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It seems that London Midland are running a new Crewe to London service from Monday 10th September.
Leaving Crewe at 05:18, it runs non-stop to Rugeley Trent Valley and arrives in London Euston at 08:11 - taking just 2h 53m (quick by London Midland standards). I'm a little disappointed that it leaves Crewe so early (the first Virgin service is the 05:36, which arrives in London at 07:28). To leave at 05:55 and arrive at 08:48 would have been more reasonable. Anyway, I digress...
At first glance this service appears useful, but it has no Advance tickets available which, even with the LM Only fares, makes it more expensive than many of Virgin Trains' Advance fares.
Does anyone know if this service will be a permanent fixture (perhaps being sped up and departing Crewe a little later when LM start to run services at 110mph that avoid Northampton) and whether Advance tickets will be made available for this service in the future? There is no mention of this service in the timetable, which is a strange omission, and it is not a temporary Olympics service since it starts running after the games have ended.
Leaving Crewe at 05:18, it runs non-stop to Rugeley Trent Valley and arrives in London Euston at 08:11 - taking just 2h 53m (quick by London Midland standards). I'm a little disappointed that it leaves Crewe so early (the first Virgin service is the 05:36, which arrives in London at 07:28). To leave at 05:55 and arrive at 08:48 would have been more reasonable. Anyway, I digress...
At first glance this service appears useful, but it has no Advance tickets available which, even with the LM Only fares, makes it more expensive than many of Virgin Trains' Advance fares.
Does anyone know if this service will be a permanent fixture (perhaps being sped up and departing Crewe a little later when LM start to run services at 110mph that avoid Northampton) and whether Advance tickets will be made available for this service in the future? There is no mention of this service in the timetable, which is a strange omission, and it is not a temporary Olympics service since it starts running after the games have ended.