Curious Working - Tonbridge to Derby NR run timed only at Guildford!

[Deepgreen]

Just curious - this was supposed to run today (a Network Rail test working) and it appears on RTT to have been timed at one point only - Guildford. Presumably a glitch, but not one I'm familiar with. Can anyone shed any light on it? The attached RTT extract shows a time (on time) at Guildford but no reports anywhere else. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:R46779/2026-05-25/detailed

 

[zwk500]

It's now been changed to No Report (N/R).

Following the schedules back in RTT shows that none of the 2Qxx runs for that diagram ran either yesterday or the day before (at least).

The headline shows 'Cancelled between Guildford and Derby RTC at Request of Train Operator', despite the train not appearing to leave Tonbridge, so is it possible the report at Guildford was a mistaken manual report when trying to process the cancellation?

 

[louis97]

I suspect the signaller put in a departure report to clear the train off their "station lineup" on TRUST. You see this type of thing quite a lot on Activated paths that are not running.

 

[Deepgreen]

Thanks. A mischievous part of me wondered if it was a track-monitoring run that was abandoned owing to buckled rails...