All trains bar freight stop at Cheltenham Yorkie, you won't get any Summer Saturday HSTs non stop through there 8)
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I've been through non-stop on the NCL-NQY runs a few times, IIRC the calling pattern was always BHM-BRI-PLY with no calls in between (not even EXD s/b).
According to Transportdirect it's the same this year.
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Newcastle starts 09:40
Durham 09:52 09:52
Darlington 10:09 10:09
York 10:40 10:44
Leeds 11:08 11:10
Wakefield 11:23 11:23
Sheffield 11:51 11:53
Derby 12:28 12:30
BirminghamNS 13:09 13:10
BristolTM 14:43 14:44
Plymouth 16:43 16:45
Liskeard 17:07 17:08
Bodmin Pky 17:19 17:21
Newquay 18:40 terminates
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Newquay starts 09:40
Plymouth 11:18 11:25
Exeter StD 12:16 12:23
Bristol TM 13:25 13:30
BirminghamNS 14:57 15:03
Derby 15:39 15:42
Sheffield 16:15 16:21
Wakefield 16:46 16:47
Leeds 17:02 17:05
York 17:31 17:35
Darlington 18:02 18:03
Durham 18:20 18:21
Newcastle 18:40 terminates
All others should call at CNM.
I doubt the guard would mind if you split at CNM on these trains but probs best checking if you want to go on them
These are guaranteed Valentas at the start, but toward the end will be MTUs. The NXEC sets will be more random and risky to book on if you want to guarantee a Valenta.