On Oct 1, 7:55*pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

When this first came up (Neil Williams mentioned it way back IIRC) it was
anticipated to be a relatively large number (was it 7?) of pure Watford -
Euston shuttles.

Indeed. And that is what is needed - to do otherwise is to either run
fresh air north of Watford or have serious overcrowding south thereof.

"SX Southbound
New services: 0633 Bletchley – Euston

Suspect that is a positioning move in service - units are still stored
at Bletchley overnight even though it is no longer a maintenance
depot.

0832 Bletchley – Euston starts Tring 0848

That won't be popular. That one is a favourite "backup train" when
things go wrong north of Bletchley, and it's also popular as a
Bletchley starter. I used it a number of times. However...

New services: 1728 Euston – Watford Junction, 1820 Euston – Milton Keynes

That, OTOH, *will* be popular - the latter appears that it exists to
relieve the chronic overcrowding on the 1824 since it got extended to
Crewe. Though I can't help but think an additional 4 cars on that
service would have been a better option.

Alterations to existing services: 1804 Euston – Milton Keynes extended to
Northampton

That will also help the problem of the 1824.

Neil