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Evening GWR trains (after about 8pm) haven't called at Cosham for a good while now - I think this was due to local vandalism issues. Three weekday off-peak GWR trains in each direction no longer call at Cosham to improve the punctuality / reliability of these services. This was done initially...

It's *ahem* London Euston to Stirling, isn't it? About 6 hours!

This kicks in at the beginning of October 2026, is scheduled to finish on Sunday 3 January 2027, and is, indeed, due to the Dolphin Junction replacement. Annoyingly, it causes lots of Class 1s to be retimed by up to 3 minutes too, (as you will see if you look in the current GWR timetable PDFs)...

Does this now fill all the remaining gaps to give Liverpool two trains per hour to London Euston all day? A mere 4 years after the date Avanti promised them?

The new map still shows Chiltern running to Kidderminster...

It's also to reduce likely overcrowding on these trains.

It was due to a fatality at Hartford station.

Yes, they are showing in RTT to start in May: hourly each way on Mondays to Saturdays.

Liverpool to Cardiff was a franchise commitment when the new Transport for Wales franchise started, and was promised to be introduced by December 2022. (Liverpool to Llandudno was also promised to start at the same time, so it's only 3&1/2 years late).

On Mondays to Fridays, Hull Trains' eighth northbound train appears to be activated as a 10.44 London King's Cross to Hull, rather than being shown as a 'Q' path (runs as required) in the current timetable. I wonder if Hull has ever had more than nine daily direct trains from London at any point...

TPE and LNER are live now. Along with Lumo (East Coast) and Hull Trains. Not sure if there are any others now that have not yet been uploaded.

Transport for Wales are now there, with the finally introduced hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street and Llandudno - on Mondays to Saturdays only.

Lumo West Coast are in. Apparently they will be running trains between London Euston and Blackpool North! Monday to Friday: 1A00 06.12 Blackpool North to London Euston 1P04 19.12 London Euston to Blackpool North Saturday: 1A00 05.29 Blackpool North to London Euston Sunday: 1P03 19.35 London...

You'll notice that ALL the direct London Paddington to Newquay services are pick up only at Reading, then set down only at all other stops until Plymouth. This is so that Journey Planners will always show the interchange INTO these services to be at Plymouth, not at any other station. However, I...

These are in. Don't forget they only run on Saturdays! 12.02 & 17.12 from Oxford 10.18 & 15.18 from Bristol T.M.