An example of a train leaving at 0005.

[Gathursty]

I was listening to the song Queen of Hearts by Dave Edmunds and the first line is

Midnight, I'm a-waiting on the 1205...

I've looked at Real Time Trains but that requires you to put something in as a location which would be very time-consuming.

Is there a better website / do you have any examples of passenger services leaving anywhere in the UK at 0005?

 

[RPM]

I was listening to the song Queen of Hearts by Dave Edmunds and the first line is



I've looked at Real Time Trains but that requires you to put something in as a location which would be very time-consuming.

Is there a better website / do you have any examples of passenger services leaving anywhere in the UK at 0005?

There's a departure from Marylebone at 00.05 to Banbury.

 

[Greenback]

I think there's a departure from Swansea at 0005.

 

[30907]

I was listening to the song Queen of Hearts by Dave Edmunds and the first line is



I've looked at Real Time Trains but that requires you to put something in as a location which would be very time-consuming.

Is there a better website / do you have any examples of passenger services leaving anywhere in the UK at 0005?

2 Up SW departures from Clapham Junction for starters....

 

[telstarbox]

Try anything out of Charing Cross or Victoria around midnight.

 

[Bletchleyite]

The only time you'll not find somewhere is 0000, it's deliberately avoided.

 

[LA50041]

I was listening to the song Queen of Hearts by Dave Edmunds and the first line is



I've looked at Real Time Trains but that requires you to put something in as a location which would be very time-consuming.

Is there a better website / do you have any examples of passenger services leaving anywhere in the UK at 0005?

00 05 Victoria - Worthing/Eastbourne is one that comes to mind

 

[arob]

GLC to NEI leaves at 0005 on Friday into Saturday

 

[Andyh82]

How do the auto announcers announce 00:05

We don't have such luxury as departures after midnight up north!

 

[EM2]

I was listening to the song Queen of Hearts by Dave Edmunds

I really like Dave Edmunds, but I have a real issue with that song.
Specifically, the second line which says:

Hoping it'll take me just a little farther down the line

C'mon Dave! I know you recorded it in 1979, but even then you didn't need to hope that BR would just get you a little farther down the line!

 

[IanXC]

The only time you'll not find somewhere is 0000, it's deliberately avoided.

Indeed. No chance of finding something for "the midnight train to Georgia"

How do the auto announcers announce 00:05

We don't have such luxury as departures after midnight up north!

"the midnight oh-five"

 

[Bletchleyite]

"the midnight oh-five"

You also get "double oh oh-five". I forget which one the standard dystopian future autoannouncer woman does.

 

[theironroad]

There is an 00:05 from London Waterloo to Bournemouth where it should arrive at 02:15, though often terminates short due to engineering work and the onwards journey is a road replacement bus...

 

[theironroad]

The only time you'll not find somewhere is 0000, it's deliberately avoided.

Yes, i believe 00:00 does not exist on the railway. It's either 23:59 or 00:01.

 

[GW43125]

There is an 00:05 from London Waterloo to Bournemouth where it should arrive at 02:15, though often terminates short due to engineering work and the onwards journey is a road replacement bus...

Ditto the 0105 (Southampton via East Putney)

 

[GW43125]

Yes, i believe 00:00 does not exist on the railway. It's either 23:59 or 00:01.

For example, 1L65 20:20 Waterloo-Exeter St D arrives at 00:01

 

[tsr]

Yes, i believe 00:00 does not exist on the railway. It's either 23:59 or 00:01.

Not quite so... see my comment in another thread...

I am aware of at least one permanent schedule for a train which shows a stop as having a departure time of 00.00 on crew diagrams (but sometimes not on websites using open source data).

However, it's a set-down-only stop and therefore it shouldn't result in public confusion. In fact, it's actually usually indicated as 00D00, where "D" means set-down-only, but that's probably irrelevant.

I checked this only the other day and it's still there, on at least one train...

 

[The Planner]

That is surprising as it should throw an error.

 

[AlanFry1]

00:05 Cambridge Heath to Enfield Town

 

[A Challenge]

What is it tsr?

 

[306024]

I was listening to the song Queen of Hearts by Dave Edmunds

What excellent musical taste. That had me going through my LP collection, it's the first track on side 2 of the album Repeat When Necessary. Now being played.

00.05 MO Liverpool St to Gidea Park by the way.

 

[mm333]

Indeed. No chance of finding something for "the midnight train to Georgia"

There’s a 11.50pm service from Rock Mount, North Carolina to Savannah and Jesup, Georgia. Or you can board an Amtrak at 12.22am in Greensboro, North Carolina, board for Toccoa, Gainesville and Atlanta, Georgia.

But nothing that leaves at 0000 for Georgia, no.

 

[xotGD]

Yes, i believe 00:00 does not exist on the railway. It's either 23:59 or 00:01.

Therefore ironic that the Cornish sleepers are known as the "Up Midnight" and the "Down Midnight"!

 

[30907]

I know you recorded it in 1979...

Set me thinking back 40 years.... could only quickly find a 1981 timetable.

There was an 0005 Sheffield,, but an even better candidate would have been the 0005 Penzance sleeper. Of course it didn't have to be a London terminus but....

 

[boxy321]

LM from New St. to Coventry. Leaves the airport at 0005!

I've never been on it...

 

[Deepgreen]

The only time you'll not find somewhere is 0000, it's deliberately avoided.

Indeed, but RTT's actual departures come close with 0000 and a quarter!

 

[theironroad]

Therefore ironic that the Cornish sleepers are known as the "Up Midnight" and the "Down Midnight"!

Guess that's just local lingo for the sleeper then, though as today's pnz to pad leaves at 2145 and the pad to pnz leaves at 2345, don't know why they call them that as they don't appear to have any station stop at midnight anywhere or a 00:00 passing time....

 

[davetheguard]

There's an 00.05 from Barnstaple to Exeter on Friday nights (or strictly Saturday mornings) only.

I don't know if anyone ever catches it, but I assume it's mainly a result of the branch being resourced from the Exeter end only, and the resulting need to get the set and crew back to depot.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

0005 London Paddington to Twyford on Saturday nights / Sunday AM. Not the last departure, or even the penultimate service!

 

[ChrisHogan]

Guess that's just local lingo for the sleeper then, though as today's pnz to pad leaves at 2145 and the pad to pnz leaves at 2345, don't know why they call them that as they don't appear to have any station stop at midnight anywhere or a 00:00 passing time....

For a long time the Penzance sleeper had a WTT departure time from Paddn of 0005 although the public time was brought back to 0002 and then 2359. The last change was to avoid passengers booking and turning up for the train on the wrong night!

When I was at Paddn (1979-1986), the Penzance sleeper was referred to by staff as "The Big Sleeper", a title that was transferred from the 0055 of earlier days that was sleeper only.