What is the 1942 Bristol Kingsland Road to Bristol Kingsland Road

[DK123GWR]

https://www.opentraintimes.com/schedule/H05429/2020-07-13

I assume that this a Network Rail train given that it doesn't actually go anywhere, but what is it for?

 

Similar services appear once or twice each day on Open Train Times and is usually cancelled (though not yet cancelled today). The train is described as a diesel loco with tonne load and leaves Kingsland Road for Temple Meads, where it reverses and runs via Bath to Chippenham. It then reverses and runs back to Temple Meads. It then reverses and runs to Westbury, before reversing and heading to St Andrews Junction for a crew change (with stops of under a minute for 'other operating reasons' at Clifton Down and Avonmouth). The train then travels to Cardiff Central, where it reverses, and begins to travel around Wales for most of the early morning. After a crew change at Newport, the train heads to Hereford for another crew change (booked on the URL - Up Relief Line?). It then reverses at Moreton-on-Lugg and returns to Hereford for a much longer stop (70 mins) for 'other operational reasons' on the DRL. The train then passes back through Wales and the Severn Tunnel, before reversing at Weston-Super-Mare and finally returns whence it came.

Edited July 13, 2020 by DK123GWR

[Fat Controller]

Depending on the season, it sounds as though it might be a Rail Head Treatment Train, a Weed-killing Train, or some variation on the theme, worked by MPVs, using different modules depending on the job.

[Simon Bendall]

It's a Railhead Treatment Train path.