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    Long distance trains should call at Worcestershire Parkway

    Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/worcestershire-parkway-station-progress.103108/page-23 Interesting thread. I’m dismayed at the lack of calls by the Ply-Edi and Bri-Man services. The whole point of the station when it was first envisaged in the 1970’s was to...
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    December 2015 Cotswold Line timetable changes

    Mod Note: Split from this thread It really isn't if you live in Worcester. The new 16.22 departure replacing the 15.52 now takes 2 hours 37 minutes. For 125 miles. Stopping at every hamlet in the Cotswolds. When are GWR going to provide a limited stop service to Worcester? It's not like...
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    Fast Bedford Thameslink trains, where do they overtake?

    With, I hope a very quick answer... Where do fast Bedford Thameslink trains overtake stopping services? I was at Kentish Town recently and all Thameslink trains seemed to use the Easternmost platforms, nothing used the centre pair and EMT used the western pair (without platforms). I...
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    Splitting and joining of loco hauled trains

    This used to happen quite a lot, but Im wondering how they did it. Well, more specifically, the joining. For example at Carstairs, a train would come in from Glasgow, and one from edinburgh would arrive from the opposite direction. How did this then become one train with one loco pointing...
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    Advance tickets Manchester to Worcester

    Ive emailed London Midland about this but perhaps someone here can explain : Want to travel from Manchester to Worcester return next weekend. There are advance tickets in both directions (£7.50 and £13.50) from Manchester to Kidderminster, but when entering Worcester, about 12 miles...

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