Some more updates were published on Wednesday. These include an easement which only affects things over this weekend, so sorry about not posting anything a bit sooner.
New data set RJRG0465 published 14 June 2017
Written on 15 June 2017.
Note datasets RJRG0463 & RJRG0464 were test data sets which contained no Routeing Guide data changes from RJRG0462
If anyone wondered why the "Posted on Website" date changed without anything in the data files (including the date) changing, this is probably the answer. They did something similar on Thursday, although the dates were changed then.
Comparing RJRG0465 to RJRG0462
Maps reviewed, changed and one renamed
I haven't checked what effect these changes have on routes which aren't listed below, but plan to do so shortly.
Map GC - LONDON TO WORCESTER VIA HIGH WYCOMBE AND BIRMINGHAM (3 removed links to Nuneaton, Rugby and Worcester)
Worcester, Nuneaton and Rugby are no longer shown on the map. The map has been renamed "LONDON VIA HIGH WYCOMBE TO BIRMINGHAM" to reflect this.
Map HE - PORTSMOUTH & HAVANT TO EPSOM VIA GUILDFORD (1 added link Guildford to Woking)
Woking is now shown on the map.
Map SY - MIDLAND MAINLINE TO YORKSHIRE renamed (1 added link Swinton to Pontefract)
This has been renamed from "SOUTH YORKSHIRE LOCAL ROUTES" to "MIDLAND MAINLINE TO YORKSHIRE". Adding a route between Swinton and Pontefract Baghill doesn't substantially alter the effect of the map, but a map which is used for Pontefract-London journeys isn't all that local anyway.
MI has been renamed from "MIDLAND MAIN LINE - LOCAL ROUTES" to "MIDLAND MAIN LINE - TO LOUGHBOROUGH" (without any changes to the map), probably for the same reason.
Map WX - LONDON AND SOUTHERN HOME COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH WEST AND SE WALES(1 removed link Woking to Guildford)
Guildford is no longer shown on the map.
Map XR - CROSS COUNTRY ROUTES FROM SOUTH COAST TO READING changed (1 added link Guildford to Wokingham)
This would mean that you can go from Guildford to Wokingham without going through Farnborough North (or Ascot, Reading, etc.), if there is a route which allows this. I don't think there is, though, and it doesn't seem to have made it onto the published map, though.
Map XS - ROUTES VIA READING TO PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH COAST (5 removed links to Walsall, Lichfield, Tamworth, Stratford Upon Avon from Warwick & Tysley)
Lichfield, Stratford upon Avon Group, Tamworth and Walsall have been removed from the map.
I refer to Stratford Upon Avon Group as Wilmcote a few times below, as that's the first station in the group a train from somewhere else would reach. Wilnecote is somewhere else entirely.
As a consequence of the above map changes the following map sequences were added
Accrington (ACR) and Doncaster. (DON) - added sequence 'DP+DO'
As a consequence of the above map changes the following map sequences were deleted
Accrington (ACR) and Doncaster. (DON) - removed sequence 'NP+DO'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Barnsley;
via Selby; or
via York.
It now has mapped routes:
via the Doncaster-Pontefract Monkhill line and Mirfield; and
via Moorthorpe and Mirfield.
Alexandra Palace (AAP) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'AC+OV+LE+DK'
Alexandra Palace (AAP) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'KE+OV+WX'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Kew Gardens; or
via London and Kensington Olympia.
It now has mapped routes via Willesden Junction and Epsom.
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Chinley (CLY) - added sequence 'WX+SM+XL+DW'
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Chinley (CLY) - removed sequence 'WX+MW+BP+MM+MS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Kettering and Melton Mowbray, except for ones via London.
It now has mapped routes via Water Orton, Lichfield and Sheffield.
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - added sequence 'WX+XS+NJ'
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WX+MW+TL'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Woking;
via Stoke-on-Trent;
via Oxford and Wolverhampton; or
via Wilmcote and Nuneaton.
