Travelling from Leicester to Durham yesterday, I got lucky and picked up this train at Chesterfield. At this point it was running about 45 minutes late - it then diverted between Sheffield and York, missing out Wakefield and Leeds, and making up 20 minutes in the process. As a result I got to Durham about half an hour ahead of schedule (and spent most of my journey on a three-quarters-empty HST, with four seats and a table to myself!).
I assumed it would travel via Doncaster instead of Leeds, but in fact it took a route I've never travelled before - heading north after Moorthorpe and on through Pontefract. I was just wondering how common or unusual it is for Cross Country trains to be diverted this way?
Train in question is here: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C13292/2016/03/07/advanced
I assumed it would travel via Doncaster instead of Leeds, but in fact it took a route I've never travelled before - heading north after Moorthorpe and on through Pontefract. I was just wondering how common or unusual it is for Cross Country trains to be diverted this way?
Train in question is here: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/C13292/2016/03/07/advanced