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That would make sense, thanks!

I had assumed that if a unit and/or member of staff is cleared to work a route in the first place then that includes clearance to stop at the stations on that route.

I can't imagine what that issue might actually be though. Is there something unique to University station that means each type of unit needs to be separately approved to stop there?

A colleague was delayed on her way into work this morning as her train from Droitwich didn't stop at University, and according to her the guard on the train apparently made the above announcement to explain why. I presume this was one of the new class 196 trains. Does anyone know if (and if...

I used Herston when I was there in 2017, just so I could say I'd used all stations on the line.

I took my girlfriend to Bangor once, but she was having none of it.

Ho boy, seeing 91s on the scrap line and Pacers in preservation makes me feel older than coal. It's nothing to how I'll feel once the Sprinters are all gone though. As for the suggestion upthread that the Voyagers and Pendolinos may not have long left - fie! They only came out a year or so...

The track is still in place (or was a couple of weeks ago!) from the canal bridge to the site of Pensnett Halt - there's even a passing loop just south of Pensnett, hiding away in the trees! Track is also still in place from south of the canal bridge to beyond Brockmoor Halt, I don't know how...

Stourbridge Town, where the current platform is on the site of the old goods line. Dudley Port has both a platform on the site of former running lines AND running lines on the site of former platforms. The current platforms 2 and 3 at Birmingham Snow Hill are where the former platform lines...

Oh, I'm not saying it was easy (or that I'd be able to do it now I'm older!), but it did happen.

I once missed a train at Moor Street and managed to catch it at Snow Hill by running across town.

I've played there several times - there's a foot crossing near the south end of the western chord and you have to park up outside the triangle and carry all your kit across to the changing rooms. Then cross again to get to and from the clubhouse for the tea break.

It sounds like a recipe for bargain basement, no frills train services to me. Why would operators bother making the passenger experience any better if they're not going to see any financial returns from doing so?

The rename was because those two councils put up the funds for the station's rebuild. I for one think it's a renaming that has had it's day, and the station should go back to being Oldbury.

None of the above - it's Mull-vn

Not strictly speaking a town, but I've often thought that Rowley Regis should have "Blackheath" appended given that (a) that's where it actually is and (b) Blackheath is far and away the more significant local district.

The pronunciation of Alvechurch on automated announcements irritates me. They always say Al-ver-church, but it should be Alf-church.

OK Boomer.

The Chester Road in north Birmingham is a shade over 13 miles long, including a brief stint as Brownhills High Street and two (!) different stints as Chester Road North. Chester Road station is about 2 1/2 miles from the southern end.

Definitely, but it's very unlikely to happen. She was too big for most preserved lines and too slow for mainline work. This would be excellent to see, but would hardly ever have a chance to run due to its low speed.