Barking (BKG) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TS+WV'
Barking (BKG) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'TS+WX'
Basingstoke (BSK) and Cardiff Central (CDF) - added sequence 'MW+SB'
Grantham (GRA) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - added sequence 'BG+BP+BB'
Grantham (GRA) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'BG+GC'
Guildford (GLD) and Northampton (NMP) - removed sequence 'WX+TS+EN'
Guildford (GLD) and Salisbury (SAL) - removed sequence 'WX+EU'
Guildford (GLD) and Salisbury (SAL) - added sequence 'HE+LE+EU'
Guildford (GLD) and Taunton (TAU) - added sequence 'HE+LE+EU'
Guildford (GLD) and Taunton (TAU) - removed sequence 'WX+LE+EU'
Guildford (GLD) and Woking (WOK) - added sequence 'HE'
Guildford (GLD) and Woking (WOK) - removed sequence 'WX'
Leamington Spa (LMS) and Sleaford (SLR) - added sequence 'BB+BP+BG'
Leamington Spa (LMS) and Sleaford (SLR) - removed sequence 'GC+BG'
Rugby (RUG) and Tyseley (TYS) - added sequence 'BI'
Rugby (RUG) and Tyseley (TYS) - added sequence 'SM'
Rugby (RUG) and Tyseley (TYS) - removed sequence 'GC'
STREATHAM GROUP (G29) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'FC+WV'
STREATHAM GROUP (G29) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'FC+WX'
No effect.
Barnes (BNS) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+DK'
Barnes (BNS) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+EF'
Barnes (BNS) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+LE+HE'
Barnes (BNS) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+PU'
Barnes (BNS) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'TW+PD'
Barnes (BNS) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'WX'
This no longer has mapped routes via Feltham and Effingham Junction, except ones via London.
It now has mapped routes via Epsom which avoid London.
Barnt Green (BTG) and WORCESTER GROUP (G35) - added sequence 'HB'
This journey now has mapped routes via Birmingham.
Bath Spa (BTH) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'BB'
Bath Spa (BTH) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'BB+XS'
Bath Spa (BTH) and Havant (HAV) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
Bath Spa (BTH) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - added sequence 'BB'
Bath Spa (BTH) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - added sequence 'BB+XS'
Bath Spa (BTH) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
Chippenham (CPM) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'BB'
Chippenham (CPM) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'BB+XS'
Chippenham (CPM) and Havant (HAV) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
These journeys no longer have mapped routes via Cheltenham.
Blackburn (BBN) and Doncaster. (DON) - added sequence 'DP+DO'
Blackburn (BBN) and Doncaster. (DON) - added sequence 'MH+DW'
Blackburn (BBN) and Doncaster. (DON) - removed sequence 'NP+DO'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Barnsley;
via Selby; or
via York.
It now has mapped routes:
via Wilmslow;
via Mirfield and Moorthorpe; and
via Mirfield and the Pontefract Monkhill-Doncaster line.
Bolton (BON) and Doncaster. (DON) - added sequence 'DB+DO'
This journey now has mapped routes:
via the Pontefract Monkhill-Doncaster line; and
via Moorthorpe and Pontefract.
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and FORD GROUP (G61) - added sequence 'HP+XB'
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and FORD GROUP (G61) - removed sequence 'BL+XB'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Ashchurch.
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'BW+LP'
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'HP+XS'
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and Havant (HAV) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - added sequence 'BW+LP'
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - added sequence 'HP+XS'
Cheltenham Spa (CNM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
These journeys no longer have mapped routes via Ashchurch.
They now have mapped routes via Westbury.
Chinley (CLY) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - added sequence 'HD+BB'
Chinley (CLY) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - added sequence 'HD+PR+XL+XS'
Chinley (CLY) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'MS+BB'
Chinley (CLY) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'MS+SY+BP+GC'
Chinley (CLY) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'SH+BB'
This no longer has mapped routes:
via Barnsley; or
via Corby.
It now has mapped routes:
via Nottingham and Burton-on-Trent; and
via Burton-on-Trent and Nuneaton.
Chinley (CLY) and STRATFORD U GROUP (G72) - added sequence 'HD+PR+RL'
Chinley (CLY) and STRATFORD U GROUP (G72) - removed sequence 'MS+SY+BP+WM'
This no longer has mapped routes:
via Barnsley;
via Corby; or
via Rugby.
