220031 Didcot North Junction 12 February 2020

220031 approaches Didcot North Junction on 12 February 2020 with what would normally be the 1O08 07:27 Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth CrossCountry service. On this occasion however that train was cancelled after it arrived at Birmingham 25 minutes late, allegedly with a problem with the doors. While that train was still between Wolverhampton and Tipton, 220031 was found from somewhere to form the train seen here - the 1Z08 09:04 Birmingham New Street to Bournemouth. This is not the kind of thing that usually happens on today's railway, being more reminiscent of the more customer focused approach in the days when the entire network was unified.