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Originally Posted by Midland Compound
. I'll have a look at the 1758 ex Stafford on Monday .
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Bad News - arrived at Stafford station 1733, no 1758 listed
Good News - 1750 announcement "tonight there will be an extra train at 1756 to Crewe, Warrington, Wigan, Preston
Bad News - it was a Pendolino
Good News - it was virtually empty
Even better news - Stafford to Crewe in maybe as little as 15 mins ! [Forgot to notice exact time leaving Stafford, certainly not before 1758, and arrived Crewwe 1814] Best time I've ever done in over 2 years daily travel, due to no crossing back and forth to the slow line, no signal check outside Crewe, no using a 20mph crossover to reach platform 11.
Good job the train was running because nothing else was ! All trains stopped between Stafford and Wolves due to a bridge strike ...