In dissecting the recently ended 2011 LEYTR Railrover, we've detailed our actual itinerary in full. This should be read in conjunction with the day-by-day accounts, which have been amassed and uploaded to The LEYTR Jaunts blog (click here)
Saturday 2 July 2011
1P61, 365528+365511
0546 Peterborough
0701 London King's Cross
First Capital Connect
1N20, 43465+43468
0747 London King's Cross
1140 Sunderland
Grand Central
4054+4082
1159 Sunderland
1227 Central Station
Tyne & Wear Metro
1S10, 91126(+82231)
1240 Newcastle
1415 Edinburgh Waverley
East Coast
2M29, 334018
1437 Edinburgh Waverley
1543 Glasgow Queen Street
First ScotRail
**via recently re-opened Airdrie-Bathgate**
1M17, 390006
1640 Glasgow Central
2136 London Euston
Virgin Trains
Sunday 3 July 2011
1H63, 390041
0810 London Euston
1017 Crewe
Virgin Trains
1D83, 221113
1042 Crewe
1209 Bangor
Virgin Trains
LL09 WYN
1315 Bangor, Bus Station (A)
1425 Porthmadog, High Street
Lloyds Coaches Service X32
Iarll Meirionnydd/Fairlie's Patent
1500 Porthmadog
1620 Blaenau Ffestiniog
Ffestiniog Railway
**additional service due to earlier lineside fire**
2D15, 150262
1730 Blaenau Ffestiniog
1829 Llandudno Junction
Arriva Trains Wales
1D13, 158839
1827 Llandudno Junction
1927 Holyhead
**scheduled to catch 1924 departure**
Monday 4 July 2011
1V31, 57313
0532 Holyhead
0958 Cardiff Central
Arriva Trains Wales
**Premier Service/WAG Express**
1B93, 150260
1057 Cardiff Central
1325 Fishguard Harbour
Arriva Trains Wales
1G97, 150260
1330 Fishguard Harbour
1402 Whitland
Arriva Trains Wales
2E17, 153303
1411 Whitland
1522 Swansea
Arriva Trains Wales
1L76, 43026+43135
1528 Swansea
1824 London Paddington
First Great Western
**scheduled to catch 1628 departure**
15102 (LX09 FYY)
1855 Paddington, Praed Street (H)
1910 Euston, Bus Station
Stagecoach in London Service 205
1S25, 90036 (EUS-EDB), 67030 (EDB-ABD)
2115 London Euston
0735 Aberdeen
First ScotRail
**became 1A25 at Edinburgh**
Tuesday 5 July 2011
1V60, 220024
0820 Aberdeen
2142 Penzance
CrossCountry
**longest train journey in Britain**
Wednesday 6 July 2011
1A81, 43139+43070
0844 Penzance
1315 Reading
First Great Western
1O76, 166209
1334 Reading
1450 Gatwick Airport
First Great Western
1U89, 442421+442410
1505 Gatwick Airport
1535 London Victoria
Gatwick Express/Southern
Used Victoria Line to travel to Euston
1S82, 390052
1630 London Euston
2032 Preston
Virgin Trains
**plan was to catch 1S82 London Euston-Glasgow Central in the booked time of 4:08, making it the fastest ever journey time between London and Glasgow; however, sadly, this was not to be as a problem north of Milton Keynes saw us reverse to Hanslope Jn and travel via Northampton. The train ran so late that we were terminated at Preston and caught the next available service**
1S94, 390005
2047 Preston
2308 Glasgow Central
Virgin Trains
**delayed due to the line blockage; it was the 1757 ex Euston**
Thursday 7 July 2011
Diagram 5, unit 126
0918 Buchanan Street
0947 St Enoch
Glasgow Subway
1M53, 221104
1000 Glasgow Central
1110 Carlisle
Virgin Trains
2H89, 153359+158855
1155 Carlisle
1437 Leeds
Northern
1B34, 158757
1453 Leeds
1512 Bradford Interchange
Northern
1A67, 180114
1537 Bradford Interchange
1905 London King's Cross
Grand Central
1S25, 90036 (EUS-EDB), 67030 (EDB-INV)
2115 London Euston
0831 Inverness
First ScotRail
Friday 8 July 2011
53209 (SV54 EKP)
0845 Inverness, Bus Station
1045 Fort William, Bus Station
Scottish Citylink Service 919
**Stagecoach livery**
1Y34, 156485+156465
1140 Fort William
1530 Glasgow Queen Street
First ScotRail
1R56, 170428
1545 Glasgow Queen Street
1635 Edinburgh Waverley
First ScotRail
1E24, (82230+)91102
1700 Edinburgh Waverley
2144 London King's Cross
East Coast
1N35, 43257+43313
2200 London King's Cross
2245 Peterborough
East Coast
Total mileage, which includes a Tube ride on the Saturday evening to our overnight accommodation, and a bus ride on the Sunday morning from the accommodation to Euston, totals:
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