This train is shown on the CrossCountry website as
This train has been delayed between Bournemouth and Southampton Central and is now 74 minutes late from Winchester.This train will be terminated at Birmingham New Street.It will no longer call at: Reading, Stafford, Stoke-On-Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport and Manchester Piccadilly.This is due to a problem currently under investigation.
Did it really omit Reading and run direct from Basingstoke to Oxford via the avoiding line?