For those of you that don't know, the Sept 27th Timetable for Silverlink
County is now available on the web at:

http://www.silverlink-trains.com/wes...timetable.html


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"Jeffrey Asante" wrote in message news:3559bd61461f767f8347df10188c00b4.17219@mygat e.mailgate.org...
For those of you that don't know, the Sept 27th Timetable for Silverlink
County is now available on the web at:

http://www.silverlink-trains.com/wes...timetable.html


Jeff.

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about not
being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train in
question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

In article , James
writes

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about not
being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train in
question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

It's not a perfectly good replacement - it goes 10 mins earlier and
arrives 13 mins later - 23 mins difference!!!!!
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Andrew P Smith wrote in message ...
In article , James
writes

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about not
being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train in
question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

It's not a perfectly good replacement - it goes 10 mins earlier and
arrives 13 mins later - 23 mins difference!!!!!

That amount of time shouldn't make any real difference. If they really
find it so objectionable, there are two real cities, namely Birmingham
and London, which have far better jobs and far easier train journeys.

(James) wrote in
m:

Andrew P Smith wrote in message
...
In article , James
writes

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about
not being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train
in question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

It's not a perfectly good replacement - it goes 10 mins earlier and
arrives 13 mins later - 23 mins difference!!!!!

That amount of time shouldn't make any real difference. If they really
find it so objectionable, there are two real cities, namely Birmingham
and London, which have far better jobs and far easier train journeys.


Remind me how long it takes to drive from Coventry to Milton Keynes (50
miles, station to station, 57 minutes according to my route planner.
Except of course the journey doesn't actually start at Coventry station or
finish at Milton Keynes station).

One day the railways will learn that losing customers is easy, winning them
back much more difficult.

David Jackman wrote in message . 252.50...
(James) wrote in
m:

Andrew P Smith wrote in message
...
In article , James
writes

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about
not being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train
in question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

It's not a perfectly good replacement - it goes 10 mins earlier and
arrives 13 mins later - 23 mins difference!!!!!

That amount of time shouldn't make any real difference. If they really
find it so objectionable, there are two real cities, namely Birmingham
and London, which have far better jobs and far easier train journeys.


Remind me how long it takes to drive from Coventry to Milton Keynes (50
miles, station to station, 57 minutes according to my route planner.
Except of course the journey doesn't actually start at Coventry station or
finish at Milton Keynes station).

One day the railways will learn that losing customers is easy, winning them
back much more difficult.

Okay, so how about getting a couple of Meridians and running them in
VXC's slot between Birmingham and Coventry (divert VXC via Solihull,
swap the 323s on the Coventry line for the 150s on the Walsall Line
and extend them to Leamington), then either direct or via Northampton
to Milton Keynes, where the train can join the Slow Lines and either
run via Bicester Town to Oxford or via Aylesbury to Marylebone?

On 28 Aug 2004 16:06:53 -0700, (James) wrote:

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about not
being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train in
question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

No good for anyone working from 8:30am, and leaves earlier as well.
Also, I can't see that 6-minute connection being reliable.

Also no good, as I recall, for anyone coming from Brum itself who will
have to change twice.

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

Quite.

One word: "politics"

Neil

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thing is this major TT change was going to happen sooner or later suppose we
all better get used to it and of course the extortionate fares we have to
pay to use these services

Kev
"Neil Williams" wrote in message
...
On 28 Aug 2004 16:06:53 -0700, (James) wrote:

Well that answers those Coventry whiners who are complaining about not
being able to get to Milton Keynes. I believe the current train in
question is:

Cov 0737
MKC 0812

There's a perfectly good connection in this timetable to replace it:

Cov 0727
Nhn 0803

Nhn 0809
MKC 0825

No good for anyone working from 8:30am, and leaves earlier as well.
Also, I can't see that 6-minute connection being reliable.

Also no good, as I recall, for anyone coming from Brum itself who will
have to change twice.

Makes you wonder why they don't make it a through train with a
six-minute pause at Northampton really...

Quite.

One word: "politics"

Neil

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Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
To e-mail use neil at the above domain

"Jeffrey Asante" wrote in message news:3559bd61461f767f8347df10188c00b4.17219@mygat e.mailgate.org...
For those of you that don't know, the Sept 27th Timetable for Silverlink
County is now available on the web at:

http://www.silverlink-trains.com/wes...timetable.html


Jeff.

Certain peak trains are "formed of InterCity stock". Have they
inherited some 86/87/Mk2/3s from Virgin?

Nick

On 29 Aug 2004 06:38:15 -0700, (Nick
Whitelegg) wrote:

Certain peak trains are "formed of InterCity stock". Have they
inherited some 86/87/Mk2/3s from Virgin?

I understand they'll be operated by VT under contract to SS and will
use a West Coast Mk3 set.

Neil

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