It now has mapped routes:
via Bedworth;
via Nottingham and Burton-on-Trent; and
via Nuneaton and Leamington.
Chinley (CLY) and WARWICK GROUP (G73) - added sequence 'HD+PR+XL+XS'
Chinley (CLY) and WARWICK GROUP (G73) - removed sequence 'MS+SY+BP+WM'
Chinley (CLY) and WARWICK GROUP (G73) - removed sequence 'SH+BB'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Barnsley;
via Corby;
via Rugby; or
via Nuneaton and Wilmcote.
It now has mapped routes:
via Bedworth;
via Nottingham and Burton-on-Trent; and
via East Midlands Parkway and Leamington.
Chippenham (CPM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - added sequence 'BB+XS'
Chippenham (CPM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+BB'
Chippenham (CPM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+MW'
Chippenham (CPM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+MW+CW'
Chippenham (CPM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+MW+PD'
Chippenham (CPM) and PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Cheltenham;
via Didcot and Swanwick; or
via Didcot and Salisbury.
Clapham Junction (CLJ) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'EF'
Clapham Junction (CLJ) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+WU+HE'
Clapham Junction (CLJ) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'WV'
Clapham Junction (CLJ) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'PD'
Clapham Junction (CLJ) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'SC+PD'
Clapham Junction (CLJ) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'WX'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Streatham;
via Sutton; or
via Feltham and Effingham Junction.
Coventry (COV) and WORCESTER GROUP (G35) - added sequence 'BI'
Coventry (COV) and WORCESTER GROUP (G35) - added sequence 'BI+HB'
Coventry (COV) and WORCESTER GROUP (G35) - removed sequence 'GC'
Coventry (COV) and WORCESTER GROUP (G35) - removed sequence 'WM'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Rugby or via Leamington.
It now has mapped routes via Bromsgrove.
Doncaster. (DON) and Kirkham And Wesham (KKM) - added sequence 'DO+DP'
Doncaster. (DON) and Kirkham And Wesham (KKM) - removed sequence 'DO+NP'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Barsley;
via Selby;
via York; or
via both Wakefield and Warrington.
It now has mapped routes:
via the Doncaster-Pontefract Monkhill line and Mirfield; and
via Moorthorpe and Mirfield.
Doncaster. (DON) and Preston (Lancs) (PRE) - added sequence 'DB+KM'
Doncaster. (DON) and Preston (Lancs) (PRE) - added sequence 'DO+DP'
Doncaster. (DON) and Preston (Lancs) (PRE) - removed sequence 'DB+XW'
Doncaster. (DON) and Preston (Lancs) (PRE) - removed sequence 'DO+NP'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Barsley;
via Clitheroe;
via Selby;
via York; or
via both Wakefield and Warrington.
It now has mapped routes:
via Wakefield and Eccles;
via the Doncaster-Pontefract Monkhill line and Mirfield; and
via Moorthorpe and Mirfield.
Doncaster. (DON) and Salford Crescent (SLD) - added sequence 'DO+DB'
This journey now has mapped routes:
via the Doncaster-Pontefract Monkhill line; and
via Moorthorpe and Leeds.
DORKING GROUP (G10) and Staines (SNS) - added sequence 'CS+PU'
This journey now has mapped routes via Chertsey.
EDINBURGH GROUP (G11) and WILMSLOW GROUP (G69) - added sequence 'EG+CG'
This journey now has mapped routes:
via Crewe;
via Dumfries, Bolton and Stockport;
via Dumfries, Eccles and Stockport;
via Dumfries, Hindley and Stockport;
via Motherwell, Bolton and Stockport;
via Motherwell, Eccles and Stockport;
via Motherwell, Hindley and Stockport;
via Preston, Salford Crescent and Warrington;
via Salford Crescent and Stockport which avoid Bolton; and
via Leyland, Salford Crescent and Eccles.
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+DK'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+EF'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'TW+LE+HE'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'WV'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'WX+SU+DK'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'PD+WX'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'WX'
Feltham (FEL) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'WX+PD'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Staines and Effingham Junction, except for ones which also go via London; or
ones via Richmond and Claygate which do not go via London.
