Some changes were made to the easements in the routeing guide this afternoon.
Changes from 22 Sep 2020 (319) to 13 Nov 2020 (320).
Easement changes:
Removed:
700912 (Map) Customers travelling to Edinburgh and beyond, whose normal route is via Newcastle and Berwick upon Tweed, may travel via Carlisle during engineering works on Saturdays between 19 September and 31 October 2020 and Sundays 20 September - 11 October 2020. This map easement applies in both directions
700914 (Map) During engineering works between Exeter and Taunton from 28 September to 02 October 2020, tickets priced on (00000) ANY PERMITTED, (00203) GWR SLEEPER & GWR, (00411) AP SLOUGH, (00700) NOT VIA LONDON, (00810) NOT VIA READING, (00820) GW ONLY and (00842) VIA TAUNTON will be valid on Great Western Trains services via Honiton, Yeovil and Castle Cary. This map easement will apply in both directions
700915 (Fare route) During engineering works between Exeter and Taunton from 28 September to 02 October 2020, tickets priced on (00842) VIA TAUNTON will be valid on Great Western Trains services via Honiton, Yeovil and Castle Cary. This fare route easement will apply in both directions
700917 (Local) Due to temporary timetable changes, until midnight 13 September 2020, customers travelling from Church Fenton or Ulleskelf to Leeds on tickets priced (00000) ANY PERMITTED may travel via York or via Selby. This Local easement applies in both directions
700918 (Routeing Point) Due to temporary timetable changes until 13 September 2020, customers travel from Crewe to Manchester Airport may travel via Manchester Piccadilly. This Routeing Point easement applies in both directions
700919 (Routeing Point) Due to temporary timetable changes, until midnight 13 September 2020, customers travelling from Church Fenton and Ulleskelf to Leeds on tickets priced (00000) ANY PERMITTED may travel via York or via Selby. This Routeing Point easement applies in both directions
All temporary easements for which the dates have passed.
Added:
700926 (Local) Customers travelling from Craigendoran to Garelochhead, Arrochar & Tarbet, Ardlui, Crianlarich or beyond Crianlarich, may travel via Dumbarton Central. This local easement applies in both directions.
700927 (Doubleback) Customers travelling from Craigendoran to Garelochhead or beyond may travel via Dumbarton Central. This doubleback easement applies in both directions.
These two easements let you use the shortest route between Craigendoran and stations on the West Highland Line beyond Helensburgh Upper. Timetable 227 is the only one which lists distances for Helensburgh Upper, or anywhere on the line further north, and Dumbarton Central is the next station it shows.
This change should help web sites and the like, though.
--- The following post was made on 16/11/2020. ---
Some more changes to the easement list were published this afternoon.
Changes from 13 Nov 2020 (320) to 16 Nov 2020 (321).
Easement changes:
Added:
700928 (Map) During engineering works, on the 21 and 22 November 2020, customers travelling to London Liverpool Street from or via Ipswich, may use rail replacement bus services from Ipswich to Stansted Airport. Then onward by train via Hackney Downs to London Liverpool Street. This temporary map easement will apply in both directions.
No passenger trains are scheduled to run between Ipswich and Marks Tey on 21/11 (although buses are running between the two stations), or between Ipswich and London on 22/11 (with buses between Ipswich and Stansted Airport), so this easement is only intended to affect travel on 22/11.
As it happens, catching a train via Cambridge isn't much slower than the bus via Stansted then. This easement does not permit a through ticket to be used on that route. The data for this easement also lets you travel by train via Cambridge and Cheshunt (but not Ely or Stevenage).
700929 (Map) During engineering works, on the 27 - 28 December 2020 and the 01 - 03 January 2021 customers travelling to London Liverpool Street from or via Ipswich, may use rail replacement bus services from Ipswich to Stansted Airport. Then onward by train via Hackney Downs to London Liverpool Street. This temporary map easement will apply in both directions.
This is identical to 700928, except with different dates. The revised schedule is not available for after Christmas yet, but the description of the engineering works suggests that the journey options will be similar to 21-22 November.
Changed (added sections in red, removed ones in green):
700926 (Local) Customers travelling from Craigendoran to Garelochhead, Arrochar & Tarbet, Ardlui, Crianlarich or beyond Crianlarich, may travel via Dalreoch and Dumbarton Central. This local easement applies in both directions.
Dalreoch has been added to the easement. It's a mandatory timing point, but it's part of the same routeing group as Dumbarton Central. The doubleback version of this easement has not changed.
As before, this easement does not permit anything which isn't already permitted for being the shortest route.