East coast cancellations

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I have noticed a couple of times east coast have cancelled a train and the ran an additional train later. For example today the 0930 Edinburgh - kings cross was cancelled. An additional train was ran at 1020 with the same calling points or the 0930 running 50 minutes late. The did this with the 0755 Inverness service during the snow. Is this simply to prevent passengers with AP tickets further down the line avoid more delay. So in this case people at Newcastle could join the 1130 as the train the were booked on was cancelled rather than wait for the late train?

 

[googolplex]

I have noticed a couple of times east coast have cancelled a train and the ran an additional train later. For example today the 0930 Edinburgh - kings cross was cancelled. An additional train was ran at 1020 with the same calling points or the 0930 running 50 minutes late. The did this with the 0755 Inverness service during the snow. Is this simply to prevent passengers with AP tickets further down the line avoid more delay. So in this case people at Newcastle could join the 1130 as the train the were booked on was cancelled rather than wait for the late train?

That's a possibility, as when I was stuck behind the failed train just south of Berwick upon Tweed for 4+ hours in December, when we pulled into Newcastle there were loads of people on the platform waiting for the train and the guy who sat opposite me said they'd been waiting in the cold for ages. I wondered afterwords why the people at Newcastle didn't catch a train straight from Newcastle. It's possible the people waiting were on AP tickets and weren't told they could catch a different train.

 

[MCR247]

What time was that service again?

 

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What time was that service again?

I think it was the 1455 Aberdeen - kings cross. At that time of night all services from Newcastle come from Scotland. The last ex Newcastle is the 1810

 

[dk1]

Many TOCs do this. Would imagine it appears better on performance tables & costs them less. Another one is to pre-cancel services the previous night. For example through shortage of servicable rolling stock. Should the situation improve by the following day websites will show train as re-instated. Massaging the figures or cooking the books, call it what you will, it's been going on for years.

 

[MCR247]

I think it was the 1455 Aberdeen - kings cross. At that time of night all services from Newcastle come from Scotland. The last ex Newcastle is the 1810

Thats what I was thinking, but I wasn't sure of the time