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[Trivia] Services that start or finish later in a Sunday than Monday-Saturday

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infobleep

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Are there any train or metro / tube services that start or finish later on a Sunday compared to Monday - Friday and Saturday?

For the perposes of this trivia I will allow trains that start later in the morning, if they get one to their destination earlier than Monday to Saturday.

Also trains that start earlier at night but arrive later to another station count.

I will also permit change of trains if it can get you to your destination earlier in the morning or later at night than Monday to Saturday services do.

I can't imagine any easier arrivals on a Sunday due to engineering works, except where trains only run on Sundays cut I can imagine some getting to the destination later.
 
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My contribution is the Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour service leaving at 0:50 on a Monday morning only.

Monday to Saturday the last service is at 23:45.

The later one is provided for the Royal Navy but anyone can use it. Very handy when attending concerts in London.
 

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The last services from Kings Cross to Newcastle, York and Leeds leave later on a Sunday than a Saturday. This is to allow for engineering.
 

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There is a 21:35 Milford Haven to Cardiff service on a Sundays only that departs Swansea at 23:31. In the week the last departure (a Swanline service too) departs exactly an hour earlier.
 

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Would Waterloo - Exeter St Davids count for later services?

Last train to Exeter from Waterloo during the week is at 20:20, Saturdays is 19:20 but Sundays it be 21:15 (arriving at Exeter St Davids at 00:46)
 

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Would Waterloo - Exeter St Davids count for later services?

Last train to Exeter from Waterloo during the week is at 20:20, Saturdays is 19:20 but Sundays it be 21:15 (arriving at Exeter St Davids at 00:46)
Yes that counts.
 

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The Sunday timetable on the Fishguard line is very odd. While the first and last trains are much the same times as the Saturday ones (the morning one seems to depart earlier on SUN than SAT, but that might be because it is a replacment bus at the moment) the daytime schedule is very different. There are two daytime trains on a Sunday, 12:40 and 14:22; Monday-Saturday there is nothing after 12:50 until around 19:00!
 

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Yes that counts.

And probably a small note, the last London - Salisbury service is 10 minutes later from Basingstoke on Sundays (00:41) than during the week/Saturdays (00:28), even if the start time from Waterloo is at 23:35 instead of 23:40, it calls at Farnborough & Fleet which causes the extra journey time.
 

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On the Dearne Valley line (York to Sheffield via Pontefract Baghill):
Mondays to Saturdays departure times:
York: 1015, 1313
Sheffield: 0854, 1159

On Sundays:
York: 1801, 2048
Sheffield: 1613, 1858

The Sunday services don't start until later than the weekday services finish!
 

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All VTWC and LNR trains from Euston start later/arrive later on a Sunday then on a Saturday, although much the same time as Monday-Friday
 

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There's a 2300 EMT departure from St Pancras on a Sunday but the last departure on a Saturday is a 22:20.
 

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On the Dearne Valley line (York to Sheffield via Pontefract Baghill):
Mondays to Saturdays departure times:
York: 1015, 1313
Sheffield: 0854, 1159

On Sundays:
York: 1801, 2048
Sheffield: 1613, 1858

The Sunday services don't start until later than the weekday services finish!
I just had to laugh at this one. No doubt there is a good reason way.
 
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