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It's nuts that tickets to Birmingham are so cheap. An anytime return from Ashchurch (or Cheltenham) is £44.50, which is its own kind of ludicrous but at least helps suppress demand to comfortable-ish levels. From Worcestershire Parkway it's £11.90.
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They need to be twice as long, and preferably not spewing out diesel fumes in busy stations. It doesn't matter if they're in good...
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