Direct trains on Avanti West Coast between BPN and EUS

[StevieDee]

Hi there

Does anyone know if there's something going on with the scheduled 11:51 direct service from Blackpool North to Euston ?? I'm looking to book it for early August but the Advance ticket allocations seem never to have been released for sale, despite other direct services on the same day being for sale. This seems to impact this particular service on different days, not just my indended day of travel

I've tried emailing Avanti West Coast and have been roundly ignored.

What I'm worried about is they might withdraw the service closer to the travel date and leave me having to buy a significantly more expensive ticket at the last minute

 

[38Cto15E]

See if you can book it from Preston on Advance, if so, then book the BPN-PRE seperately

 

[Bletchleyite]

They do keep murmuring about returning some of these "via Birmingham" services to Glasgow (which they all did before COVID; Blackpool is just a convenient long siding to avoid blocking platforms at Preston). If you can book from Preston, that does indicate the possibility that might happen during the currency of this timetable.

If you can book it from Preston, then I'd plan to be able to use an earlier Northern service to connect to it if necessary.

 

[Peter0124]

Seems to say "Tickets Sold out" when I checked for Aug 8th (ie a random date in early August). Preston also says the same for that particular service.

 

[Bletchleyite]

Seems to say "Tickets Sold out" when I checked for Aug 8th (ie a random date in early August). Preston also says the same for that particular service.

Just means none have been released, I suspect.

I would be wary that there may be changes to this service (e.g. being switched to Glasgow or not running at all), and if possible would plan to use a different one.

 

[StevieDee]

Looks like the previous week's tickets for this service have been released today so finger's crossed the same will happen for my date in a week's time.