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not sure the original poster was talking about the via Birmingham services but the Trent valley to Manchester instead.
but if they were the via Birmingham and wobble services then surely this could go via the chase line and split / join at rugeley Trent valley instead of new street. Removing a...
Not all tickets are on sale, searching for after the 15th brings up tickets to New Street with cross country but not Cheltenham spa.
So if it doesn’t open are Cross Country going to bus to Shrub Hill / Foregate Street for onward connections with West Midlands Railway?
Transport for the West Midlands wants to do something along those lines but basically terminating at Burton along with a new parkway station at Alrewas.
I’m not entirely convinced this will be the actual customer facing name. IMO this will be the new company name and they will have a trading name.
Like how West Midlands Trains is the TOC / Company name and West Midlands Railway / London Northwestern Railway are the trading names.
This then...
This afternoon at Coventry was a disgrace from WMT. They blocked platform 3 and 4 with trains with no crew to move them meaning NOTHING could move northbound for over 30 mins until finally the unit in plat 4 was moved.
I understand there was issues on the WCML but a bit of forethought would...
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