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Topic: ATW Plans to Extend Aberystwyth/Chester Services To Birmingham Airport (Read 1532 times)
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Lee
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ATW is considering introducing new services linking Shropshire with Birmingham International Airport (link below.) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7288490.stm Arriva Trains Wales, which operates most rail services in Shropshire, said it wants to extend services from Aberystwyth and Chester. The operator said it needs approval from the Office of Rail Regulation but aims to start in December this year. The extension would give the county an hourly service to the airport. |
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Industry Insider
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Don't see much merit in that. The New Street-International is already one of the most congested on the network, and with Virgin increasing from two to three Birmingham-London trains an hour in December, a half-empty class 156 plying up and down ain't gonna help at all.
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Steve Bray
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Precisely... this would only lead to delays on that stretch. Mind you even Wolverhampton to New Street is pretty busy; how many trains on that stretch per hour?
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