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Now the Nottingham to Birmingham XC service has been cut back to 1 per hour Mondays to Fridays there is usually about a 50min wait when changing at Tamworth if you are coming from Burton or Derby which makes the route less attractive for East Midlands to London journeys. As a local I can say...

Who built the French high speed network much cheaper than we can build high speed line. Was a lot of it done internally by SNCF? I notice in France they dont build much high speed rail into big cites and use existing stations in Paris, savings all the way. On HS1 the signalling is french, is...

Think about it, the railway takes the safety culture very seriously until it starts throwing money at cab drivers and getting them to drive several hours long distance in the middle of the night. I guess most of us will say if the West Coast Main Line is blocked North of Preston there is no...

Who pays for the Taxis nowdays? If the cancellation is due to a track defect then I guess its the DFT via Network Rail once the internal delay attribution is sorted out. So if I am correct there is no incentive for Avanti to run anything to Carlisle. Am I right?

I know most members of the forum we would love to have HS2 built, but think about it from jo public point of view. Is it a priority for more capacity on the West Coast Main line? They are certainly not bothered about a 20min faster journey Birmingham to London. The country feels poorer. 1 in 7...

Time to extened the London ULEZ to cover railways.:smile:

There is good demand Burton to Lichfield, Midland Classic started a every 30 minute bus service (X38) from Burton to Lichfield a few years back. Its prooved so popular that they now operate a sunday service. I think a reopening could be used a lot especially if there is stops at Alrewas...

Its good to see my original post has sparked such an intersting discussion. Anyway with climate change in the news so much nowdays I guess in an ideal world the carbon emissions of business trips will have to be factored in. Thinking about business trips, its not just senior managers I noticed...

The Derbyshare Wayfarer ticket (Only available at the ticket office or from a bus driver) is cheaper than a day return from Burton on Trent to Sheffield or Chesterfield, Edale, Grindleford etc. The ticket is popular with Peak District walkers and tourists. Rangers are not just for enthusiasts...

This is the headline in the independent and the telegraph. "Network Rail Bosses splashed £10,000-a-week on air fares last year because it worked out cheaper than getting the train. Figures showed that staff at the public body - which owns most of the UK’s railway network - bought 985 plane...

The closure of Burton on Trent ticket office has already begun. 2 of the staff have left over the past year and have not been replaced. Leaving only one member of staff who posts the opening hours each week on the ticket office window. The opening hours change each week. This is a big loss to...

Looking at at Crosscountry twitter today the reduction in services is due to what they describe as resourcing issues. I have noticed that Crosscountry can run a 30min service Birmingham to Nottingham on a Saturday.

Just found out that Nottingham, Burton on Trent and Tamworth are having severe cut in services to Birmingham untill. I believe this is due to engineering work at Birmingham New Street station that requires platform closures. As far as I can ascertain, no long distance services are making...

I applied but was not successful. They said in their email to me that they had more than 7,500 applications for the 60 places on the tours so you would be very lucky to get a tour.

Looks like the work around Lichfield is stopping according to the local paper. This will anger locals more if they are leaving the A38 exit at streethay closed for 2 more years. Guess we need clarification. If they are delaying the connection to the west coast main line. That is not good.

People I know are put off by overcrowding, not being able to open a window so high risk of infection, unreliability plus the hassle of doing half a days research to find an affordable fare. But I find driving stressfull so if I can use the train or bus instead of driving I will.

I have just tried again with National Rail Enquiries and it won't give a price via Birmingham even though it shows the times So I have been wrong all along. It's seems to be the same for all stations on the Cross City line north of Gravelly Hill. That is not good because the connections are...

Can't seem to do a screen shot at the moment. However I searched 11th January out after 09:30 and return after 18:15 to avoid the XC afternoon peak restriction. National Rail Enquiries gave Burton to Sutton Coldfield via Birmingham off peak day return £10 with a senior Railcard. To help the...

Try again for mid January. I got a day return £10 on 15th January but I could not get a Day Return before the new year so something strange is going on.

So tell me why National Rail Enquiries gives you a route via Birmingham for Burton to Sutton Coldfield at £10 off peak day return with a railcard?