As 390010 'Cumbrian Spirit' heads north through Roade cutting working
the 08.43 Euston to Preston whilst 350235 and 350246 head south with the 10.25 Northampton to Euston. The incredibly hot weather affected all trains on this day with a blanket fifty miles per hour speed restriction imposed. The Avanti West Coast train ran into trouble later in its journey arriving at Wolverhampton an hour and a half late and was promptly terminated. Meanwhile, the London Northwestern service was running as a one-off retimed train with the reporting number of 2Z94.