Interestingly Sundays seem to retain pretty much the entirety of what the current timetable already is through Fife with the only services missing being the ones to and from Inverness which will go via Stirling
The Chat Moss stopper seems to be running through to Crewe like at present as well. Hopefully the missing journeys reappear soon.
The Northern service cuts appear to be for a two month period, restored from 18 July:
www.realtimetrains.co.uk
Yes, the G&SW pattern south of Kilmarnock gets more regularised as a result - Glasgow to Carlisle becomes a pretty much regular two-hourly service and Dumfries gets a near hourly service to Carlisle I believe, at the expense of the through Newcastle workings.
I doubt it'll be used for an extra service, either a strengthener or added maintenance cover seems more likely.
Sorry, I thought you were suggesting they used it on an extra Sunday working. Yes, I agree its better to keep it on it's home patch than outstationed and sat idle.
RTT does still show the Preston - Victoria returning from 18 July, albeit only bi-hourly:
Is the blockade between Rainford and Kirkby because of Headbolt Lane? The links above show Northern terminating at Rainford for at least 6 weeks with a bus to KirkbyRTT does still show the Preston - Victoria returning from 18 July, albeit only bi-hourly:
But of course there is no guarantee that will actually happen.Realtime Trains | Departures from Preston between 0200 and 0159 on 18/07/2022
Train information at Preston between 0200 and 0159 on 18/07/2022. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.www.realtimetrains.co.uk
I imagine so. It will be necessary to sever the existing line at Headbolt Lane and restore the connection through the existing Kirkby station in place of the back to back buffer stops.
Plenty still to do it & I wouldn’t take any that have seriously just yet.
Not sure why if they go ahead with ending all Covid laws in 3 weeks time. May is a long way off so I expect normality to have returned by then
Things won't return to 2019 levels for years yet, just because the last (but not all) the restrictions are going doesn't mean people will suddenly return to the office 5 days a week for example. Going to be a while before a true picture is available so I'd expect the May timetable to not stay the same until December, except this time it could be uplifts rather than wholesale service reductions as has become tradition over the past two years.
All legal restrictions are going. Possibly as early as 22nd Feb. I think leisure travel will be at 2019 levels before the end of the year. Timetables in May and December need to reflect thst
Yes that is what reports are sugesting for the aviation sector.
Yes, seeing that MAG & Stansted are expecting passenger numbers to exceed 2019 as early as later this year.
Leisure travel will for sure but business and commuting traffic will remain depressed for at least 18 months. Whilst i don't believe wfh will be as broad as people believe what is for sure is hybrid working is here to stay. So if that softens the high peak that isn't actually a bad thing but of course the infrastructure, rolling stock and staffing has been sized for decades to deliver the high peak so it will take time to unwind it to save money. What isn't clear currently is how tolerant govt are to covering the short term deficit while traffic recovers or the industry right sizes itself to what is needed. There is a risk of decisions being made that will remove capacity from the industry be that rolling stock followed by more voluntary severance schemes or compulsory redundancy to get the books balanced that leave it with shortages in the future. Some rolling stock is life expired but the likes of the 379 need to be warm stored at govt expense so no stupid decisions are made for example. Currently operators seem to be bearing brunt of cutbacks and controls but NR need to step upto the plate to lower the overall cost of running the infrastructure as well although until teh govt make it clear what it wants nothing will change.
My job necessitates me travelling between Plymouth and Bristol TM on a fairly regular basis and the current XC timetable of roughly one every 2hrs in the off-peak on Mondays to Fridays is a pain in the **** so I was glad when GWR increased their frequency between Penzance, Plymouth and Bristol Temple Meads.
Likewise, on Mondays to Fridays, the morning 0447 Carmarthen - Llandovery and 0644 Llandovery - Swansea.
Thanks for that resource: it is good to see, among other things, that the draft timetable for Exeter Central to Okehampton gives an hourly 7 days per week! This new timetable is also on RTT. There is a track blockade for the Crediton - Okehampton line for 25th April to 09th May to allow for track upgrades in connection with this.
....otherwise it would return from Chard Jn (or Axminster, if the signalling permits - as it would need to for the proposed regular workings) at the first available opportunity.
