I need to make a journey from Erdington to Manchester Piccadilly on Saturday:
1048 ERD - LTV 1114
1122 LTV - CRE 1151
1211 CRE - MAN 1246
(1h 58m)
(CRE = Crewe, LTV = Lichfield Trent Valley)
however travel via Lichfield is apparently not permitted, with journey planners (I tried XC and NRE) instead suggesting:
1047 ERD - BHM 1100
1115 BHM - CRE 1207
1228 CRE - MAN 1315
(2h 28m)
a full half hour slower.
As far as I can tell, the shortest (normal) route from Erdington to Manchester Piccadilly is via Lichfield...
ERD - LTV 12m 41ch
LTV - MAN 67m 33ch
totalling 79.9 miles.
Birmingham to Manchester alone is 83.13 miles, so clearly going this way is longer.
Now apparently NFM64 fares disallow Lichfield Trent Valley as a routeing point for Erdington, but that shouldn’t matter where the journey takes the shortest route, so the route via Lichfield should be permitted.
And in any case, it’s an entirely reasonable route.
I don’t believe it has anything to do with the date as I’ve tried several.
Am I missing something?
1048 ERD - LTV 1114
1122 LTV - CRE 1151
1211 CRE - MAN 1246
(1h 58m)
(CRE = Crewe, LTV = Lichfield Trent Valley)
however travel via Lichfield is apparently not permitted, with journey planners (I tried XC and NRE) instead suggesting:
1047 ERD - BHM 1100
1115 BHM - CRE 1207
1228 CRE - MAN 1315
(2h 28m)
a full half hour slower.
As far as I can tell, the shortest (normal) route from Erdington to Manchester Piccadilly is via Lichfield...
ERD - LTV 12m 41ch
LTV - MAN 67m 33ch
totalling 79.9 miles.
Birmingham to Manchester alone is 83.13 miles, so clearly going this way is longer.
Now apparently NFM64 fares disallow Lichfield Trent Valley as a routeing point for Erdington, but that shouldn’t matter where the journey takes the shortest route, so the route via Lichfield should be permitted.
And in any case, it’s an entirely reasonable route.
I don’t believe it has anything to do with the date as I’ve tried several.
Am I missing something?
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