Killingworth
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Recovery time built in for these services!It definitely looks like a very leisurely trundle through the Hope Valley, being timed for 30 minutes from Totley Tunnel East to Chinley North Junction, as opposed to the following EMT Norwich-Liverpool that is booked for 17 minutes, the preceding Northern stopper is also booked for 30 minutes, stopping at all the intervening stations. I'd have thought a planner might have decided to put the HST through before the stopper!
It has to clear the single line Dore curve from Dore South to Dore West to allow for a freight path in the opposite direction from Peak Forest to Toton. That's unlikely to be used, but has to be planned around.