[UK] (Game) Find the Fastest route

[jvassie]

Surely the train from Exeter to Newcastle goes through both Bristol and Birmingham?

[welshdragon]

that's allowed - i think what he means is you can't change there? or am i having to do my go through Wales trick :s

[jvassie]

It's either go Newport then Crewe, or go round Coventry way i think.

[scrabble]

i mean avoid completely
no changing or passing through

[welshdragon]

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Barnstaple 0709
Exeter St David's 0817
Exeter St David's 0823
Cheltenham Spa 1010 
Cheltenham Spa 1045
Newport 1150
Newport 1205
Manchester Piccadilly 1515
Manchester Piccadilly 1546
Preston 1635
Preston 1653
Glasgow Central 1919
Glasgow Central 1928
Partick 1935
Partick 1954
Glasgow Queen Street 2001
Glasgow Queen Street 2041
Aberdeen 2320
Overnight
Aberdeen 0621
(24 hour mark passes while on train)
Inverness 0841
Inverness 0900
Plockton 1115 

[atomicdanny]

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[b]Exeter St David's 0823
Cheltenham Spa 1010 [/b]

I hate to say it but this part of your trip goes through bristol

[Dave]

Indeed. The only way out of Devon without going through Bristol is via the South West Main Line. Barnstaple-Exeter-Reading-Cheltenham Spa would work.

EDIT: Or the GWML's Taunton-Reading line... Change at Taunton then same again...

[welshdragon]

I'll look again tomorrow, cba now

[welshdragon]

same train as before, but then

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Exeter St David's 0849
Reading 1051
Reading 1053
Hereford 1348
Hereford 1355
Crewe 1615
Crewe 1649
Chester 1712
Chester 1722
Warrington Bank Quay 1751
Warrington Bank Quay 1827
Glasgow Central 2117
Glasgow Central 2128
Partick 2135
Partick 2154
Glasgow Queen Street 2201
Glasgow Queen Street 2248
Perth 0013
(overnight)
Perth 0803
Inverness 1029
Inverness 1103
Plockton 1315

[scrabble]

its not the fastest possible route so i cant announce it as a winner.

[welshdragon]

thanks, it is the only entry thus far, and i don't think it can be beaten

[andel]

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Barnstaple         XX:XX 07:09
Exeter St Davids   08:17 08:49
Reading            10:52 11:10
Coventry           12:22 13:01
Rugby              13:12 14:16
Glasgow Central    19:19 WALK>
Glasgow Queen St   <WALK 21:41
Aberdeen           00:21 06:21 (Overnight Stop)
Inverness          08:41 09:00
Plockton           11:15

Behold

[scrabble]

i believe i said no walking between stations

[jvassie]

Just pretend there is a little detour to Partick then

[andel]

i believe i said no walking between stations

Use the metro - the time gap is long enough

[welshdragon]

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Coventry           12:22 13:01
Rugby              13:12 14:16

Does that go through Brum?

[Dave]

If you will question people, at least do your research first.

Coventry is south of Birmingham. Rugby is south of Coventry.

You tell me.

[andel]

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Coventry           12:22 13:01
Rugby              13:12 14:16

Does that go through Brum?

it nicely skips past brum and means I meet the requirement for avoiding Bristol, London, Birmingham and Edinburgh... I forgot the walking malarky.

[LaSeandre]

Just add in a stop at Partick, or even Helensburgh Central, in that time.

[scrabble]

ok, but even so its not the fastest available route.

this is a way of getting there in under 24hrs