There‘s possibly something in the wind about this, because in the current GTR TAA, (that’s being discussed in the thread about the West Coastway), it mentions that the rights to extend to Hemel after SCD24 will be addressed separately.Eliminated or just not published yet? There are still some SN trains missing on the Watford to Clapham corridor, they seem to coincide with the trains that currently run there.
Hopefully they're still to be added - they come in very handy for me!All the Southern trains to Hemel Hempstead have been eliminated
Looks like there is still one random train missing on the Derby Crewe service in the middle of the day. Anyone know the reason. I can't believe it saves much money.
The unit sits around all day doing nothing instead of working the trip. It does cost a driver and guard.Looks like there is still one random train missing on the Derby Crewe service in the middle of the day. Anyone know the reason. I can't believe it saves much money.
The unit works 1N05, arrives at 0949 and then does precisely nothing all day long sat at Eastcroft until it comes off shed to work 1K71 at 1616. This would appear to be unchanged in June.It saves a fortune! Needs another unit to resource it.
The unit works 1N05, arrives at 0949 and then does precisely nothing all day long sat at Eastcroft until it comes off shed to work 1K71 at 1616.
No reinstatement of 2tph at Codsall.Add WMR to that list. The second Shrewsbury is showing via Tame Bridge, with Willenhall and Darlaston unadvertised
Plus the Saturday service remains three round trips down, including the first to Crewe, useful for day trips.Looks like there is still one random train missing on the Derby Crewe service in the middle of the day. Anyone know the reason. I can't believe it saves much money.
A 10 plus minute increase (33%) in journey time and the binning of the extra service they've been promising for years. That'll go down well. Time to start some protests unless they're going to reduce the fares at the same time!No reinstatement of 2tph at Codsall.
Just Shifnal, Telford and Wellington on the via Smethwick.
My superficial scan of selected EMR services shows no significant changes - the remaining missing pre-covid services I know about don't seem to have been restored this time round.Looks like there is still one random train missing on the Derby Crewe service in the middle of the day. Anyone know the reason. I can't believe it saves much money.
Indeed, although it's nothing new for ScotRail – north of the Central Belt everything seems slower and less consistent each hour than before the pandemic. It's a similar story with the Edinburgh to Inverness via Stirling services, most which take around the same time to travel between Edinburgh and Stirling as the Dunblane stoppers despite having six fewer stops.That's very frustrating isn't it. No journey time improvement at all on some of the northbounds especially. That will be dull for the driver attempting to ensure that they do not run too early with the DMUs.
I remain hopeful, to say losing every evening service would be a huge loss is an understatement. The previous workings for each service remain as originally scheduled, with no further workings from those platforms before the next train arrives, so I am hoping it is a mistake.I can't speak for GWR, but I've noticed some 'missing' ScotRail services appearing this evening that weren't there earlier today, so I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that it's the same situation in the south west!
Liverpool Street - Norwich Services:
xx00 Services now call additionally at Chelmsford, where the xx30 services cease to call at Chelmsford, running fast from Stratford - Colchester. Diss/Stowmarket calls are unchanged.
Also 0800 Norwich - Liverpool Street and 1700 Liverpool Street - Norwich are now class 9 headcodes, 9P19 and 9P46 respectively. In addition, the latter also now calls at Stratford.
The remaining missing GN Peterborough peaks have been restored, but as Q paths ("Runs as required") for some reason.
How would the GTR areegement help in this case?As GTR asked for the agreement to be ended that is unlikely.
The direct rail service connecting Shropshire to London will be scrapped in June due to falling passenger numbers and cuts in funding, the Shropshire Star can reveal.
The Department for Transport has confirmed that Avanti West Coast will be scrapping the service from June 2, after this newspaper obtained a leaked internal memo.
Services to the capital will depart from Birmingham New Street, while return trains will terminate at Wolverhampton on weekdays, and at Birmingham at weekends.
The company had pledged to increase direct rail connections to the capital when it took over the franchise in December 2019.
But a spokeswoman for the Department for Transport said falling passenger numbers meant the service was now losing £1.4 million a year.
"Changing travel patterns mean our railways aren’t generating the same revenues as they were before the pandemic, and we can't ask taxpayers to maintain the historically high level of financial support for the industry indefinitely," she said.
The Shropshire Star's saying that the Avanti Shrewsbury service is being scrapped. I wonder how much longer the Wrexham services have left, in that case.
(The rest is behind a pay wall and I'm not a subscriber.)
That would also mean nothing eastbound to/from Chippenham after about 8.30 - so they must surely appear soon!Anyone able to confirm if the GWR timetable is final? They appear to have cut the final three Bristol to Paddington trains, the last one is now due to leave at a stunning 8pm, which seems very early.
The relevant units can go straight into the Three Bridges depot in the southbound direction, whereas a reversal at Haywards Heath is needed if they come out the south end of the depot in the morning.The trains from Haywards Heath to Redhill at 07:10 and 07:40 are welcomed but there isn't any reverse working from Redhill in the evening peak.
The Edinburgh to Inverness services almost take as long as the ones that stop at Polmont, Linlithgow etc, because it is stuck behind a Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High for a couple of the journeys between Edinburgh Waverly and Polmont JunctionIndeed, although it's nothing new for ScotRail – north of the Central Belt everything seems slower and less consistent each hour than before the pandemic. It's a similar story with the Edinburgh to Inverness via Stirling services, most which take around the same time to travel between Edinburgh and Stirling as the Dunblane stoppers despite having six fewer stops.
I think a lot of it comes from still trying to get away with using the post-EGIP timetable from circa-2018 as the foundation instead of just starting again, seeing as they've make such radical changes to service patterns in the mean time. Although in the case of the Dundee semi-fast they could do a lot worse than to re-use the 2018 timetable seeing as the journey time was a good 10 minutes faster in most cases than what is currently proposed!
Yep would be ridiculous, and a huge loss.That would also mean nothing eastbound to/from Chippenham after about 8.30 - so they must surely appear soon!
Cathcart circle runs all day.
So two extra trips to/from Peterborough each peak.
It will be interesting to see what stock is used for these.
Is there any news on when they will open? It all seems to have gone very quiet over there. (and isn't there supposed to be a service to them from Walsall as well?)Add WMR to that list. The second Shrewsbury is showing via Tame Bridge, with Willenhall and Darlaston unadvertised