Can someone explain the logic with this please

[johnr57]

13/11/2017 1253 Inverness [INV] to Edinburgh [EDB] 1B31

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/G80278/2017/11/13/advanced

departed late from INV as driver was on a delayed incoming service, then 17 late at Perth PTH. Conductor announced (somewhat wearily) that Control had decided in their wisdom to run fast to Haymarket [HYM] thus inconveniencing all passengers for intermediate stations (MNC, KDY, INK & EGY) of which there were many on the platforms as we went past. Indeed we were right time at HYM and 1L (almost 2E) at EDB because of platform availability.

Why was this done, as if it kept time to EDB then connections at 1700 (KGX) 1653 (EUS) would still have been comfortable

many thanks

 

[NotATrainspott]

Passengers at Markinch, Kirkaldy, Inverkeithing and Edinburgh Gateway had other trains to catch to get to Edinburgh. Passengers going to those locations had another train they could get 40 minutes later at Perth. Remember that the driver, conductor and train almost certainly will be heading somewhere else after they reach Edinburgh, and coming in late can cause significant knock-on effects. In the worst case scenario it's not just a slight delay, or even a significant delay if a path over a single line is lost, but complete chaos as trains wouldn't get to the depot or their stabling location for the next day's service, or the crew could run over time and have to stop the train completely. Disadvantaging a small number of people allowed control to stop much more disruption happening later on.

 

[johnr57]

ah that does make sense as there is quite a distance of single line working from PTH

many thanks

John

 

[adrock1976]

Although it has been clarified in the second post, for future reference could you use the actual station names first as abbreviations and acronyms are not supposed to be used without first saying what they mean.

 

[30907]

ah that does make sense as there is quite a distance of single line working from PTH

many thanks

John

There was also the 1404 Aberdeen-Waverley to consider, running very close behind from Ladybank.