The Planner
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You sure ? As the people I have spoke to who did the LM 110 test runs said there were flashers to 2. Will look at some signalling diagrams to see what's what.
What uses it coming out of Oxley? There's no OHL on the chord. As far as I know it was/is just there for the merry go round coal traffic to Ironbridge.
It may be, but to my eye it doesn't look like it's up to taking passenger trains.
Because it will unbalance the units, you cannot get to Shrewsbury and back by the time the Wolves train makes the return journey, you need to find another unit to cover that. Virgin are probably going to bank on saying they are providing a new extra service, not an extension.
Probably just as quick to fly up the Trent Valley and reverse !
My London - Wolves record with a sharp un-advertised connection at Stafford is 1h33...
Probably just as quick to fly up the Trent Valley and reverse !
Some rail planner options already give you the SHR-WVH-STA-EUS shuffle with today's timetable (I assume at the higher fare, same as via Crewe).
It also allows a single 221 to be used for "Shropshire only".
Anything else would have needed 2 units and messing up the EBW diagrams.
I wonder where they will find the spare peak-time unit?
Steal from Chester or from using more 390s on BHM-Scotland?
So I did hear correctly that it was via Stafford (despite forumers here thinking I was barking mad or something) - this is great news.
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/...-half-an-hour-from-shrewsbury-to-london-trip/
If the 0706 ex Salop makes commercial calls at Stafford and Rugby it will be good news for them (and de-risk the likelihood of an empty train).
Euston arrival at 0919 must mean about 0750 from Stafford and 0825-ish from Rugby.
Ideal gap-filler.
Snooty Salopians who don't like the long way round via Oxley-Bushbury can drive to Stafford and still pick up up "their" train...
If the 0706 ex Salop makes commercial calls at Stafford and Rugby it will be good news for them (and de-risk the likelihood of an empty train).
Euston arrival at 0919 must mean about 0750 from Stafford and 0825-ish from Rugby.
Ideal gap-filler.
Snooty Salopians who don't like the long way round via Oxley-Bushbury can drive to Stafford and still pick up up "their" train...
Would seem a bit pointless stopping it at Rugby about 8.25ish as there is already a Virgin train at 8.23.
Could be for pathing, since it may well have caught up anyway, might as well stop there and get everything in the right order to arrive at Euston, could also be that the 8:23 off Rugby may end up being a voyager, so one could join them together...?
Has anyone actually seen the Track Access Application for this yet?