by Colin Vout

Published Sunday October 12 2025 (link)

In our town centre the scheduled times taken for stages between bus stops are 5, 8 or 9 minutes. The only possible stages (in either direction) are between: stops Market and Castle; Market and Park; Market and Hospital; Station and Castle; Station and University; Castle and Park; University and Park; Park and Hospital.

Route 1 is from Market to Castle in 5 stages, which sum to 29 minutes; Route 2 is University to Market, totalling 19 minutes; Route 3 from University to Hospital takes 31 minutes for its 4 stages; Route 4 goes from University to Station in 27 minutes; Route 5 uses 4 stages to get from Market to University in 24 minutes. No route visits a stop more than once.

What are the stage times (in order) for Route 1, and Route 4?