SORRY to be an anorak, but your front page story (October 1) about the 0814 being the fastest scheduled train ever to King's Cross is wrong.

Until the Hatfield disaster a year ago, and certainly since 1998, the 0815 arrived at King's Cross also at 0959 (if not before) - so it took a minute less.

The 0814 is hardly "nine minutes faster". It is one minute slower.

CA Wood,

Portland Street, York.

Updated: 10:06 Monday, October 08, 2001