Is the 20:46 Euston to Crewe via Birmingham a new thing? I caught it on Wednesday and had never previously been aware of Milton Keynes having a direct train to Tipton, Coseley and Penkridge...
Nope, it went in about May last year. On the Diagram, the Smethwick stops are shown as Smethwick RS and Smethwick GB. Bletchley Guards (who had the job - possibly BY776) used to announce it as that at the start because they didn't know what the abbreviations stood for, and of course we weren't briefed on it beforehand!!! I wasn't aware of the return working, though.
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That train utilises about 5 Guards, too. One to NMP, another to COV, another to BHM, another to Wolves, and then a Crewe Guard to take it home.