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That is down to XC taking advantage of Derby re modelling.
The 1828 is showing as its current path at the moment.There should also be a fourth one -1828 off New St I think.
Not sure whether the underlying data for December is already fixed / definite or a working draft or a mixture of both? Can anyone clarify please?Comparison tool live for current / December 2019
https://live-departures.info/rail/timetable-comparison/
(RDG feed via http://data.atoc.org/ updated weekly, Saturday AM)
That is down to XC taking advantage of Derby re modelling.
The Derby rebuild allows XC to save some 20 minutes? That seems an awful lot of time saved against the old layout. Could you explain?
I remember the Norton Bridge effect on XC. The time (& reliability) it saved allowed the Voyager to run ahead rather behind the VT service from Euston at Stoke & that couple of minutes bounced up to 12 by Macclesfield.Derby itself only saves a couple of minutes or so.
But it's that couple of minutes that (for example) mean you can get in front of another path at (say) Sheffield or Doncaster that you couldn't before. So lots of existing pathing time in the schedule to go "behind" trains previously in front can be stripped out to fit into a much quicker path overall.
Derby itself only saves a couple of minutes or so.
But it's that couple of minutes that (for example) mean you can get in front of another path at (say) Sheffield or Doncaster that you couldn't before. So lots of existing pathing time in the schedule to go "behind" trains previously in front can be stripped out to fit into a much quicker path overall.
Derby itself only saves a couple of minutes or so.
But it's that couple of minutes that (for example) mean you can get in front of another path at (say) Sheffield or Doncaster that you couldn't before. So lots of existing pathing time in the schedule to go "behind" trains previously in front can be stripped out to fit into a much quicker path overall.
Thanks!Mixture of both. Until it goes live on journey planners it should be treated as subject to change and potentially incomplete.
The comparison tool is certainly incomplete at the moment, since the Hull, Bridlington and Scarborough service is only about 10% on there.
On the diesels Overton and Grateley finally get their hourly Sunday service with these stops along with Whitchurch moving into the hourly Reading service (although as now in the afternoons this goes to Waterloo) with the Exeter’s being sped up in both directions.
Woohoo!
Although it does mean the XX:45 Andover Fasts are no-longer
Indeed the Andover fasts come to an end to allow the speed up of the Exeters, fast is a bit of a loose statement as they have pretty appalling paths!
Have TfW really made the abysmal Sunday service on the Marches even worse? Looking at Church Stretton, there's now a four-hour gap in northbound trains from 1029 to 1433, with the current 1233 having disappeared: http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced/CTT/2020/01/12/0000-2359?stp=WVSC&show=all&order=wtt
Thanks for the updates.Small amounts of change on South Western.
Monday to Friday and Saturday the xx30 Waterloo to Portsmouths are accelerated by around 5-6 minutes. Money to Friday the missing from pattern 21.15 and 22.15 Waterloo to Haslemere services run with the 21.30 and 22.30 Waterloo to Portsmouth services no longer calling at Farncombe. Worplesdon gets and hourly service on the Waterloo to Guildford stopping service.
Some extra Reading services operate on Monday to Friday’s at 15.05 and 15.35 from Waterloo and 08.24 from Reading along with a new earlier 05.39 Ascot to Waterloo service. Windsor has an additional 17.24 Waterloo to Windsor via Hounslow (similar to the 18:24) Longcross gets half-hourly calls Monday to Saturdays and hourly on Sundays.
Poole on Sundays has an additional 16.18 super-fast to Waterloo (matching the current 18.18) and a new 22.35 semi-fast back from London.
On the diesels Overton and Grateley finally get their hourly Sunday service with these stops along with Whitchurch moving into the hourly Reading service (although as now in the afternoons this goes to Waterloo) with the Exeter’s being sped up in both directions.
On the Suburban side via Wimbledon seems to be some extra services filling gaps on the evenings with trains like the Surbiton to Hampton Court shuttles running to/from Waterloo.