Not sure if this has been done yet (or if the most appropriate forum section would be 'Allocations and Diagrams'), but after a thought I had on the 'oddities' thread, I was wondering which journey in the UK is served by the greatest number of traction.
To eleborate, I mean a singular end to end journey as opposed to just any service passing through on an applicable line.
For example, Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee would count as 2, as only 170s and 158s have recently worked a service commencing at Edinburgh which terminates at Dundee. Thus, HSTs, Voyagers, and the Sleeper would not count in this instance, because despite the fact they make the journey and call at both Edinburgh and Dundee, they don't work this specific end to end service commencing and terminating at these stations. Examples also can't incorporate different routes between two stations (such as Edinburgh to Glasgow Central). Multiple TOCs count - such as Aberdeen to Edinburgh, of which XC operate one end to end service each night on - taking the tally for Edinburgh to Aberdeen to 6 (158, 170, HST Refurb, HST Classic, 220, 221).
Time period wise could be past or present, but non service-specific (such as 15:41), but examples mainly must account for a period of up to a year, as opposed to the number of traction over the course of 150 years. Given this is in a passenger context, loco hauled sets count as one (ie a HST set), unless there's a distinct differentiation of the carriage type (Mk2 & Mk3 on the Caledonian Sleeper, which would equal 2), or the state of the carriage itself ('Classic' Mk3, 'Power Door Mk3', 'Sleeper' Mk3 = 3 in total).
In this case the greatest number I can think of in Scotland at least would be Glasgow Queen Street to Alloa, which has seen five different passenger traction types over the past 12 months (156, 158, 170, 365, 385), and also Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston, which prior to the recent extension to Edinburgh Waverley, had seen services being operated by 156s, 158s, 170s, 380s, and 385s IIRC.
To eleborate, I mean a singular end to end journey as opposed to just any service passing through on an applicable line.
For example, Edinburgh Waverley to Dundee would count as 2, as only 170s and 158s have recently worked a service commencing at Edinburgh which terminates at Dundee. Thus, HSTs, Voyagers, and the Sleeper would not count in this instance, because despite the fact they make the journey and call at both Edinburgh and Dundee, they don't work this specific end to end service commencing and terminating at these stations. Examples also can't incorporate different routes between two stations (such as Edinburgh to Glasgow Central). Multiple TOCs count - such as Aberdeen to Edinburgh, of which XC operate one end to end service each night on - taking the tally for Edinburgh to Aberdeen to 6 (158, 170, HST Refurb, HST Classic, 220, 221).
Time period wise could be past or present, but non service-specific (such as 15:41), but examples mainly must account for a period of up to a year, as opposed to the number of traction over the course of 150 years. Given this is in a passenger context, loco hauled sets count as one (ie a HST set), unless there's a distinct differentiation of the carriage type (Mk2 & Mk3 on the Caledonian Sleeper, which would equal 2), or the state of the carriage itself ('Classic' Mk3, 'Power Door Mk3', 'Sleeper' Mk3 = 3 in total).
In this case the greatest number I can think of in Scotland at least would be Glasgow Queen Street to Alloa, which has seen five different passenger traction types over the past 12 months (156, 158, 170, 365, 385), and also Glasgow Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston, which prior to the recent extension to Edinburgh Waverley, had seen services being operated by 156s, 158s, 170s, 380s, and 385s IIRC.
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