What is this service? ECML Unadvertised express 16/11

[Iskra]

Realtime Trains | 1Y50 1746 Newcastle to London Kings Cross | 16/11/2024

Real-time train running information for 1Y50 1746 departure from Newcastle to London Kings Cross on 16/11/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Is anyone able to elaborate what this service is likely to be please?

At first I thought it was a footex, but I can’t see any relevant games.

(Mods, it’s not possible to coherently reproduce the text from the link)

 

[matt]

Realtime Trains | 1Y50 1746 Newcastle to London Kings Cross | 16/11/2024

Real-time train running information for 1Y50 1746 departure from Newcastle to London Kings Cross on 16/11/2024. From Realtime Trains, an independent source of train running info for Great Britain.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Is anyone able to elaborate what this service is likely to be please?

At first I thought it was a footex, but I can’t see any relevant games.

(Mods, it’s not possible to coherently reproduce the text from the link)

Most likely nothing. It's a charter path that is run as required

 

[Iskra]

Most likely nothing. It's a charter path that is run as required

Thanks

 

[mm333]

The link you shared shows it's in the schedules every Saturday. Following it back on RTT through the platform numbers, it leaves Kings Cross at 0815, arrives in Newcastle around 1230 and then sits in Tyne Yard for the afternoon.

 

[55002]

Been in the schedules for a long time that. dont think anything ever runs, keeping a path in I guess

 

[SargeNpton]

As it's a Q Train (runs as required), perhaps it is a path for a footex - for whenever a London team plays away at Newcastle on a Saturday?

 

[43095john]

Its a Q Path, on the rare occasion when it does run its usually used for UK Railtours charters.

 

[sprinterguy]

Its a Q Path, on the rare occasion when it does run its usually used for UK Railtours charters.

Yeah, looks like the natural progression of the post-electrification BR 'Merrymaker' path between King's Cross and Newcastle, that's been perpetuated by assorted railtour operators post-privatisation.