This hasn’t happened; instead, LNER, CrossCountry and TransPennine Express have separately published detailed timetable proposals for May 2022. It’s clear from the individual train operating company (TOC) documents that the overall timetable for the route reflects a significant degree of co-operation between Network Rail and the various TOCs, almost certainly with some arm-twisting behind the scenes. However, it’s enormously disappointing that the industry hasn’t put together a single coherent document showing the full timetable for the route – anyone wanting to know what’s planned for individual stations would have to look at more than one of the TOC websites.
This is all deeply unhelpful for consultees. Berwick-upon-Tweed, for example, currently has stops in the ‘fast’ hourly Edinburgh to King’s Cross service, but this drops to twohourly stops in the semi-fast service, although journey times to London are not significantly extended, reflecting faster point-to-point timings to be applied for Azumas. This will go down like a lead balloon at Berwick, and it isn’t immediately clear this is partially mitigated by hourly stops in the CrossCountry service, many of which currently don’t stop there.
The LNE…
