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The 1.30 from bham ( running 25 min late) is rammed, no seats! so people are using it

So do u have to buy ticket prior to boarding now then? if by both hednesford car parks you mean the co op that has a 3hr time limit

oh right. itll be interesting to see if it gets support/ another operator runs it post sept, as certain journeys are still pretty well used

ive never been able to get parked at h'ford or landywood in peak times, at busy times you cant get a seat, including when ive come back on the last 11.20pm from bham train before now, cannock train station ( & hednesford) are both pretty shitty with crap shelters when its chucking it down. Ive found it a  pretty miserable experience when ive used it in the past. on the plus side at least they dont use Sprinters anymore, they really were Shit and the seats stank!

Strange to register an alt route on a service thats doomed dont you think

since when does it go to Scott Arms???

Will there be the demand for half hourly trains between Rugeley & Birmingham ( and back) ? I think its a pretty crap service at present and disgusting that they charge a higher fare before 930 when buses dont

Didnt the Nationals run at Wolves until this time? I remember wondering why Twm would spend all the money they did re engineing a number of them with Volvo engines in the mid 90s only to withdraw them a couple of years later! what a waste!

what difference does it make whether its electric or diesel? what difference in journey time between cannock & birmingham will it make?

They werent very nice to travel on, but seemed to have more room on them the current trains on the chaseline seem pretty narrow inside

do they ever still use them awful sprinter trains on it ?

caught the 330 bk from brum today was 3/4 full on the existing route. i think it would be a success to be fair especially if it ran from h'ford with intermediate points like chadsmoor or pye green an gt wyrley cheslyn hay etc

i just thought, once the M6 works are done & fourth lane put in, it should improve things no doubt. i reckon there'd be a market for a new style route from cannock to brum, joining at j11, and running direct, it could be a viable alt to the train

They put the prices up on the 1 too, does that run at a loss? at one time cannock was a really important place for nxwm. Do the peak time X51s make anything at the Cannock end? i dont know why they keep on a stupid o'clock 3 times a day crappy relic from the past?

yep! thats thatchers shit deregulation for you initial competition followed by shit private monopolies