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I am on the Railways of Devon and Cornwall Facebook page, the other day there was a photo of a diverted Class 47 hauled XC Derby to Plymouth service passing through Feniton in January 2002. I know XC haven't diverted that way for at least 15 years since the Waterloo to Exeter trains went to...

I notice this evening that there is a 20:21 XC service from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street which takes 3 hours 40 mins and goes via Westbury, Bath, Worcester and Kidderminster. I believe this train used to start at Paignton around 20:20 before the December timetable change which...

http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/Work-begin-Cranbrook-station-autumn-contractor/story-21342761-detail/story.html#ixzz36sFE1gHr Glad to hear that work will be commencing on Cranbrook station, on the Exeter-Waterloo line, in the Autumn, with the station opening in January 2015, although I...

Following the failure of 43357 at Exeter last Saturday whilst working the 0632 Dundee-Plymouth with 43285, the train was terminated at Newton Abbot (as 285 could not be expected to climb the Devon banks on its own) and the set ran ecs to Bristol St Philips Marsh. On looking at Facebook, I...

Looked on Facebook earlier this evening and noticed that today, all 4 XC HST diagrams are running, which is not usually the case on Tuesdays at present. Is there a currently a shortage of operational Voyagers? Or are 4 HST's required due to increased demand leading up to the festive period...

I'm trying to figure out when Virgin CrossCountry trains ceased to run into London Paddington. I know there were a small number of Class 47 hauled trains between Manchester/Birmingham and Paddington back in the 90's and early 2000's, but I'm trying to find out if they ceased to run into Pad when...

Good afternoon Does anyone have any info on what the XC HST diagrams are scheduled to be from this month's timetable change? Will there be all 4 weekday diagrams operating throughout the week, bearing in mind the utilisation of Voyagers on Weymouth Olympic trains? Also, what will the...

Just been on the 'CrossCountry HST Gen' page on Facebook. Apparently, the 0632 Dundee-Plymouth and 1723 Plymouth-Leeds is a HST today (see below extract from FB):- 43366 + 43304 (XC01) 5V54 - Craigentinny T&R.S.M.D (04:41) to DEE (06:18) 1V64 - DEE (06:32) to PLY (16:49) 1E73 - PLY...

Further to my previous thread last September regarding the apparent amount of 'slack' in some of XC's timetabled services, I have to mention the time recovery of the 0900 Glasgow-Penzance service today on the National Rail website, when I looked earlier this evening. The service left...

Looking at visiting a mate in Ipswich at the end of November and considering using the train rather than sit in a traffic jam on the M25. On looking on the National Rail Journey Planner, I can get the journey for as cheap as £30 each way doing Exeter-Paddington, underground and Liverpool St-...

Are any of you on this site regular users of the 1206 FGW HST service from Paddington to Penzance? My parents holiday in Cornwall approximately twice a year and have used this service on 8 occasions over the last 4 years to return from Truro to St Erth. On 7 of these occasions, this train has...

I was at Starcross yesterday afternoon and between 2.15 and 2.20, two XC HST's sped through heading north, one almost immediately after the other. Having checked the departure board online for Exeter St Davids, the 12.23 Plymouth-Glasgow service was running 56 minutes late, this being the first...