Idon'tKnow
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London - Crewe services never used to stop at Longport in the normal timetable but now they do! Why?
It's everyday!Is there any event on locally?
It's everyday!
The question still applies The fact that it is off-peak only on a short-term basis (see Real Time Trains) and no song and dance has been made of it suggests to me that they are there to cater for something transient nearby.
Visitors planning to see the huge ceramic poppies display in Stoke-on-Trent will be able to use a park-and-ride – but it will cost them £3 for a parking ticket.
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The council has also been in touch with Network Rail to see if it can get the Derby-to-Crewe train service to stop more frequently at Longport station, although the outcome of the talks is not known.
Middleport Pottery is next door to Longport station (so says Google Maps!) and the event is ongoing from early August to mid-September, which explains why nothing is in for next week. Good to see this kind of thing happening mind.
I can confirm from the West Midlands Trains Train Service Alterations booklet that the trains are stopping for the Pottery. I think it has received a lot of positive feedback so if there are no adverse effects to trains perhaps it can be a more permanent thing (fingers crossed)!
"Weeping Window at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
The following services will call additionally at Longport."
I don't understand the council asking if the Derby to Crewe service can stop more frequently at Longport station.
All EMT's journeys stop there anyway.
It's a 15-minute walk along residential streets then the canal towpath and includes a busy road crossing.
They do? When?LNWR services stop at Longport in the peaks
As far as service at Longport goes Northern provide a couple of down calls in the morning peak when there is no East Midlands Trains service anywhere nearby to serve the station.
The 0633 offers a connection to Crewe though. I agree it would be far better if some late evening services from Manchester called.The Northern Train is 08:00. EMT is the usual 07:38 and 08:38 so not plugging a gap at all. Although the 06:33 arguably does, it isn't much help, as it goes to Manchester, from where you can't get back!
The 0633 offers a connection to Crewe though. I agree it would be far better if some late evening services from Manchester called.
Port Vale football ground is a short walk away and both their fans would use it.
I didn’t realise until I spent a few days in Crewe a few weeks ago how inconvenient the timings are for journeys from Crewe to Stoke. The LNWR service leaves Crewe each hour at xx02 followed 5 minutes later by the EMT service at xx07. One day I just missed the 0907 EMT train from Crewe to Stoke and I was very surprised to find that there was no other train for almost 1 hour.
It really is a shame that the city never used to have a 'loop line' that ran from town to town and could now be converted into a modern tram system..........
That would have been ideal wouldn't it? What a shame no such line existed or is largely still intact as a walkway for easy conversion.