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I'm fairly certain Summer 1982 was the last timetable which included the Summer Saturday expresses via the Marches. There was also the motorail (Newton Abbot to Stirling?) which lasted until 1984. The Marches local service was indeed shocking in the late 70's/early 80's. Improvements...

Is it true that the staff on the Stourbridge Parry People Mover cannot actually issue tickets?

I'm 99% certain there's a photo of the 'Leagueliner' set in the 1975 book called 'Diesels in the West Midlands & Central Wales' published by Bradford Barton. I recall the caption mentioning the blacked out disco coach! I have a copy of this book somewhere but can't lay my hands on it at the...

Way back in the day (October 1990 - May 1991 timetable) Rugeley TV was served by a Coventry to Stafford (via Nuneaton) local service. There were five or six return trips Monday to Saturday & nothing on Sundays. One southbound service terminated at Rugby instead of Coventry. The Chase line...

Good to hear that freight on the Marches is holding up.:) In my opinion it is one of the most scenic routes in the country. The freight you saw at Woofferton was probably a failed 66122 on the Margam to Earles sidings working. I think its been there most of today.

Does the easement apply to this journey though? Stourbridge is north of Droitwich & south of Dudley Port whilst the easement applies to south of Droitwich & north of Dudley Port. Or am I missing something.......

Just looking this again. So you are saying that on Saturday or Sunday it would be possible to travel from SBJ to SGB, change there & catch a train to BHM & then travel from BHM to WVH. It would not be possible however to travel from from SBJ to BSW, walk to BHM & catch a service to WVH?

Thanks for the replies folks. I'm aware that the quickest route is by changing at Smethwick Galton Bridge & if you catch the xx.49 from Stour & the xx.08 from Smethwick then the outward trip takes only 30 mins. I was just wondering if a detour via Brum for a beer or two before heading to...

Does anyone on here know if a return ticket from Stourbridge Junction to Wolverhampton is valid via Birmingham (walking from Snow Hill or Moor Street to New Street). Assuming the ticket is valid, would an off peak day return get caught by the rule that off peak tickets are not valid on...

Quite possibly confused with each other as you say. Maybe a set of the Great Western coaches was borrowed by VXC for one of their services to Birmingham New Steet from Paddington but I would have thought this very unlikely. I've done some further digging regarding the Brum - Holyhead services...

The former Great Western green & gold coaches were used for a time by one of the TOC's (probably First North Western) on services from Birmingham New Street to Holyhead. There were three or four return trips per day using the rather clapped out former Rail Express Systems Class 47/7's as...

I have a copy of 1H85 & it was compiled & edited by Ken Howard & published by Peter Watts publishing. Basically it provides a list of loco hauled passenger services & their respective headcodes. Train starting points are listed in alphabetical order but no loco diagrams are provided. Details of...

That is more of a night time railtour than a diversion.......!

The resignalling happening this weekend includes the abolition of Kingswinford Junction box as well as those at Stourbridge Junction, Blakedown, Kidderminster Junction & Hartlebury. The closure of Kingswinford Junction box will probably have resulted in some signalling alterations on the...

I think that the closure of the Cheltenham to Stratford route in 1976 (or was it 1977?) was a rather strange decision although hindsight is a wonderful thing. No stations were closed as they were all long gone by 1976 anyway but the line if open now would provide a useful alternative to the...

Glad to hear it! I just think that LM could do a lot more to catch those who think the railway is free....

Good to see LM taking RP seriously but on the whole they rarely seem bothered. On train ticket checks are certainly the exception rather than the rule in my experience. Another thing I've noticed is that on the rare occasion that ticket checks take place the penalty fare never seems to be...

Agree about Paignton. Was there last week & it certainly could do with a facelift. The worst thing about the station IMO was the weeds in the track. They just make the whole place look such a mess. I know the lines in the Goodrington direction are not used all that much but the two tracks...

I saw a similar situation the other day when I was checking out some options for a Wolves to Thatcham single journey. One of the advance ticket options showed Wolves to Reading, Reading to Newbury & then a double back from Newbury to Thatcham. As an earleir post has stated it must be...

I (eventually) caught this train from York yesterday also. The amount of slack in the timetable is unreal. Two hours for York to Sunderland (dep 09.44 arr 11.40) is ridiculous. The return train I was on is scheduled to leave Sunderland at 17.29 & arrive in York about 19.00 (best part of 30...