The line to Skegness is closed this weekend (27/28 Apr) between Sleaford and Boston for engineering work, buses replace trains between those points.
I have the misfortune to be returning from Skeggy on Sunday and in my experience the 1215 service to Nottingham is usually a popular departure. On Sunday, the 1215 terminates at Boston at 1249 and onward passengers then wait an hour and a half for the replacement bus to Sleaford.
The reason for this, I guess, is that there isn't a 1315 departure from Skegness on Sundays in the normal timetable, therefore if the bus ran earlier, there wouldn't be a scheduled service from Sleaford to Nottingham to complete the journey.
It's a bit much though, having to hang around in Boston for that length of time on what looks like being a cold, wet and miserable Sunday!
I have the misfortune to be returning from Skeggy on Sunday and in my experience the 1215 service to Nottingham is usually a popular departure. On Sunday, the 1215 terminates at Boston at 1249 and onward passengers then wait an hour and a half for the replacement bus to Sleaford.
The reason for this, I guess, is that there isn't a 1315 departure from Skegness on Sundays in the normal timetable, therefore if the bus ran earlier, there wouldn't be a scheduled service from Sleaford to Nottingham to complete the journey.
It's a bit much though, having to hang around in Boston for that length of time on what looks like being a cold, wet and miserable Sunday!