"Tom Anderson" wrote in message
h.li...
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:50:21 +0100, Michael Hoffman
wrote:

Paul Corfield wrote:

http://www.londonmidland.com/index.html

is the new website for the winning company and has details of what will
be done in the franchise.

How exiting! They are going to introduce "sub-brands!" Truly they
understand what is important to the common passenger.

To be fair it is no different to the current policy used by Silverlink
with respect to "metro" and "county".

I'm confused. Which sub-brand do the current Silverlink County services
come under? "London Midland Express Lines will provide a distinctive
identity for the longer distance routes outside the West Midlands", but i
don't think Euston to Tring is really 'longer distance'. But "London
Midland City will be a platform for the promotion of integrated transport
across the West Midlands city and region", and i don't think Tring trains
have much to do with the West Midlands either.

What about Bletchley to Bedford and Watford to St Albans? Are they going to
be express lines?

I see that their plans include "the operation of the Parry People Mover on
the Stourbridge Town line"; is that now completely definite, then?

Yes - the PPM website 'stop press' seems pretty categoric about it...

Paul