CallySleeper
Established Member
Running through OTT for a Thursday in September, further on from my post above this is what the off-peak looks like:
1A xx01-xx15 Leeds term
1B xx53-xx18 Matlock term
1C xx30-xx34 Norwich thru
2 xx23-xx45 Skegness term
3A xx44-xx55 RHL term
4 xx14-xx17 Lincoln thru
also xx36-xx45 LLS thru
5A xx19-xx25 RHL term
5B xx05-xx37 Birmingham XC term
7 xx59-xx28 London fast term
also xx31-xx32 Leicester stop thru
Unfortunately it appears that the two ECS shunts to Eastcroft will continue:
the xx3x XC arrival on 1C or 3C to 6B, and
the xx26 222 arrival on platform 6A to 6A again.
If I'm honest I am slightly disappointed that you've got the likes of the Matlock train still using a through platform for example. I'm most upset that they still feel the need to ECS shunt when in theory you should have less reason to now. This still feels too much like the old pattern and I hope in time that timings will change and capacity will get better as the new system beds in. Otherwise if this is how it will look long term it's quite upsetting really, with trains still cutting across two/three lines at the entrance to get to a platform.
1A xx01-xx15 Leeds term
1B xx53-xx18 Matlock term
1C xx30-xx34 Norwich thru
2 xx23-xx45 Skegness term
3A xx44-xx55 RHL term
4 xx14-xx17 Lincoln thru
also xx36-xx45 LLS thru
5A xx19-xx25 RHL term
5B xx05-xx37 Birmingham XC term
7 xx59-xx28 London fast term
also xx31-xx32 Leicester stop thru
Unfortunately it appears that the two ECS shunts to Eastcroft will continue:
the xx3x XC arrival on 1C or 3C to 6B, and
the xx26 222 arrival on platform 6A to 6A again.
If I'm honest I am slightly disappointed that you've got the likes of the Matlock train still using a through platform for example. I'm most upset that they still feel the need to ECS shunt when in theory you should have less reason to now. This still feels too much like the old pattern and I hope in time that timings will change and capacity will get better as the new system beds in. Otherwise if this is how it will look long term it's quite upsetting really, with trains still cutting across two/three lines at the entrance to get to a platform.