915       Killin – Fort William



Shiel Buses               Fort William 08:55 – Mallaig 10:05
Calmac        Ferry     Mallaig10:55 – Armadale 11.25
Stagecoach   52        Armadale 12:25 – Portree
Stagecoach   57a      Portree – Flodigarry – Portree



Citylink         916     Portree 10:15 – Inverness14:00



Citylink           X99             Inverness 10:15 – Wick 13:26
Caithness Rural T'port      Wick – John O’Groats

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