Trivia: Consecutive services, same destination, different routes

[Doctor Fegg]

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1742 ex Gloucester: travels via Bristol and Bath, terminates Westbury 1930.

Next departure from Gloucester:

1750, travels via Swindon and Melksham, terminates Westbury 1934.

Anything else similar?

 

[Alex365Dash]

18:45 ex Portsmouth Harbour, travels via Haslemere and Woking, arrives Waterloo 20:27.

The train after is the 18:59, travels via Eastleigh and Farnborough, arrives Waterloo 21:13.

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[TT-ONR-NRN]

0656 from Aldershot travels via Ascot and arrives at Waterloo for 0830

0700 from Aldershot travels via Woking and arrives at Waterloo for 0751

Both 8-450

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

0656 from Aldershot travels via Ascot and arrives at Waterloo for 0830

0700 from Aldershot travels via Woking and arrives at Waterloo for 0751

Both 8-450

Also,

There are two 1352s from Clapham Junction to Portsmouth & Southsea. One is the SWR semi-fast service via Guildford arriving at 1545 and the other is the Southern service via Horsham arriving at 1602. This is an hourly pattern all day I believe.


0719 from Taunton travels via Westbury and arrives at Paddington for 0919

0723 from Taunton travels via Bristol and arrives at Paddington for 1007


2024 from Oxenholme travels via the Trent Valley and arrives at Euston for 2333

2041 from Oxenholme travels via the West Midlands and arrives at Euston for 0112


0952 (and every hour **52) from Effingham Jct travels via Cobham and arrives at Waterloo for 1037

1002 (and every hour **02) from Effingham Jct travels via Epsom and arrives at Waterloo for 1055

(Also at Guildford a stopper via Cobham leaves within a minute of a fast service via Woking every half hour.)


1030 (and every hour **30) from Kingston travels via Richmond and arrives at Waterloo for 1116

1034 (and every hour **34) from Kingston travels via Wimbledon and arrives at Waterloo for 1104
Perhaps loops are cheating, IDK.

 

[A S Leib]

The 06:01 Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High (arriving at 06:49) and the 06:04 via Cumbernauld (arriving at 07:18).

Horsham - London Victoria via Crawley (05:41 - 06:42) and Dorking (05:44 - 07:03).

If you count services taking different routes and serving the same destination with one continuing past the destination, the 10:09 Lancaster - Edinburgh (arriving at Carlisle at 10:59) and the 10:13 via Barrow-in-Furness arriving at Carlisle at 13:41; there aren't any services leaving between the 06:07 Chester - Runcorn - Liverpool Lime Street (06:58) and the 06:16 Chester - Birkenhead - Liverpool loop (Lime Street at 07:01).

 

[mlambeuk]

The 0908 York - Leeds Via MIcklefield and the 0910 York to Leeds via Harrogate.
0815 Scarborough to York Via Hull, 0834 Scarborough to York via Malton

 

[steamybrian]

Often occurs in the South East for example departures this morning from Charing Cross-
0942 Dartford via Lewisham and Woolwich
0948 Dartford/Gravesend via Sidcup
0954 Dartford via Bexleyheath

 

[Kite159]

Crewe on a Saturday morning
06;15 to Liverpool Lime Street via Runcorn
06;16 to Liverpool Lime Street via Manchester

Both start from Crewe

 

[gnolife]

21 and 51 minutes past each hour at Exhibition Centre is Dalmuir via Yoker. These are followed by 28 and 59 minutes past to Dalmuir via Singer

And thinking of the same services, they're consecutive at Motherwell, IE 1417 via Hamilton and Singer, 1426 via Bargeddie and Yoker

 

[miklcct]

Departures from Guildford to Waterloo can run on 3 different routes, but not from the same platform.

 

[Dibbo4025]

Departures from Guildford to Waterloo can run on 3 different routes, but not from the same platform.

They can and do run from the same platform - there's a series of 3 consecutive departures by each of the three routes from platform 3 in the mornings for example: 1G18, 2F18, 2D22

 

[mangyiscute]

07:24 from Worcester Shrub Hill goes to Paddington via Gloucester
07:31 from Worcester Shrub Hill goes to Paddington via Evesham

Also 09:30 from Llanelli to Shrewsbury via Cardiff and Hereford
09:51 from Llanelli to Shrewsbury via Heart of Wales