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Yes they did. Most services were doubled up, and a lot of them were still full and standing for large parts of their journies.

There are much better routes to be utilising a stretched fleet then trundling on a 3 hour round trip to Newquay, which is nowhere near as busy as it once was. 1639641267 Almost as if they knew that there were better routes to be using the sets on than a slow branch line in Cornwall.

Avanti do as well...

To use part of the OPs original example, using data from a train today between Plymouth and Bristol. Plymouth: 22 Totnes: 14 Netwon Abbot: 13 Exeter: 25 Tiverton: 13 Taunton: 31 So instead of the train carrying a reasonable 118 people, the OP would rather it carry 47. Not worth running it at...

You would be very surprised.

They'll be long sold out...

Which is what they have done since May 2020.

It's good practice anyway. As if one of them is unavailable for whatever reason you can still run the service. Or you can pinch them to cover something else if desperate.

But they are always rostered for 2 TMs.

The shunter would still be there anyway so a lot of extra spend for not a lot of gain.

It also said subject to availability... you always take a chance by waiting.

Unless I've missed something very big XC will also be heading north of the border.... Lumo, Hull Trains and Grand Central will remain separate. 1638142127 Only in the sense that they work with the other TOCs as they do now.

Correct. It won't have an impact on ScotRail or Transport for Wales either.

GBR won't have anything to do with Caledonian Sleeper.

It's a bit of a complicated answer. But CS would pay out to the passengers. They may be able to get a portion of the cash back depending on the route cause of delay.

They finished the promotion due to high demand.

The National Railway Network has its own set of Bylaws.

Not necessarily. This has happened before with a mix of people from previous years talent pool and new applicants.

Unless I've missed it, no one seems to have mentioned that we are going back to compulsory PCR testing for EVERY international arrival into the UK. Vaccinated or not. LFTs no longer accepted from 0400 tomorrow. You must also self isolate until you report a negative result.

Or everyone being taken from last year's applications. It will almost certainly be readvertised.