East Coast Diversions on 15Th January 2012

[snakebite91]

Hi All, I have seen that East Coast services working Kings Cross - Leeds will be diverted between Doncaster and Leeds and will Not call at Wakefield Westgate. I have heard rumours that the services will be class 67 hauled and that the route which will be taken is via Shaftholme Junction and Knottingley and into Leeds from there.

Can anyone confirm that this will be the route which the services will take and whether or not they will be class 67 hauled?

Thanks Dan.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Via Hambleton is usually the favourite, it has certainly happened in the past when Wakefield-Doncaster was shut. Though I did them when the line was closed, I cannot remember what the stock / traction was that was used.

 

[43094]

Most trains that day are via Hambleton (all bar two of the ones that are not shown in the EC amended timetable as calling at WKF - see below).

The ones that are shown as calling at WKF are routed Lds - Methley - Wakefield K - Wakefield W (reverse) - Adwick - Doncaster. (The engineering is between LDS and WKF).

All the above are HST, bar the two exceptions mentioned in the first paragraph....

The two exceptions are 1D13 1203 KGX - LDS and 1A43 1647 LDS - KGX. These are MK4 and are 67 hauled part of the way. 1D13 route is Hambleton, and 1A43 route is LDS - Methley - Hare Park - Adwick - Doncaster.

 

[snakebite91]

Thanks for the replies

I had thought that the 10:50 Ex Doncaster would have been loco hauled judging on the timings as most take an hour from Doncaster - Leeds.

Thanks again for the help.

 

[37372]

Judging by the timings for those two workings it looks like the 67 will be added/removed at Retford rather than Doncaster, presumably due to capacity.

 

[43094]

The 67 is indeed added/detached at Retford.

1D13 1336 - 1401 at Retford, 1A43 1745 - 1810 at Retford.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Is it being replaced with a 90 or are they de-training the passengers onto a 91 set?

Thanks for the info on the runnings, will probably be at Leeds on that day. I wonder if the stock will be stuck in the platforms for the 2 hours between the return journey?

 

[ainsworth74]

Is it being replaced with a 90 or are they de-training the passengers onto a 91 set?

The 67 will be hauling a full IC225 set and will simply be dropped off at Retford with the 91 then continuing on by itself.

 

[Jdrowlands]

Here are the outbound times for the 67 hauled IC225 on the 15th of January, return times when I get them:

1D13

London Kings Cross plat 4 1203
Peterborough plat 4 1249 - 1251
Grantham plat 2 1310 - 1311
Newark North Gate plat 1 1322 - 1323
Retford plat 2 1336 - 1401 (attach 67)
Doncaster plat 4 1414 - 1418
Hambleton South Jn 1433
Hambleton West Jn 1435
Gascoigne Wood Jn 1437
Micklefield plat 2 1441
Cross Gates plat 2 1444
Leeds plat 8 1451

Ta Top of the TOPS.

Jacob.

 

[snakebite91]

Here are the outbound times for the 67 hauled IC225 on the 15th of January, return times when I get them:

1D13

London Kings Cross plat 4 1203
Peterborough plat 4 1249 - 1251
Grantham plat 2 1310 - 1311
Newark North Gate plat 1 1322 - 1323
Retford plat 2 1336 - 1401 (attach 67)
Doncaster plat 4 1414 - 1418
Hambleton South Jn 1433
Hambleton West Jn 1435
Gascoigne Wood Jn 1437
Micklefield plat 2 1441
Cross Gates plat 2 1444
Leeds plat 8 1451

Ta Top of the TOPS.

Jacob.

Thanks for these timings, is much appreciated

 

[Jdrowlands]

I've now got the other part of the timings...

1A43

Leeds plat 12 1647
Leeds West Jn 1647
Engine Shed Jn 1649
Stourton Jn 1651
Methley Jn 1655
Altofts Jn 1656
Calder Bridge Jn 1703
Crofton West Jn 1706
Doncaster plat 4 1724 - 1726
Retford plat 1 1745 - 1810 (detach 67)
Newark North Gate plat 2 1824 - 1826
Grantham plat 1 1837 - 1838
Stevenage plat 2 1924 - 1925
London Kings Cross plat 1 1947

Jacob.

 

[Tim R-T-C]

Class 67 pulls 1D13 into Leeds by Tim R-T-C, on Flickr