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Anyone standing on the platform will see "Next station: London King's Cross" on the side of the train.
Boarding the train would seem a perfectly rational thing to do.
Derby to Birmingham ad-hoc diversion via Leicester and the old Nuneaton flyover.
Birmingham International to London ad-hoc diversion via Oxford into Paddington. And back later in the day.