1S43 0827 PLY EDB XC Friday past allocations

[father_jack]

Hi all.

Can anyone oblige me with what were the allocations- and where attachments took place- for this train above over say, the last 2 months. RTT only shows two weeks and last week was affected by a fatality. 2 weeks ago it was a 4 car to BHM.

It's just that today I've got reservations in L and the second set again isn't attaching until BHM.

I'm wondering has the train planning gone awry.

 

[E B]

03/10 - 220031 (221136 attached at New Street)
10/10 - 221117 (220021 Attached at New Street.)

Edit - If you create a free RealTime Trains account you get access to 30 days of past data

 

[Jrocks]

If you are joining 1S43 between PLY and BHM, the coaches are lettered G - L. The coaches that attach at BHM (come from CDF) are lettered A - F

 

[father_jack]

They've answered my tweet saying the same, what threw me off was RTT shows A-F

https://x.com/CrossCountryUK/status/1984179355254149333

Realtime Trains | 1S43 0827 Plymouth and Cardiff Central to Edinburgh | 31/10/2025

Real-time train running information for 1S43 0827 departure from Plymouth and Cardiff Central to Edinburgh on 31/10/2025. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Thanks all for input

 

[Tom]

They've answered my tweet saying the same, what threw me off was RTT shows A-F

It's because XC do something non-standard for this service - typically the through vehicles on the 'through' service are A-F on most TOCs whereas the attach/detach are the secondary letters. They're fixing this in December I believe.