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It's about the same length as getting to Derby Town centre from that station. Someone mentioned Leicester as a central station but from my experience if you want to go to the main shopping bit (forget it's name) it's a good 10 minute walk as it's up at the far end of the town centre. Same for...

Usually when the races are on. There were issues a few years back regarding getting people on the train.

Funnily enough I was at New Street the exact same time yesterday as the OP and on a different train. 11.15 to Edinburgh, on time and waiting on the platform. Was announced when I got on at 10 past that the train would be imminently ready for departure. Problem was the 11.08 Wolves stopper was...

I presume you'd send all the South west cross country services by Camp Hill otherwise no chance.

Connections from Lichfield TV to Cross city can be a bit hit and miss tbh. Thankfully they swopped the half hour one from the morning, used to be 54 past which meant it was near impossible to catch the 09 past to London from LTV if there was any sort of delay. Now timed at 44 past which is much...

Said it before but given there's going to be 6k + new homes at Langley built in next few years it would be the ideal time to have a feasibility study on the Sutton Park line. Plan just seems to be to dump extra traffic on the A38 and through Walmley which will work I'm sure....

Cross City line being extended to Burton eventually would be good idea I think. Living in Sutton and having to travel up to Leeds once a month, I've always thought it would be nice to go via Lichfield rather than the hassle of changing at New Street. Do occasioningly take the quick X12 bus from...

Very simple for me. 9/11 carriages, nope. 4-5 carriages, without a shadow of a doubt. Passengers should not be punished and crammed in like sardines when inadequate rolling stock is constantly provided for busy routes at peak times e.g. Cross Country.

Yvette Cooper on the tube was opposite me about a year ago. Only clocked here when it was a stop away from Westminster. Thought she looked familar (around the time Ed Balls was on Strictly so her public profile was higher than normal) and then she got off at the Westminster spot so figured she...

Mentioned earlier the White Rose in Leeds station, according to google it has now closed?! Haven't been through Leeds station for a few months due to all the work at Derby but always a pleasant place to have a quick half while waiting for a train. Surprised as when I last went it was closed and...

Just looking at other pages of this thread, the pub at Temple Meads on Platform 3 also had a quizzer until fairly recently in the corner.

Any with a quiz machine in..... Huddersfield still has one, Reading pub used to but was taken out after the recent refurb, Leeds white rose pub had one but when I last went a few months back it was being refurbished so assumed that has been replaced aswell. Anymore around?

In fairness I don't travel from Solihull-Brum and back in the morning rush hour but do on occasions in the evening between 4-6pm. Trains are busy but never seen them totally rammed. If the 4 train is busy I just wait for a Chiltern to turn up 5 minutes later, even better if it's the 7 carriage...

Sketches of the new stations at Kings Heath, Moseley and Hazelwell were released today. Talk is 2021 as re-opening for line for passenger services. Well overdue.

Only station which actually is ideally located in the Stoke area is Longton. Shame that's a complete dump aswell!:lol:

Shuttle buses from Bristol Parkway seem most obvious solution to me.

Regularly use the Cross city line and normally get on at New Street. This time I'd been to see someone in Aston so was walking to the station when I saw the train come in, legged it up the stairs and got on. Of course it was the Walsall train instead of Lichfield/four oaks! Had to get off at...

I live in Sutton Coldfield and there's a massive new housing development opening in a few years. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/first-glimpse-5500-home-sutton-14422437 5.5k new homes. Anyone who lives in this area knows the roads are massively congested around Walmley/Pype...