It now has mapped routes:
via Kingston; and
routes via Motspur Park which don't also go via London and Earlsfield.
Finsbury Park (FPK) and Guildford (GLD) - added sequence 'AC+OV+LE+DK'
Finsbury Park (FPK) and Guildford (GLD) - removed sequence 'KE+OV+WX'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Kew Gardens; or
via Kensington Olympia and London.
It now has mapped routes via Gospel Oak and Effingham Junction.
FORD GROUP (G61) and Gloucester (GCR) - added sequence 'XB+HP'
FORD GROUP (G61) and Gloucester (GCR) - removed sequence 'XB+BL'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Bromsgrove.
Gilberdyke (GBD) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'HD+PR'
Gilberdyke (GBD) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'HO+PR'
Gilberdyke (GBD) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'HD+SY+BP'
Gilberdyke (GBD) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'HO+SY+BP'
Goole (GOO) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'DO+PR'
Goole (GOO) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'SY+BP'
These journeys no longer have mapped routes via Corby.
They now have mapped routes via Loughborough and Melton Mowbray which do not go through Leicester.
Gloucester (GCR) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'BW+LP'
Gloucester (GCR) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'HP+XS'
Gloucester (GCR) and Havant (HAV) - removed sequence 'BL+XS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Bromsgrove.
It now has mapped routes via Westbury.
Guildford (GLD) and Horsham (HRH) - added sequence 'DK'
Guildford (GLD) and Horsham (HRH) - removed sequence 'SD+LB'
Guildford (GLD) and Horsham (HRH) - removed sequence 'WX+LB'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Woking.
It now has mapped routes via Effingham Junction.
Guildford (GLD) and Hounslow (HOU) - added sequence 'DK+TW'
Guildford (GLD) and Hounslow (HOU) - added sequence 'HE+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Hounslow (HOU) - added sequence 'WV'
Guildford (GLD) and Hounslow (HOU) - removed sequence 'PU'
Guildford (GLD) and Hounslow (HOU) - removed sequence 'WX'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Richmond and Chiswick except via London.
It now has mapped routes via Epsom which do not go via London.
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - added sequence 'DK+TW'
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - added sequence 'EF+TW'
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - added sequence 'HE+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - added sequence 'WV'
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - removed sequence 'PD+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - removed sequence 'WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Richmond London (RMD) - removed sequence 'WX+PD'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via London, Hounslow and Twickenham;
via Effingham Junction and Feltham but not London; or
via Staines and Barnes but not London.
It now has mapped routes:
via Chertsey, Hounslow and Twickenham; and
via Epsom but not London.
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - added sequence 'DK+TW+BU'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - added sequence 'EF+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - added sequence 'HE+LE+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - added sequence 'WV'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - added sequence 'XR+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - removed sequence 'PD+WV'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - removed sequence 'WV+PD'
Guildford (GLD) and Staines (SNS) - removed sequence 'WW'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via London;
via Ash Vale;
via Twickenham and Hounslow; or
via Effingham Junction and Virginia Water.
It now has mapped routes:
via Epsom; and
via Wokingham.
Guildford (GLD) and Twickenham (TWI) - added sequence 'DK+TW'
Guildford (GLD) and Twickenham (TWI) - added sequence 'EF+TW'
Guildford (GLD) and Twickenham (TWI) - added sequence 'HE+WX'
Guildford (GLD) and Twickenham (TWI) - added sequence 'WV'
Guildford (GLD) and Twickenham (TWI) - removed sequence 'PD+TW'
Guildford (GLD) and Twickenham (TWI) - removed sequence 'WX'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Chertsey and Richmond except via London.
It now has mapped routes:
via Ashtead avoiding London; and
via Chertsey and Whitton avoiding London.
Guildford (GLD) and Willesden Junction (WIJ) - added sequence 'DK+LE+OV'
This journey now has mapped routes via Epsom and Kensington Olympia.
