Sunday 14th July - still no Advance fares?

[trainophile]

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/ticket_types/44703.aspx

According to the NRE Advance release dates, all operators covering the various routes I could take from Hereford to Southport have released Sunday Advances up to (and in some cases beyond) Sunday 14th July.

However, whichever "via" I put in, not one Advance fare is coming up.

Is it possible that this is an oversight, or perhaps there is some reason that this particular journey is excluded from Advance tickets on this date for some reason?

I'm assuming ATW price the "via Crewe", "via Manchester Piccadilly" and "via Chester" routes, and either LM or Virgin price the "via Birmingham New Street" route?

Is there any way I can "force" the system to offer me an Advance ticket? I usually book on the eastcoast website, but assume they all use the same source data, so unlikely to find what I want by "shopping around"?

 

[dzug2]

Hereford/Shrewsbury is bustituted that weekend - maybe that's a partial reason

And if Virgin are involved they haven't got round to that weekend yet either.

 

[trainophile]

Oops thanks, I just checked again and I hadn't looked to the bottom of the list, where Virgin are only up to 7th July.

Just have to keep waiting then. I know Hereford to Shrewsbury is bustituted for the whole of June, so presumably the job is continuing into July. Must be a big one!