Routing of 1632 Daventry Int Rft Recep Rfd to Grangemouth Tdg (Ews)

[dmncf]

I saw today's 1632 "Daventry Int Rft Recep Rfd to Grangemouth Tdg (Ews)" service. It was hauled by 66027 and consisted mainly of W H Malcolm blue-liveried containers, plus a few Asda-liveried ones. Its routing via London seems a bit indirect, in my opinion. Is this its normal routing?

Realtime Trains - FRGT 1637 Daventry Int Rft Recep Rfd to Grangemouth Tdg (Ews)

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[The_Train]

I may be wrong with this but I think it normally routes along the West Coast Mainline but this, along with some of the DRS Daventry/Mossend flows and the Caledonian Sleeper service, is heading over to the East Coast mainline on a Sunday at the moment

 

[Mag_seven]

I saw today's 1632 "Daventry Int Rft Recep Rfd to Grangemouth Tdg (Ews)" service. It was hauled by 66027 and consisted mainly of W H Malcolm blue-liveried containers, plus a few Asda-liveried ones. Its routing via London seems a bit indirect, in my opinion. Is this its normal routing?

Realtime Trains - FRGT 1637 Daventry Int Rft Recep Rfd to Grangemouth Tdg (Ews)

Realtime Trains provides live realtime running information for the Great British railway network using open data.

www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Suspect it is routed via London and the ECML due to engineering blocks on the WCML north of Carlisle.

 

[dmncf]

Cheers for your replies.