Additional services to support the XC outage

[IanXC]

Ignoring the reasons why, see this thread: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/all-cross-country-services-suspended-23-08-26.306275/

I thought it might be useful and interesting to see what other operators were able to achieve to support CrossCountry passengers. Working through the thread I have found these (please do post if you are aware of more!):

Chiltern
1R01 0940 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1R02 1039 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1R03 1239 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1R04 1339 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1R05 1539 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1R06 1639 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1R07 1839 Oxford to Birmingham Moor Street
1T01 0908 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1T02 1057 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1T03 1157 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1T04 1357 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1T05 1457 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1T06 1657 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1T07 1757 Birmingham Moor Street to Oxford
1U56 1938 Oxford to Banbury

East Midlands Railway
1Z80 1444 Derby to St Pancras International
1Z81 1710 St Pancras International to Sheffield
1Z82 1957 Sheffield to Derby

LNER
1F14 1202 Durham to Newcastle
1F15 1302 Durham to Newcastle
1F16 1404 Durham to Newcastle (cancelled due to late running)
1Z13 0916 Edinburgh to Newcastle

London Northwestern Railway
1Z20 1346 Crewe to Birmingham New Street
1Z12 0944 Crewe to Birmingham New Street
1Z34 1201 Birmingham New Street to Crewe
1Z49 1530 Birmingham New Street to Crewe

ScotRail
1B61 2120 Aberdeen to Edinburgh
1V66 1222 Dundee to Edinburgh
1S45 1813 Edinburgh to Aberdeen

South Western Trains
1Z08 1111½ Basingstoke to Bournemouth
1Z14 1411½ Basingstoke to Bournemouth
1Z50 1240 Bournemouth to Basingstoke
1Z62 1540 Bournemouth to Basingstoke

 

[liamf656]

East Midlands Railway
1Z80 1444 Derby to St Pancras 1624
1Z81 1710 St Pancras to Sheffield 1928
1Z82 1957 Sheffield to Derby 2030

Various regional services between Nottingham and Derby were also strengthened

 

[M60lad]

Were the additional LNWR services from Crewe to take Birmingham passengers to/from Crewe so people could get to/from Manchester? As apart from early Mornings and due to any disruption XC don't normally operate any services via Crewe.

Considering the paths were available why couldn't the extras run to Stoke?

 

[IanXC]

East Midlands Railway
1Z80 1444 Derby to St Pancras 1624
1Z81 1710 St Pancras to Sheffield 1928
1Z82 1957 Sheffield to Derby 2030

Various regional services between Nottingham and Derby were also strengthened

Added thanks!

Were the additional LNWR services from Crewe to take Birmingham passengers to/from Crewe so people could get to/from Manchester? As apart from early Mornings and due to any disruption XC don't normally operate any services via Crewe.

Considering the paths were available why couldn't the extras run to Stoke?

Taking passengers to Crewe for connections to Manchester would seem to make sense. Stoke isn't really set up for terminating trains from the south, and Crewe has not only much more flexibility in layout but also much better connections towards Manchester for passengers.

 

[Kite159]

Were the additional LNWR services from Crewe to take Birmingham passengers to/from Crewe so people could get to/from Manchester? As apart from early Mornings and due to any disruption XC don't normally operate any services via Crewe.

Considering the paths were available why couldn't the extras run to Stoke?

Probably more options from Crewe towards Manchester than from Stoke to Manchester. Especially when Avanti would be taking the extra passenger load for Stoke - Manchester with no XC running, and hardly anybody will catch the replacement bus Northern run