Wolverhampton - Bescot Stadium direct?

[Gathursty]

According to Wikipedia, as well as the Walsall direct parly, there is a Wolverhampton - Bescot Stadium direct service on a Saturday. I can't find it on the London Midland site nor the PSUL website. Is this just an error?

 

[The Planner]

Ending at Bescot? sounds dodgy to me.

 

[Gathursty]

It may continue on to Birmingham NS or it may be in the opposite direction but I haven't heard of this parly before so I'm sceptical too.

 

[The Planner]

Nothing else shown as passenger at Darlaston Jn apart from the Wolves Walsall and diverted Virgins, Wikinonsense again.

 

[TDK]

It may be a rounder from Birmingham NS to Birmingham NS or something.

 

[sd0733]

There is a direct Wolverhamton-Bescot Stadium (continuing to Walsall) train every 30 minutes all day but goes via Birmingham.
Nothing bar the Saturday am train goes down the branch from Wolves though and nothing is booked to terminate at Bescot so its definitely not right.

 

[12guard4]

Must be a fault somewhere because as mentioned there is no service terminating at Bescott

 

[causton]

Closest you will get is an ATW/VT going BHM - WVH via Bescot Stadium but not stopping, hoping to do the line going on a VT on a Friday night before taking the parly the next morning if my plans go well in the future!

 

[Bungle965]

Do you have the link to the Wiki page please.
Sam

 

[Gathursty]

Do you have the link to the Wiki page please.
Sam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walsall_to_Wolverhampton_Line

Recent History

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'There is also a service between Besot Stadium and Wolverhampton on Saturdays as well not via Walsall, using the other track direct to Bescot Stadium.'

 

[Bungle965]

The full service was withdrawn on 13 December 2008, although there is still a 'Parliamentary train' – initially, one train per day ran directly from Walsall to Wolverhampton on weekdays, leaving Walsall at 19:36, but this was replaced in the 19 May 2013 timetable by a Saturdays-only train from Wolverhampton to Walsall leaving Wolverhampton at 06:38.

Looks like someone has changed it to be correct.
Sam

 

[craigybagel]

Engineering work this weekend means lots of opportunities to go via Bescot at civilised hours. Virgin and ATW are both running hourly nonstop Wolverhampton-Birmingham and return via Bescot on Saturday and Sunday.