"Sam" wrote in message
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Hi All

Due to my partner's working commitments it looks like we will be moving
from London to the Stafford area

Has anyone experience of commuting from Stafford to EUS ? Needing to
arrive into EUS about 0900 and leaving at 1700 ish, chances of getting
seats, frequency of delays etc etc ?

I've done this route many times, albeit from London to Crewe. Going down,
there are 3 Pendolinos that arrive into Euston before 9 - the
05:59/06:25/07:05 from Crewe (all call at Stafford). I always travel First
Class but you're always likely to get a seat at Stafford as the first train
(05:20 from Manchester) always fills up from the Trent Valley stations and
Rugby. You can always reserve a seat though. Returning back, I routinely
get the 17:21 Holyhead service, which calls at Stafford. Since this calls
at Rugby, I've heard PA announcements of it regularly being full and
standing in Standard - First is always almost full. This service is
notorious for not being on time.