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Why would the NXWM Managing Director speculate about this?

I think announcing it first to the Omnibus Society is very poor form

While looking to see if there was anything about the 11 found a website item item issued yesterday ;

https://nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands/service-updates/school-services-update-from-monday-28th-june-2021

VOSA search doesn't show any change.

Three different Voyagers, including two 5 car sets, have spent part of the day on cl.170 jobs today, as well as the temporary diagram on the 05.52 from New St and 07.22 from Leicester, but the oddest working was 170109 on the 11.07 Nottingham-Cardiff running via Castle Donington, terminating at Gloster and returning empty to New St.

Rest day working certainly used to have to be sanctioned by the relevant union.

I would guess failure to agree rest day working with the unions.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/28314464@N03/51172945935/in/photolist-CnSonK-kJ8abc-nwLJ5Q-nrzAAT-r6TPaK-dfLNS9-2kXYHZ8-2kXcBvB-kUHicx-2kXYHZi-2kX8czm-2kXcu1V-2kXcBCF-2kXbe5s-2kXctXy-sdG8Nn-nFkJ7Z

Ex YourBus  H159SKU seen in Cheddleton yesterday (not by me)

And the North Wales Coast - that must be a better bet for Welsh Assembly funded electrification, making the 805s in build available to work to Shrewsbury - it would certainly be a better use of funding than their bonkers scheme for a half-hourly service to Trawsfyndd!

Midlands Connect might have more influence if they moved into the twenty-first century -
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The lack of electrification on the first stage of the line from Shrewsbury means that currently, trains travelling to London need to change engines at Birmingham, adding to cost to the train operators and delay for passengers.
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And of course Avanti have Cl.805s in build.

Saw one of them in Nuneaton yesterday with the scruffiest remnants of branding I've ever seen.

Jun 21 changes now on website.
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74 is running hourly to Walsall and the 1 half-hourly. to Walsall.
H is replaced by new 828 to Lichfield via the Hospital.

 7 and 8 timetables replacing Chaserider services now on Select website, as well as a 23 Cannock-Wimblebury-Hednesford.

Also  shows the 71 going to Chaserider, with a link to the Chaserider website for further information - although currently it doesn't say anything.

More work for Select then?

Select 7, 8, 23 timetables now on their website.

Seems to be a substantial shortage of 170s - two turn covered by Voyagers and four evening peak departures from New St cancelled, although some may be backwash of LNER's 05.26 Stirling-KX standing just south of Durham until about 19.30, delaying long distance trains.

Today's N&P has a registration for the Stourbridge Town Car overflow.