Made up excuses for lateness

[CaptainHaddock]

Here's a new one on me, seen on the departures screen at Leeds station Wetherspoons just now.



Call me pedantic if you like but surely if a train doesn't stop at a station it was supposed to it would be early rather than late?

 

[CyrusWuff]

Here's a new one on me, seen on the departures screen at Leeds station Wetherspoons just now.

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Call me pedantic if you like but surely if a train doesn't stop at a station it was supposed to it would be early rather than late?

It's not necessarily that train that had issues.

Looking at RTT, it looks like it was this one.

1653 Hull to Doncaster departed Hessle 17 minutes late.

To me that suggests it overshot the station and was given permission to set back, causing the delay.

I stand for correction, however.

 

[Krokodil]

Call me pedantic if you like but surely if a train doesn't stop at a station it was supposed to it would be early rather than late?

Not if it was subsequently delayed while Control made decisions about whether to relieve the driver etc.

 

[Lewisham2221]

"a late running train being in front of this one"

This one essentially translates as "this train was on time until it was held at a red signal, or encountered yellow signals". The majority of the time, that is because of a late running train - albeit "in front" can often mean just passing a junction rather than anything that you're following for any length of time - although as in your example, a train being sent early and causing another train to encounter cautionary aspects would generate the same reason.