Castles during Truro resignalling

[30907]

Good evening all.

I shall be in Bath at the end of February, and am contemplating a trip to Lostwithiel/Par before the boxes close.

As there are no trains between St Austell and St Erth that week, and a revised service west of Plymouth, what are my chances of getting a Castle? My suspicion is "minimal," but does anyone have any more info?

TIA (Thanks in advance).

 

[Travellin’man]

Good evening all.

I shall be in Bath at the end of February, and am contemplating a trip to Lostwithiel/Par before the boxes close.

As there are no trains between St Austell and St Erth that week, and a revised service west of Plymouth, what are my chances of getting a Castle? My suspicion is "minimal," but does anyone have any more info?

TIA (Thanks in advance).

I am planning a similar visit that week. As far as I can see on RTT all the Plymouth St Austell services are shown as Castles. As they are all running as STP it should be a fair bet that that is accurate.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

I am planning a similar visit that week. As far as I can see on RTT all the Plymouth St Austell services are shown as Castles. As they are all running as STP it should be a fair bet that that is accurate.

They're not. From Plymouth to Cornwall on a weekday:

0548 to St Austell - HST
0638 to St Austell - IET
0712 to Liskeard - IET
0746 to St Austell - HST
0846 to St Austell - HST
0950 to St Austell - IET
1042 to St Austell - HST
1142 to St Austell - HST
1243 to St Austell - IET (comes from Cardiff Ctrl)
1342 to St Austell - HST
1446 to St Austell - HST
1547 to St Austell - IET
1555 to Liskeard - IET
1647 to St Austell - HST
1700 to Liskeard - 158
1747 to St Austell - HST
1830 to St Austell - IET
1945 to St Austell - HST
2029 to St Austell - IET (comes from London Padd)
2146 to St Austell - IET (comes from Cardiff Ctrl)
2238 to St Austell - IET (comes from Cardiff Ctrl)

Are what's planned.

 

[30907]

Thanks very much - I wasn't convinced that the timing loads were a reliable guide, but I suppose IETs have such high lease costs that it is cheaper to run HSTs?