Some more changes to the routeing guide were published yesterday (Thursday).
Changes from 21 May 2021 (337) to 10 Jun 2021 (338).
Easement changes:
Removed:
700940 (Fare route) On the weekend of the 04/06 June 2021, due to engineering works, tickets priced on (00076) VIA PETERBOROUGH for journeys to or via Grantham will be valid on rail replacement services via Bedford and Kettering. This fare route easement will apply in both directions.
700942 (Fare route) Due to engineering works disruption on the southern end of the East Coast mainline between 04 and 06 June 2021, services will be truncated, with rail replacement bus services operating to Kettering, Corby and Bedford for onward travel by East Midlands and Thameslink services to London St Pancras International. Tickets priced on (00027) LNER ONLY, (00423) LNER &CONNECTNS, (00430) LNER & CONNECTNS and (00481) LNER TRAINS ONLY will be valid on EMR and GTR trains to connect into rail replacement services and onward travel. This fare route easement applies in both directions
These are both temporary easements for which the dates have passed.
Added:
700947 (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 18 September and 23 October 2021 and Sundays 19 September - 10 October 2021. This map easement applies in both directions
I haven't seen any information about the plans for those dates yet, so I don't know how useful this easement will be.
The data for the easement adds a Newcastle-Carlisle-Edinburgh route for journeys via Carlisle. This should mean that it should work for a ticket to Newcastle as well as one for further away.
In addition, some route codes have been changed.
Route changes (added sections in red, removed ones in green):
S W RAILWAY ONLY (01430) (946 records)
must not go via Slough (SLO) or Taunton (TAU)
must use AW or SW
may not use CC, CH, CS, EM, GC, GN, GR, GW, GX, HT, HX, IL, LD, LE, LM, LO, ME, NT, SE, SN, SR, TL, TP, VT, XC or XR
SW RAILWAY. ONLY (01431) (1483 records)
must not go via Havant (HAV) or Yeovil Junction (YVJ)
must use SW
may not use AW, CC, CH, CS, EM, GC, GN, GR, GW, GX, HT, HX, IL, LD, LE, LM, LO, ME, NT, SE, SN, SR, TL, TP, VT, XC or XR
SW. RAILWAY ONLY (01432) (345 records)
must not go via Barnham (BAA) or Netley (NTL)
must use SW
may not use AW, CC, CH, CS, EM, GC, GN, GR, GW, GX, HT, HX, IL, LD, LE, LM, LO, ME, NT, SE, SN, SR, TL, TP, VT, XC or XR
AW: Transport For Wales Rail
CC: C2C
CH: Chiltern Railways
CS: Serco Caledonian Sleeper
EM: East Midlands Railway
GC: Grand Central Railway
GN: Thameslink And Gt Northern GN
GR: London North Eastern Railway
GW: GWR
GX: Southern Gatwick Express
HT: Hull Trains
HX: Heathrow Express
IL: Island Line Limited
LD: East Coast Trains
LE: Greater Anglia
LM: West Midlands Trains
LO: London Overground
ME: Merseyrail
NT: Northern
SE: London South Eastern Railwy
SN: Southern
SR: Scotrail
SW: South Western Railway
TL: Thameslink And Gt Northern TL
TP: Transpennine Express
VT: Avanti West Coast
XC: Crosscountry
XR: TfL Rail
This means that the advance tickets these route codes (which were introduced on 16/1/21) are used for are changing from acting as "SWR & Connections" ones to acting as "SWR only" ones. From what I can tell, the names haven't changed.
This change may mean the end of Tilehurst-Salisbury advance tickets altogether.
(The text below is from a separate post made on 18 June.)
A couple of changes were made to the routeing guide on Wednesday.
Changes from 10 Jun 2021 (338) to 16 Jun 2021 (339).
Easement changes:
Added:
700948 (Circuitous Route) Journeys from or via Princes Risborough to or via London stations are not valid via Oxford. this circuitous route easement applies in both directions
This means that someone with (for instance) a London-Hanborough ticket would not be allowed to travel between Oxford and London on Chiltern.
It's clearly intended more for tickets such as Princes Risborough-Hanborough, which is quicker via Bicester, even if a through ticket costs about as much as splitting tickets in London would do.
Route changes (added sections in red, removed ones in green):
S W RAILWAY ONLY (01430) (929 records)
must not go via Slough (SLO) or Taunton (TAU)
must use AW or SW
may not use AW, CC, CH, CS, EM, GC, GN, GR, GW, GX, HT, HX, IL, LD, LE, LM, LO, ME, NT, SE, SN, SR, TL, TP, VT, XC or XR
This means these tickets are no longer valid on TfW trains. There are no stations which both operators serve, and the tickets are only offered on SWR routes, so this has no effect.