Some changes have been made to the routeing guide this week.
On Monday two easements were added.
Changes from 20 Sep 2019 (275) to 30 Sep 2019 (276).
Easement changes:
Added:
700878 (Map) During engineering works between the 09 - 14 November 2019, in the Taunton area, Great Western services will be diverted via Castle Cary, Yeovil and Honiton to Exeter and beyond. Temporary permitted routes for journeys on tickets priced on routes (00000) ANY PERMITTED, (0411) AP SLOUGH, (00820) GREAT WESTERN ONLY and (00840) VIA TAUNTON will be in force. This map easement will apply to journeys in both directions.
700879 (Fare route) During engineering works diversions between 09 - 14 November 2019. Tickets priced on route (00842) VIA TAUNTON will be valid for travel via Honiton, Yeovil and Castle Cary and onward toward Reading and London. Tickets priced on this route will not be valid via Brockenhurst or Salisbury. this fare route easement will apply in both directions.
There are no trains through Taunton over that period (or to any of the stations between Taunton and Weston-super-Mare). Crosscountry are providing rail replacement buses. GWR are also diverting some of the trains which normally serve Taunton. These easements allow more tickets to be used on the diverted trains.
This afternoon the following changes were published:
Changes from 30 Sep 2019 (276) to 02 Oct 2019 (277).
Permitted Route changes:
Liverpool Group (G18) to Nuneaton (NUN) gain NO+TM NR+TM
This journey now has mapped routes:
via Manchester; and
via Warrington.
Compared with the situation which existed between 6/8/15 and 13/6/19, this journey has lost the mapped routes:
via Wrexham;
via both Earlestown and Birmingham; and
via both Earlestown and Wolverhampton.
It has gained some mapped routes:
via Hooton, Birmingham and Tamworth;
via Runcorn, Birmingham and Tamworth;
via Hooton, Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth;
via Runcorn, Stoke-on-Trent and Tamworth;
via Hooton, Wolverhampton and Tamworth; and
via Runcorn, Wolverhampton and Tamworth.
Easement changes:
Changed:
700878 (Map) During engineering works between the 09 - 14 November 2019, in the Taunton area, Great Western services will be diverted via Castle Cary, Yeovil and Honiton to Exeter and beyond. Temporary permitted routes for journeys on tickets priced on routes (00000) ANY PERMITTED, (0411) AP SLOUGH, (00700) NOT VIA LONDON, (00810) NOT VIA READING, (00820) GREAT WESTERN ONLY and (00840) VIA TAUNTON will be in force. This map easement will apply to journeys in both directions.
They're clearly trying to exclude SWR ticket routes here. GWR use a lot of route codes, though, so it's no surprise that the easement doesn't list all of them. For instance, someone travelling between Plymouth and Sheffield via London can't use a "+via Chesterfield" ticket on the diverted trains, but would need a more expensive "+any permitted" one instead.
They do seem to have engineered a situation where a web site may say that you are not allowed to use a "via Honiton" ticket on a direct train between your origin and destination which calls at Honiton on the way. This isn't caused by this easement, though.