HALIFAX GROUP (G39) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'SY+PR+AB'
HALIFAX GROUP (G39) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'WK+PR'
HALIFAX GROUP (G39) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'SY+BP'
HALIFAX GROUP (G39) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'WK+SY+BP'
HALIFAX GROUP (G39) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'WY+SY+BP'
HUDDERSFIELD GROUP (G40) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'SH+PR'
HUDDERSFIELD GROUP (G40) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'WK+PR'
HUDDERSFIELD GROUP (G40) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'WY+PR'
HUDDERSFIELD GROUP (G40) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'SY+BP'
HUDDERSFIELD GROUP (G40) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'WK+SY+BP'
HUDDERSFIELD GROUP (G40) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'WY+SY+BP'
LEEDS GROUP (G16) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'NB+PR+AB'
LEEDS GROUP (G16) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - added sequence 'YL+PR+AB'
LEEDS GROUP (G16) and Melton Mowbray (MMO) - removed sequence 'SY+BP'
These journeys no longer have mapped routes via Corby.
They now have mapped routes via Loughborough which do not go via Leicester.
Havant (HAV) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - added sequence 'BB'
Havant (HAV) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - added sequence 'XS+DG'
Havant (HAV) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'XS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Wilmcote.
It now has mapped routes via Eastleigh and Sutton Coldfield.
Havant (HAV) and Tamworth (TAM) - added sequence 'XS+TL'
Havant (HAV) and Tamworth (TAM) - added sequence 'XS+WB'
Havant (HAV) and Tamworth (TAM) - removed sequence 'XS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Wilmcote;
via London and Lichfield; or
via High Wycombe and Nuneaton;
It now has mapped routes:
via Wokingham and Nuneaton; and
via High Wycombe and the line between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton.
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - added sequence 'WW+EN+WM'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - added sequence 'WX+EN+WM'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WW+CS'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WW+CS+TL'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WW+TV+WM'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WX+CS'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WX+CS+TL'
Kingston (KNG) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'WX+TV+WM'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Reading;
via Kensington Olympia, Atherstone and Birmingham; or
via Kensington Olympia, Bedworth and Birmingham.
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - added sequence 'WW+SF'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - added sequence 'WW+TV'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - added sequence 'WX+SF'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - added sequence 'WX+TV'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - removed sequence 'WW+CS+LM'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - removed sequence 'WW+LM'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - removed sequence 'WW+MW+CN'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - removed sequence 'WX+CS+LM'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - removed sequence 'WX+LM'
Kingston (KNG) and Rugeley Trent Valley (RGL) - removed sequence 'WX+MW+CN'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Stoke on Trent;
via Reading;
via High Wycombe and Rugby; or
via High Wycombe, Nuneaton & Walsall.
Kingston (KNG) and Tyseley (TYS) - added sequence 'SU+WV+XS'
Kingston (KNG) and Tyseley (TYS) - added sequence 'WX+XS'
Kingston (KNG) and Tyseley (TYS) - removed sequence 'WW+CS'
Kingston (KNG) and Tyseley (TYS) - removed sequence 'WX+CS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Ash Vale;
via Wilmcote; or
via Clapham Junction avoiding London.
It now has mapped routes:
via Chertsey; and
via Guildford avoiding both Ash Vale and Clapham Junction.
LONDON GROUP (G01) and Hereford (HFD) - added sequence 'GC+HB'
This journey now has mapped routes via High Wycombe and Bromsgrove.
LONDON GROUP (G01) and Nuneaton (NUN) - added sequence 'GC+TL'
LONDON GROUP (G01) and Nuneaton (NUN) - removed sequence 'GC'
This journey now has mapped routes via High Wycombe and Water Orton.
LONDON GROUP (G01) and Tamworth (TAM) - added sequence 'GC+HB'
LONDON GROUP (G01) and Tamworth (TAM) - removed sequence 'GC+WS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Lichfield;
or via High Wycombe and Nuneaton.
It now has mapped routes which go via High Wycombe and the line between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton.
Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - added sequence 'BP+SM'
Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - added sequence 'BP+XB'
Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'BP+GC'
Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - added sequence 'BP+SM'
Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - added sequence 'BP+XB'
Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - removed sequence 'BP+GC'
Melton Mowbray (MMO) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - added sequence 'BP+SM'
Melton Mowbray (MMO) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - added sequence 'BP+XB'
Melton Mowbray (MMO) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - removed sequence 'BP+GC'
These journeys no longer have mapped routes via Bedworth and Birmingham.
