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"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
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In article . com,
(BRB Class 465) wrote:

CT is an interesting company, in that they have an abysmal
reputation everywhere, though their day-to-day service isn't too bad.
I think their weakness lies in the way they handle disruption.

The 10:09 ex-Cambridge to Stansted has been cancelled twice this week.
Not good for people catching planes.

I hope the split of CT doesn't mean the end of Birmingham Stations fares
from Cambridge. At present it's the same TOC all the way to Selly Oak
with Central Value etc fares available.


Isn't that route going to be part of newXC? If Virgin get it you may have to
get used to 'Value Advance' fares...

Paul

Go Via get West Midlands franchise
 

In article ,
(Paul Scott) wrote:

"Colin Rosenstiel" wrote in message
...
In article . com,
(BRB Class 465) wrote:

CT is an interesting company, in that they have an abysmal
reputation everywhere, though their day-to-day service isn't too
bad. I think their weakness lies in the way they handle disruption.

The 10:09 ex-Cambridge to Stansted has been cancelled twice this
week. Not good for people catching planes.

I hope the split of CT doesn't mean the end of Birmingham
Stations fares from Cambridge. At present it's the same TOC all the
way to Selly Oak with Central Value etc fares available.

Isn't that route going to be part of newXC? If Virgin get it you
may have to get used to 'Value Advance' fares...

Indeed. But will they continue to be valid past New Street?

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Colin Rosenstiel

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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.

I'm disappointed they aren't renaming themselves "Go West".

Go Via get West Midlands franchise
 

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, asdf wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:20:21 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

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.

You're being overly picky. The route is from London to Birmingham and
Crewe; a few of the trains just happen turn back at Tring.

That's one way of looking at it, i suppose.

It's fairly clear to me: one brand for WCML semi-fast services, and one
brand for everything else (i.e. most of what's inherited from Central
Trains).

Great, except the name and description don't fit that.

tom

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