On 2 Mar, 21:55, Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:47:44 -0800 (PST), darkprince66

wrote:
On 2 Mar, 21:41, Mizter T wrote:
[1] But what of Wedgwood, Barlaston and Norton Bridge?
You mean this Norton Bridge?

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Ah - a perfect opportunity for a question. *I was reading a letter in
Modern Railways about these three stations on the WCML that lost their
service. *Can anyone give a brief explanation as to why? *I know it was
to do with the WCML upgrade but don't understand the causes / reasons.
Why was Norton Bridge's bridge removed?

Sorry if this has been done before on uk.railway but it does seem a very
strange state of affairs.
--
Paul C

The stopping service between Stoke & Stafford run by CT was
"temporarily" withdrawn when the Norton Bridge/Colwich to Cheadle
Hulme route was closed for upgrading (as part of the aforementioned
WCML upgrade) in 2003. Whilst it was shut, the units used on it and
the Trent Valley stopping trains from Coventry to Stafford via
Nuneaton were redeployed elsewhere in the West Midlands. So when the
route reopened, there wasn't any stock available to run the stopping
service and hence the bustitution remained. Norton Bridge's
footbridge was removed not long after the service ceased to permit
increased clearances for the upgraded OHLE put in as part of the same
upgrade and reinstatement wasn't considered economically feasible
given that said station served nowhere of any great size and wasn't
going to get trains back anyway! Stone was left without a service for
4+ years also, but did at least get it back when LM started running
its Euston - Crewe Desiros in 2008.

GM