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Gloucester (GCR) - added sequence 'LP+BW'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Gloucester (GCR) - added sequence 'XS+HP'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Gloucester (GCR) - removed sequence 'XS+BL'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - added sequence 'XS+DG'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Lichfield Trent Valley (LTV) - removed sequence 'XS'
These journeys no longer have mapped routes via Guildford and Wilmcote.
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Nuneaton (NUN) - added sequence 'XS'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Nuneaton (NUN) - removed sequence 'XS+BP'
This journey no longer has mapped routes via Wilmcote.
It now has mapped routes:
via High Wycombe and Water Orton; and
via Reading and Bedworth.
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Tamworth (TAM) - added sequence 'XS+BW'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Tamworth (TAM) - added sequence 'XS+EM'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and Tamworth (TAM) - removed sequence 'XS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Lichfield;
via Guildford and Wilmcote; or
via High Wycombe and Nuneaton.
It now has mapped routes:
via Reading and Nuneaton; or
via High Wycombe and the line between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton.
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and WALSALL GROUP (G59) - added sequence 'XS+XB'
PORTSMOUTH GROUP (G23) and WALSALL GROUP (G59) - removed sequence 'XS'
WALSALL GROUP (G59) and Havant (HAV) - added sequence 'XB+XS'
WALSALL GROUP (G59) and Havant (HAV) - removed sequence 'XS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via High Wycombe and Bedworth; or
via Wokingham and Stratford.
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and BANBURY GROUP (G58) - added sequence 'CB+GC'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and BANBURY GROUP (G58) - added sequence 'HP+RF'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and BANBURY GROUP (G58) - removed sequence 'CE+BB'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and BANBURY GROUP (G58) - removed sequence 'GC'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Nuneaton; or
via Cheltenham and Bromsgrove.
It now has mapped routes via Oxford and Cheltenham which avoid Bromsgrove.
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - added sequence 'CB+GC'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'CE+BB'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Leamington Spa (LMS) - removed sequence 'GC'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Cheltenham; or
via Nuneaton.
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - added sequence 'CB+GC'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - added sequence 'CS+GC'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - removed sequence 'CE+BB'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and Princes Risborough (PRR) - removed sequence 'GC'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Bedworth; or
via Bromsgrove and Cheltenham.
It now has mapped routes via Evesham which avoid London.
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and South Ruislip (SRU) - added sequence 'CB+GC'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and South Ruislip (SRU) - removed sequence 'GC'
This journey now has mapped routes via Bromsgrove and High Wycombe.
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and STRATFORD U GROUP (G72) - added sequence 'CB+BI'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and STRATFORD U GROUP (G72) - removed sequence 'CE+WM'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and STRATFORD U GROUP (G72) - removed sequence 'WM'
This journey no longer has mapped routes which include the Walsall-Wolverhampton train.
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and WARWICK GROUP (G73) - added sequence 'CB+GC'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and WARWICK GROUP (G73) - removed sequence 'CE+BB'
WORCESTER GROUP (G35) and WARWICK GROUP (G73) - removed sequence 'GC'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Cheltenham; or
via Nuneaton.
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Grantham (GRA) - removed sequence 'WX+MW+DL'
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Grantham (GRA) - removed sequence 'WX+MW+EM'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Woking;
via Stoke-on-Trent;
via Atherstone; or
via Lichfield and Nuneaton.
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) - removed sequence 'WX+BB+CE+EM'
Ascot (Berks) (ACT) and Loughborough (Leics) (LBO) - removed sequence 'WX+MW+BG'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Atherstone;
via Cheltenham;
via Chesterfield;
via Wilmcote;
via Woking;
via Birmingham and Melton Mowbray; or
via Lichfield and Nuneaton.
Kingston (KNG) and Tamworth (TAM) - removed sequence 'WW+CS'
Kingston (KNG) and Tamworth (TAM) - removed sequence 'WW+CS+TL'
Kingston (KNG) and Tamworth (TAM) - removed sequence 'WX+CS'
This journey no longer has mapped routes:
via Woking;
via London and Lichfield;
via High Wycombe and Nuneaton; or
via Oxford, Wilnecote and the line between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton.
