Late Sunday start Peterborough to Leicester

[dk1]

How many operators are there between Peterborough and Leicester?

Operator A will be CrossCountry presumably.

Who else is there?

East Midlands. Think they set the local fares on that route.

 

[TheBigD]

How many operators are there between Peterborough and Leicester?

Operator A will be CrossCountry presumably.

Who else is there?

There's 2 operators between Peterborough and Leicester. There's an evening 2012 Peterborough to Nottingham via Leicester that EMR operate.

 

[Eloise]

To avoid any confusion my Operator A and Operator B example and the times etc were made up.

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

How many operators are there between Peterborough and Leicester?

Operator A will be CrossCountry presumably.

Who else is there?

Don’t East Midlands Railway run a token service to retain route knowledge etc?

 

[Eloise]

Yep, early morning Nottingham - Norwich run that way, couple a day. And a Peterborough - Nottingham via Leicester in the evening.

 

[30907]

Getting Leicester crew trained over the route won't really change things. Both the Leicester-Birmingham and Peterborough-Ely routes are already open 24/7 365 days a year, with the crews at both ends already signing the route. It would just mean they replace the Birmingham crews who already sign the route.

Apologies, I assumed that the mid-morning start on BHM-LEI was because the line was closed. So it's just the SB hours.

 

[evergreenadam]

I know it's a Sunday, but whatever the reasons (or excuses), to have the first train out of a city like Peterborough westwards to Leicester, Nuneaton and Birmingham (the country's second city) at noon is hardly likely to encourage people out of their cars, is it?

And what are car-less people in Stamford, Oakham and Melton supposed to do?

I can't imagine such a scenario like this in most of continental Europe with rail services to such important cities being so poor.

Totally agree. It would certainly not happen in SE England, would be called out for being unacceptable.
Interestingly the other weekend when the line between Ely and Peterborough was closed for engineering works, the first westbound train from Peterborough was operated by Leicester depot, so the line had to open earlier then for the inbound ECS working.

 

[TheBigD]

Totally agree. It would certainly not happen in SE England, would be called out for being unacceptable.
Interestingly the other weekend when the line between Ely and Peterborough was closed for engineering works, the first westbound train from Peterborough was operated by Leicester depot, so the line had to open earlier then for the inbound ECS working.

It wasn't operated by Leicester depot. The unit may have come ECS from Leicester but it would be with a Birmingham or Cambridge driver who would have been was taxied to Leicester. Similarly, the guard would have taxied to Peterborough. Similarly for the 1254 westbound departure, the crews would have been taxied to Peterborough.

Units for both the 1154 and 1254 work ecs from Leicester to Peterborough arriving at 1145, then split for their respective westbound workings. This is a STP (short term plan) working that happens whenever the Peterborough-Ely section is shut for engineering work. Similarly arrangements apply at the end of the day but in reverse.