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Any passengers without specific train tickets who are travelling to stations to Exeter could travel on the 17:35 service to Exeter St Davids which is formed of 4 coaches, but as you mention the situation is far from ideal for passengers travelling beyond Derby.
According to CrossCountry Journey Check, the HST working 1V54 06:32 Dundee - Plymouth has developed a fault and will be terminated at Newton Abbot. Does anyone know if this is the same set that's been taken out of service at Bromsgrove recently?
This is one of the threads, if not the thread, that I recall: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/new-seat-reservation-displays-on-existing-lner-trains.162951.
1V50 06:06 Edinburgh - Plymouth taken out of service at Bromsgrove this afternoon due to a fault, leaving a very busy solo voyager working the next Plymouth bound service. I was at Cheltenham Spa heading south, so got caught in all the resulting disruption. It looks like CrossCountry have...
By chance I found myself at London Blackfriars earlier on this morning and wondered why it was so busy! The ticket gateline at the entrance to Platform 1 was closed for a time due to severe overcrowding on the platform itself and there were significant queues in the concourse for tickets. I've...
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