There has been a substantial improvement in services via the Stoke wobble. Cancellations have been halved from around 20% to 7% in the first week of the new timetable. Still not particularly good if you are sat at Stone with a three hour gap between trains, yet an ECS move can come through at the time of your train.
That is not quite a 'roll-back to the pre-May 2019 timetable' then. That would require re-instating direct services to London via Rugeley.
Guessing the DSD pedal's bebeep beep beep sounds a bit like the comm buzzer's beep beep.
Diagram self containment will be needed once the 730s start running for sure. Routes like crewe via stoke will need 350s all day for sure
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Yeah can confirm that. RTT has been updated since I last looked
Used to have 2 trains from birmingham to euston per hour
At Birmingham Intl :
The 03 and 24
However 03 has now been updated to liverpool service
nevermind ignore me.
interesting though is
1) why birmingham to london dont start from intl considering what they said before about space at new street?
2) why their isnt a birmingham to london service to go with the rugeley service to Birmingham service??
It will be interesting to see how starting and finishing a intl will work every hour but then again I guess sometimes its just the process of getting off one service and starting to work another??
It will be interesting to see how starting and finishing a intl will work every hour but then again I guess sometimes its just the process of getting off one service and starting to work another??
wondered why the sunday service is terminated/started at coventry, makes sense now
What i meant was, in the plans their is 1 Birmingham to euston train every hour which acts as the connecting train to change onto after getting off the crewe one
but their isnt the same given to the passengers who are coming from rugeley once at new street?
considering their was a connection before may 2019 to get to euston?
Better to change at Stafford than Birmingham, saves about an hour.Thank goodness. Was hoping something like that would play out. only fair considering what LNR are doing to the rugeley service. Hopefully the service will actually be reliable coming back from brum to crewe now
although some people are going to be annoyed as it means going back to having to change at brum for another train to london
Makes you wonder why people were complaining about the connection at stafford in the first place when they actually ran on timeBetter to change at Stafford than Birmingham, saves about an hour.
To Euston - Stoke train arr xx45, London via Trent Valley dep xx55
From Euston - Trent Valley train arr xx35 Stoke dep xx55
Always assuming they are on time
Because they used to have a direct service, avoiding the Birmingham wobble and the Northampton wobble. Also avoiding Virgin, now Avanti, rip-off prices even for off-peak times. A through train is a near certainty once you are on it, a connection is a risk until you have made it. A missed connection guarantees at least a one hour extension to your scheduled journey. The waiting facilities at Stafford are not exactly comfortable nor warm. New Street remains a thoroughly unpleasant dungeon for the rail user not experiencing the delights of the retail above. Once you are on your through train you can settle down and relax for the whole journey, not having to interrupt it to change trains.
It makes sense extending the 2nd of the liverpools to start from euston instead of Birmingham intl as like now
It makes sense extending the 2nd of the liverpools to start from euston instead of Birmingham intl as like now
However having a london service for the wobble is just not viable anymore. So removing it in may will be a good decision going forward for now at least. I cant see a better option for a euston via wobble service until phase 1 of HS2 is done really till then commuters are just gonna have to put up with a euston connection at stafford
marks another milestone for the wobble though
May 2019 - final service via trent valley
May 2020 - final service to euston
May 2021 - ???
Iam confused? The original plan before MP involvement was for the wobble to have a service crewe - birmingham and back right? London was never in the plan
Wolves being the service from wallsall right??
Shame they are not going with that plan. Might be better long term