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Re: Cross country on Camp Hill line?

>
> Can someone enlighten me as to why it goes this way - I though New Street
> was really congested so it would have made more sense to go in at one end
> and reverse out again.
>
> Is it to keep up route knowledge?  To avoid running the service in reve
rse
> formation?  To introduce slack in the timetable (to give the option of
> running into the west to catch up if late)?
>

Most XC trains are booked via University (preferred) but some are
still booked via Camp Hill and, in any case, that route is always
available if say you were running early / late.

> Despite getting checked several times on the approach to New Street we
> still arrived 20 mins before departure time which makes me think it was a
> deliberate diversion.
>

That's the sort of slack that has to be built into the XC timetable to
ensure reliability - so we're told - the Camp Hill route doesn't take
any less time.

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