In the post Train Movements at Euston, I documented a few evening departures on 16th April 2020.
I've documented more incomplete fragments of arrivals and departures during the restricted Covid-19 timetable below.
I'm sorry the information is fragmentary. This is partly due to the internet becoming notoriously unreliable in these strange times, despite having a 'fibre to the cabinet' feed which on a good day produces at least 40 MBPS. With most people at home during 'Lockdown', at present internet speed is sometimes as poor as 0.2 MBPS with a 'ping' of 2 seconds, or it even becomes totally unresponsive.
Note 'VT' is the TOC code for Avanti, 'LM' is the TOC code for West Midland Trains.
Evening movements on 15th May 2020
Plat | Nbr | Dep | Destination | Nbr | Arr | From | TOC |
1 | 1F27 | 19:44 | Liverpool | 1M14 | 18:48 | Crewe | VT |
2 | 1P06 | 19:18 | Preston | 1M13 | 17:58 | Crewe | VT |
3 | 9G42 | 19:28 | Wolverhampton | 1B24 | 18:55 | Wolverhampton | VT |
4 | 1B22 | 17:54 | Wolverhampton | ||||
5 | 5D91 | ||||||
6 | 1H05 | 19:08 | Manchester | 1A52 | 18:19 | Liverpool | VT |
7 | 1H07 | Manchester | 1A54 | 18:41 | Manchester | VT | |
9 | 2D46 | 19:15 | Watford | ||||
.... Later .... | |||||||
1 | 9G47 | 21:28 | Wolverhampton | 1M15 | 19:57 | Crewe | VT |
3 | 9G45 | 20:44 | Wolverhampton | 1A59 | 19:49 | Manchester | VT |
Lunchtime movements on 16th May 2020
Plat | Nbr | Dep | Destination | Nbr | Arr | From | TOC |
1 | 1H11 | 13:08 | Manchester | 1A02 | 10:54 | Manchester | VT |
2 | 1H08 | 12:08 | Manchester | 1A05 | 11:43 | Liverpool | VT |
3 | 1F15 | 12:51 | Liverpool | 1A06 | 11:59 | Preston | VT |
4 | 1S63 | 12:12 | Crewe | 5S63 | 11:49 | Wembley CS | VT |
5 | 9G50 | 12:31 | Wolverhampton | 1B04 | 11:28 | Wolverhampton | VT |
Engineer's Trains on 16th May 2020
In the evening, three engineer's trains from Bescot arrived. The first was 6G50, a train of bogie ballast hoppers top-and-tailed by a pair of GB Railfreight Class 66. This continued to Euston before re-appearing on the Down Fast and slowly making its way to the work site which, as far as I could determine, was north of Primrose Hill Tunnels. Later, 7G52 arrived. This was hauled by another GB Railfreight Class 66. As it slowly passed the Railcam UK camera at Camden, also heading towards Euston, I could see it was an assortment of engineering materials with a number of bogie open wagons at the rear. I didn't follow matters but on Sunday morning these trains, together with Colas Yellow plant vehicle and 6G51 which appeared to be another ballast train were all showing up in describer berths apparently north of Primrose Hill Tunnels, surrounded by more berths displaying '****' in red, probably as a signalman's reminder of the work in progress.
Morning movements on 20th May 2020
At the time I wrote this, the Government were encouraging our railway system to increase services to help get the country back to work so just after 08:30 on Wednesday, 20th May 2020 I made another quick 'snapshot' of long-distance trains at Euston
Plat | Nbr | Dep | Destination | Nbr | Arr | From | TOC |
1 | 1R04 | W'ton 05:45 | VT | ||||
2 | 1H15 | 09:20 | Manchester | 1R12 | 11:43 | W'ton 06:45 | VT |
3 | 1H63 | 09:40 | Manchester | 1R06 | W'ton 06:04 | VT | |
4 | 5H12 | 0741 | Wembley CS | VT | |||
5 | 9P54 | 08:43 | Preston | 1R07 | 08:10 | Lancaster | VT |
6 | 1F13 | 09:07 | Liverpool | 1R08 | 08:20 | Manchester | VT |
7 | 1U27 | 08:46 | Crewe | 1U00 | 08:06 | Crewe | LM |
8 | 1Y32 | 19:32 | Birmingham | LM | |||
9 | Local | ||||||
10 | Local | ||||||
11 | Local | ||||||
12 | 5R11 | 09:12 | Wembley CS | 1R11 | 08:39/td> | Liverpool | VT |
13 | 1Y08 | 08:13 | Northampton | LM | |||
14 | 1S48 | 09:10 | Glasgow | 1R10 | 08:23 | Manchester | VT |
15 | 0M16 | Off sleeper? | |||||
16 | 1Y09 | 09:13 | Birmingham | 2B14 | 07:39 | Bletchley | lm |