Direct services London / Shrewsbury

[STEVIEBOY1]

Good morning,

Are there any direct rail services between London and Shrewsbury, I know there used to be the great service that ran for a short time from Marylebone, but I thought that Avanti had bought in some direct trains, perhaps as extensions to the B'rum/Wolves or Chester services. ?

I am looking to travel in August. I know those dates would probably not be in the systems yet, I did a dummy enquiry for June, but all services seemed to involve a change of trains in Brum, Intl, New St or Wolves.

Thanks Steve.

 

[ExpressTrain]

There is but only one service a day at the moment, out of Euston it’s the 18:23 departure, as you say it’s an extension of a Wolverhampton service. Going from Shrewsbury towards London it’s the 06:39 during the week, 08:19 on Saturday or 15:24 on a Sunday.

 

[The Planner]

Don't be surprised if they dissapear entirely in the future.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Don't be surprised if they dissapear entirely in the future.

Avanti must be wondering what to do with its 80x fleet when it arrives, beyond dumping the Voyagers.
There are going to be far more trains than the reduced timetable needs.

 

[Ken H]

In BR intercity days, a Euston/Birmingham/Wolverhampton (EBW) set was dragged to Shrewsbury from Wolverhampton by a Cl 47. Think there were 3 or 4 a day. I dont think the electric loco went to Shrewsbury, but I think DVT's were. On Video125's movie, 'One Day in Severn', a EBW set visits Shrewsbury station.

 

[TheBigD]

Don't be surprised if they dissapear entirely in the future.

Are they included in the December 2022 WCML rewrite?

 

[cle]

Don't be surprised if they dissapear entirely in the future.

Must be quicker via Crewe on HS2!

 

[Watershed]

Must be quicker via Crewe on HS2!

It's already usually quicker via Crewe today. Particularly because of the significant reduction in Shrewsbury-Wolverhampton/Birmingham and Wolverhampton/Birmingham-Euston services compared to pre-pandemic, whereas Shrewsbury-Crewe is pretty much as per pre-pandemic and Crewe-Euston is just missing the hourly Chester/Holyhead service.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Ok, thank you for the replies here. Looks like I will be changing out and back. Cheers. Steve.