Idon'tKnow
Member
The new Trent Valley timetable will be interesting.
Currently in the morning from Lichfield to Stafford we have a 0641, 0735, 0835 and 0917 then hourly
The new timetable shows a 0616 (very good for early connections) a 0702, 0802 and nothing until the 0918.
Passengers connecting from Chase line stations to Stafford (of which quite a lot do), they will now have a 36 minute wait at Rugeley trent valley for the 0809. I can see lots of these passengers simply driving or getting the bus to Stafford rather than waiting more than half an hour at a station which lacks basic facilities. On top of this, I think most passengers from the current 0735 from Lichfield and almost all passengers from the 0835 from Lichfield will get the 0802 from Lichfield after the timetable change, so I hope this will be an 8 carriage train, as the 0735 is fairly full and the 0835 always has a few standees from Rugeley at the moment.
The 76 minute gap between northbound services seems unacceptable, in my opinion it's a step backwards. I think most people would rather not have the 0615 service and instead have a service to Stafford and Crewe at around 0840.
Clearly the new Trent Valley line timetable shows who wmtrains cares about, the people travelling to London, not people making local/regional journeys.
Currently in the morning from Lichfield to Stafford we have a 0641, 0735, 0835 and 0917 then hourly
The new timetable shows a 0616 (very good for early connections) a 0702, 0802 and nothing until the 0918.
Passengers connecting from Chase line stations to Stafford (of which quite a lot do), they will now have a 36 minute wait at Rugeley trent valley for the 0809. I can see lots of these passengers simply driving or getting the bus to Stafford rather than waiting more than half an hour at a station which lacks basic facilities. On top of this, I think most passengers from the current 0735 from Lichfield and almost all passengers from the 0835 from Lichfield will get the 0802 from Lichfield after the timetable change, so I hope this will be an 8 carriage train, as the 0735 is fairly full and the 0835 always has a few standees from Rugeley at the moment.
The 76 minute gap between northbound services seems unacceptable, in my opinion it's a step backwards. I think most people would rather not have the 0615 service and instead have a service to Stafford and Crewe at around 0840.
Clearly the new Trent Valley line timetable shows who wmtrains cares about, the people travelling to London, not people making local/regional journeys.