Any idea what this is?

[SprinterMan]

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P21334/2013/02/18/advanced
http://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule/P21334/2013/2/18

Chiltern service from Birmingham Moor Street to Banbury, calling only at Warwick Parkway for operational reasons. Runs as required, but scheduled to run M-F every week. If this was an ECS there would be no mystery, but it runs with a 1xxx Express Passenger headcode. Is this just a clerical error, or is this train something truly bizarre.

Adam

 

[craigwilson]

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P21334/2013/02/18/advanced
http://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule/P21334/2013/2/18

Chiltern service from Birmingham Moor Street to Banbury, calling only at Warwick Parkway for operational reasons. Runs as required, but scheduled to run M-F every week. If this was an ECS there would be no mystery, but it runs with a 1xxx Express Passenger headcode. Is this just a clerical error, or is this train something truly bizarre.

Adam

Is it some kind of staff train?

 

[tsr]

Is it run in order to couple up to the stock of this http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/schedule.php?uid=P20091&date=2013-02-18 to enable http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/schedule.php?uid=P20026&date=2013-02-18 to run at its full length for the PM peak in case it is known in advance that http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/schedule.php?uid=P20318&date=2013-02-18 can't run?

 

[SprinterMan]

Is it run in order to couple up to the stock of this http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/schedule.php?uid=P20091&date=2013-02-18 to enable http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/schedule.php?uid=P20026&date=2013-02-18 to run at its full length for the PM peak in case it is known in advance that http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/schedule.php?uid=P20318&date=2013-02-18 can't run?

If so, it would run with a 5xxx headcode, but it doesn't it runs with a 1xxx headcode.

Adam

 

[tsr]

If so, it would run with a 5xxx headcode, but it doesn't it runs with a 1xxx headcode.

Adam

Perhaps it's run as 1xxx to allow an easier option to carry passengers from any cancelled services in the event of disruption.

I'm just wondering... why would there be a staff train running there and at that time? It doesn't seem quite right, but then I don't know the area and its workings all that well.