The Hawk
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In a major revamp of West Coast mainline and local services, it seems Stafford will be the major winner. According to the planned changes, there will be major improvements to services to/from Stafford with effect from the December 2022 timetable change.
There will be new hourly services:
1. to/from Scotland; and
2. to/from North Wales.
One London-Manchester service per hour will also be stopping at Stafford as well. However, this effectively replaces the hourly Avanti Liverpool-London Euston service, which will no longer stop at Stafford.
The result of the above changes will also see more services to/from London Euston as well.
The changes will also see the hourly Crewe-Stoke-Stafford-Wolverhampton-Birmingham service diverted between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, to call at Tame Bridge Parkway and, with effect from December 2023, it will also call at the new stations being built at Willenhall and Darlaston.
The above is based on announcements by Avanti and West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway & West Midlands Railway). Cross Country Trains have not finalised their plans yet, so there may be additional changes on their routes.
There will be new hourly services:
1. to/from Scotland; and
2. to/from North Wales.
One London-Manchester service per hour will also be stopping at Stafford as well. However, this effectively replaces the hourly Avanti Liverpool-London Euston service, which will no longer stop at Stafford.
The result of the above changes will also see more services to/from London Euston as well.
The changes will also see the hourly Crewe-Stoke-Stafford-Wolverhampton-Birmingham service diverted between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, to call at Tame Bridge Parkway and, with effect from December 2023, it will also call at the new stations being built at Willenhall and Darlaston.
The above is based on announcements by Avanti and West Midlands Trains (London Northwestern Railway & West Midlands Railway). Cross Country Trains have not finalised their plans yet, so there may be additional changes on their routes.