Hello all,
Having looked through the Greater Anglia timetable, I noticed an anomaly in the stopping patterns this week for Greater Anglia. It's relatively minor but being the inquisitive timetable freak that I am, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light onto why this is the case.
This is the service and I've also put a screenshot below:
Why is this train scheduled to make a stop at Ilford? A part of me would have thought the platforms are surely not long enough to fit a full Class 745 allocation.
My presumption is that there is some kind of engineering work-related block at Stratford and hence the operators have decided to provide interchange at Ilford instead.
Also is there any way of knowing/predicting when random or anomalous stops are made on the Great Eastern route? I've seen a few of these before - once at Forest Gate and a few other locations and I would love to catch a video of a 745 or 720 making an anomalous stop!
Thank you very much!
Having looked through the Greater Anglia timetable, I noticed an anomaly in the stopping patterns this week for Greater Anglia. It's relatively minor but being the inquisitive timetable freak that I am, I was wondering if anyone could shed some light onto why this is the case.
This is the service and I've also put a screenshot below:
Why is this train scheduled to make a stop at Ilford? A part of me would have thought the platforms are surely not long enough to fit a full Class 745 allocation.
My presumption is that there is some kind of engineering work-related block at Stratford and hence the operators have decided to provide interchange at Ilford instead.
Also is there any way of knowing/predicting when random or anomalous stops are made on the Great Eastern route? I've seen a few of these before - once at Forest Gate and a few other locations and I would love to catch a video of a 745 or 720 making an anomalous stop!
Thank you very much!