"LNR Only" super off-peak from Euston to Crewe

[enginedin]

I've bought a super off-peak single from Euston to Crewe, valid on LNR only, for a sunday afternoon. The Forum's ticket site has given me the itinerary:

- 16:22 to Milton Keynes
- 17:19 to Crewe

Given that the 17:19 service is also a London Northwestern Railway service that starts at Crewe, is there any reason I've been given the itinerary to change at Milton Keynes?

 

[Bletchleyite]

If that Sunday afternoon happens to be today, the latter service is starting short at MKC?

 

[enginedin]

If that Sunday afternoon happens to be today, the latter service is starting short at MKC?

Looks like it's only starting short because of a "late incoming service" (the previous Crewe to Euston service, which I assume would have been the return service, was cancelled at Rugby due to a Fault with the train) - when this ticket was bought the Crewe service was still scheduled to start at Euston

 

[Mcr Warrior]

I've bought a super off-peak single from Euston to Crewe, valid on LNR only, for a sunday afternoon. The Forum's ticket site has given me the itinerary:

- 16:22 to Milton Keynes
- 17:19 to Crewe

Given that the 17:19 service is also a London Northwestern Railway service that starts at Crewe, is there any reason I've been given the itinerary to change at Milton Keynes?

Do you mean starts at Euston (at 16:45)? How much was your ticket? £42.00? Would have thought your ticket ought to be valid on the 16:45 West Midlands service through to Crewe (arrive 18:54). West Midlands website seems to offer it for next Sunday.

 

[enginedin]

Do you mean starts at Euston (at 16:45)?

oops, yes - sorry!

Would have thought your ticket ought to be valid on the 16:45 West Midlands service through to Crewe (arrive 18:54). West Midlands website seems to offer it for next Sunday.

that's what I'd have expected, which is why I was surprised to be told to change at MKC...

 

[AlterEgo]

Surely the answer is that the train had already been cancelled. Different data systems will update with this at different times.

 

[enginedin]

Surely the answer is that the train had already been cancelled. Different data systems will update with this at different times.

cancelling a part-route of a journey a week in advance for "a problem with the train" seems unlikely, surely? Are there any public-facing websites where we can see at what point in time a journey was altered to be cut-short?

 

[Adam Williams]

If you contact customer services someone technical would be able to look into this properly, rather than having to guess without knowing the booking reference, search ID etc.