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I'm sure there used to be a morning peak Seaford-Victoria and evening return Mon to Fri pre-Covid.

I'd say that CrossCountry's 1L98 0625 Bristol Temple Meads - Stansted Airport is worthy of mentioning.

I'm sure that in the past there was a peak Victoria - East Grinstead booked for 4 x 377/3.

Turning at Chester hasn’t happened for a few years now for Avanti (possibly not since Virgin days) and certainly an 805 has never turned this way. 1753004339 This can and does still happen occasionally with 390s to turn them.

These are pretty much back to 3tph from September 2025 albeit recast from the pre-Covid / pre Dec 2022 timetable. TPE: Manchester Airport-Newcastle service doesn’t run anymore (it provided a 2tph service between Piccadilly and Victoria via the Ordsall Chord). Scotrail: Glasgow Queen...

I don’t believe so but the 31st of May is day 8 of a 9 day block of the Trent Valley line.

Diversions via the West Midlands that week.

This is because it’s not been confirmed whether the train will run as 9A53 ex Blackpool North or 9M53 ex Glasgow Central.

It appears that the Victoria - Orpington service goes back to 4tph all day.

There was an 00:15 Birmingham New Street - London Euston for many years (including Saturday night / Sunday morning). IIRC it used to arrive at Euston at around 02:45. I suspect it finished in about the years 2002/2003 but could have been earlier.

I'm almost certain this won't happen in May/June 24. December 24 at the very earliest for the 2 hourly Glasgow-West Midlands services.

It's still 221 operated as it forms 1D83 0902 EUS-HHD.

For shortest I would say either City Thameslink to Farringdon or City Thameslink to Blackfriars would be contenders.

Pre March 2020 Birmingham New Street had 3 xx30 departures. Virgin/Avanti to Euston, XC to Cardiff Central and XC to Newcastle. It was let down by the fact that the XC to Manchester was at XX31...:lol:

I believe there is a late evening service from Alloa to Stirling.

There was a 17:** evening peak Deansgate to Stoke-on-Trent service for many years formed with a Class 323 which on its inward ECS working changed ends in the reversing siding near Old Trafford. Also weren’t there Manchester United Football Ground specials formed with pairs of 323?

Because the ’Old Line’ via Weedon is a fast route with (pre COVID) 10 expresses an hour (9 Avanti and one WMT EUS-CRE) off-peak. There are no passing loops on this 2 track railway. There are, however, goods loops at Northampton. Most freight traffic has a max speed of 75mph and when container...

The service between Northampton and Birmingham is still 2tph from December 2021 vice 3phh pre-covid. This also includes the non-running of the previously long standing 0516 NMP-BHM (SX) which hasn't run since March 2020 and was a damned useful train. Also with AWC not increasing their...

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