It now has mapped routes via High Wycombe and the line between Birmingham New Street and Water Orton.
6 map(s) changed
Map GC - LONDON TO WORCESTER VIA HIGH WYCOMBE AND BIRMINGHAM changed (0 added/ 3 removed links)
Map HE - PORTSMOUTH & HAVANT TO EPSOM VIA GUILDFORD changed (1 added/ 0 removed links)
Map SY - MIDLAND MAINLINE TO YORKSHIRE changed (1 added/ 0 removed links)
Map WX - LONDON AND SOUTHERN HOME COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH WEST AND SE WALES changed (0 added/ 1 removed links)
Map XR - CROSS COUNTRY ROUTES FROM SOUTH COAST TO READING changed (1 added/ 0 removed links)
Map XS - ROUTES VIA READING TO PORTSMOUTH AND SOUTH COAST changed (0 added/ 5 removed links)
As described above.
For engineering works, the following dated easements were added
700717: Due to engineering works, Cross Country services via Bristol Parkway will be diverted via Newport (South Wales) between 02 and 15 September 2017. This map easement will create temporary permitted routes via Newport (South Wales) that will operate in both directions.
Crosscountry will be travelling Bristol Temple Meads-Patchway-Newport-Gloucester-Cheltenham and vice versa then (at least, some trains will), so I would assume anyone with a Bristol-Cheltenham ticket can do the same.
700718: During engineering works between 08 and 15 July 2017, journeys to Bath Spa from or via Didcot Parkway may travel via Bristol Temple Meads. This map easement applies in both directions
If you're going to
Oldfield Park from Didcot, by contrast, you'll need to use a bus from Swindon to Bath.
700719: Customers travelling to Edinburgh and beyond, whose normal route is via Newcastle and Berwick, may travel via Carlisle during engineering works on Saturdays 16, 23, 30 September and 07 October 2017; Sunday 17 September 2017 . This map easement applies in both directions
If your normal route is via Carlisle, you can still travel via Carlisle during those engineering works. Not sure what it means for people whose normal route involves the A68.
700720: During engineering works in preparation for HS2, on the 26 and 27 August 2017, customers travelling to Penrith, who would normally travel from London Euston, may travel via London Kings Cross, York, Newcastle and Carlisle. This map easement applies in both directions.
The planned closure is between London and Hemel Hempstead, so this should avoid it. Travel via the MML is permitted anyway. You would not be permitted to use this route with (e.g.) a London-Carlisle ticket, of course.
This easement does, I assume, override easement 700303 (which prevents travel for London Kings Cross and beyond-Carlisle and beyond from going via Newcastle).
700721: Due to engineering works between Birmingham and Nuneaton, customers travelling from mid Wales to or via Ely on the 17 and 18 June may travel via Tamworth, Nottingham and Grantham. These map easement will create temporary permitted routes that will apply in both directions.
There are no trains between Nuneaton and Birmingham, so this allows people to avoid the buses.
The following easement was amended with new dates for engineering work changed in the data sent to journey planners to operate with easement 700718
700694: During engineering works affecting Great Western services on (27 to 29 May and 10 to 11 June 2017) 08 to 15 July 2017, tickets priced on fare route (00810) NOT VIA READING will be valid via Reading.
The bit in the round brackets has been replaced by the bit after it, of course.
This is useful for some journeys, if not for Didcot-Oldfield Park.
New locations were added to the following easement
700704: Journeys priced on route (00804) VIA WORCESTER from Gloucester; Cheltenham Spa, Stonehouse, Stroud and Cam & Dursley to Blakedown, Hagley, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Cradley Heath, Lye (West Midlands), Stourbridge Town and Stourbidge Junction. may travel via Cheltenham spa. this fare route easement applies in both directions
Stonehouse and Stroud have been added to this. I can't, at the moment, see a valid route from Stonehouse, Stroud or Cheltenham to any of those places which doesn't go through Worcester.