Most reversals in a single booked passenger working

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After being on a service earlier, it gave me an idea for which trains do the most reversals in a single passenger journey (please move if best elsewhere)

I put forward the "West Yorkshire Grand Tour" - Wakefield Westgate to Leeds via Huddersfield/Bradford.

This train reverses direction at Wakefield Kirkgate, Huddersfield and Bradford Interchange, so 3 times in a relatively short space of time (I think it spends more time hanging around at the points it turns round at than actually on the move!)

 

[4SRKT]

It's going to be hard to beat this, that's for sure. In the past three reversals was more common, such as Aberdeen > Penzance which reversed at Edinburgh, Carstairs and Birmingham New St (and each was a loco change to boot, meaning four locos in one journey).

 

[Crossover]

It's going to be hard to beat this, that's for sure. In the past three reversals was more common, such as Aberdeen > Penzance which reversed at Edinburgh, Carstairs and Birmingham New St (and each was a loco change to boot, meaning four locos in one journey).

I thought it may be to be honest. It just got me thinking as I saw the crew change (safely!) at Kirkgate, then had to change less than 20 mins later at Huddersfield. Can't spend longer than about 30 mins in one driving seat really!

 

[Capybara]

You can probably find a few good ones in Germany as a number of the stations handling through trains in larger cities are termini - Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Leipzig and Munchen immediately spring to mind. I managed a 'three' last year travelling from St Anton (in Austria) to Koblenz with reversals in Lindau, Friedrichshaven and Stuttgart but I don't think that particular train is running this year.

 

[dzug2]

It's going to be hard to beat this, that's for sure. In the past three reversals was more common, such as Aberdeen > Penzance which reversed at Edinburgh, Carstairs and Birmingham New St (and each was a loco change to boot, meaning four locos in one journey).

Did that not call at Gloucester as well? (Ignorant question maybe)

 

[richw]

Did that not call at Gloucester as well? (Ignorant question maybe)

i went from penzance to scotland, had a nap was facing forward, woke up going backwards, i woke up about 15 mins before birmingham so must of reversed at some point before there!

 

[4SRKT]

i went from penzance to scotland, had a nap was facing forward, woke up going backwards, i woke up about 15 mins before birmingham so must of reversed at some point before there!

<gets out 1985 book>

The Aberdeen > Penzance didn't call at Gloucester, but there was an Edinburgh > Plymouth that did. However that would still only have 3 reversals.

Also, some NESW workings used the line from Kings Norton into Birmingham the other way, so didn't reverse at New St. You can't tell this from the public timetable tho.

 

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1P01 York - Castleford - Leeds (R) Leeds - Huddersfied (R) Hebden Bridge - Salford Cres (R) Man Picc & Air

Made matters worse one night, with a points failure at Castleford, did a 3 point turn also via Alltofts which was a fourth (R)