Saturday last (30th Nov) was quite a bad night for cancellations on XC services, mostly due to "Issues with train crew" according to open data sources.
Taking Derby as an example timing point, they were:
1745 Edinburgh - cancelled from Birmingham.
1943 York - cancelled from BHM
2008 Nottingham - cancelled from BHM
2044 Leeds - cancelled from Exeter
2128 Birmingham - cancelled from Leeds
2156 Birmingham - cancelled from Newcastle
2226 Birmingham - cancelled from Leeds.
The last mentioned is normally the last train of the day to Birmingham on Saturdays but it seems that a service ran from Derby only at 2246. although it departed 15 late at 2301. No such train exists in the timetable so was it run additionally to cover for cancellation of the 2226?
If it was, how would XC manage to find a train and crew at Derby at that time on a Saturday night?
Taking Derby as an example timing point, they were:
1745 Edinburgh - cancelled from Birmingham.
1943 York - cancelled from BHM
2008 Nottingham - cancelled from BHM
2044 Leeds - cancelled from Exeter
2128 Birmingham - cancelled from Leeds
2156 Birmingham - cancelled from Newcastle
2226 Birmingham - cancelled from Leeds.
The last mentioned is normally the last train of the day to Birmingham on Saturdays but it seems that a service ran from Derby only at 2246. although it departed 15 late at 2301. No such train exists in the timetable so was it run additionally to cover for cancellation of the 2226?
If it was, how would XC manage to find a train and crew at Derby at that time on a Saturday night?