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The service would allow direct trains between Wolverhampton and Walsall to Nuneaton for the first time. [3] [4] [11] [13] The estimated travel time between Wrexham and London is three hours, while between Shrewsbury and London is two hours. [13] Telford and Wrekin Council have requested that trains also call at Wellington. [14]
There was a direct service to London Marylebone, provided by the open-access company Wrexham & Shropshire, which operated from 28 April 2008 to 28 January 2011 and used diesel locomotives. On 11 December 2014, Virgin Trains recommenced direct services between Shrewsbury and London Euston. [1]
Telford Central is served by two train operating companies, West Midlands Trains and Transport for Wales Rail with the following standard service: Transport for Wales: [4] 1 train per hour (tph) northbound to Shrewsbury, with alternate trains continuing to Pwllheli & Aberystwyth or Holyhead via Chester and Wrexham General.
Due to signalling constraints, trains cannot depart to the south. Platform 3 can accommodate a 7 car train, [8] and was used for regular passenger services to London Marylebone via Shrewsbury, Telford Central and Tame Bridge, operated by Wrexham & Shropshire. This platform is now used by a small number of Borderlands Line passenger services ...
These services are operated by West Midlands Trains under the 'West Midlands Railway' brand using British Rail Class 196 DMUs. One Transport for Wales service calls per day after midnight, westbound only to Telford and Shrewsbury. Sunday services are hourly calling at all stations, with an additional nighttime Transport for Wales service ...
Virgin Trains re-launched a direct Shrewsbury to London Euston service in December 2014. [44] In addition, there are three further stations isolated from the national network, Spring Village, Lawley and Horsehay & Dawley, at Telford Steam Railway, situated at Horsehay. Telford's rapidly growing population still has a relatively low car ownership.
Shrewsbury Transport for Wales Birmingham – Chester Telford Central Transport for Wales Cambrian Line Shrewsbury: Disused railways Terminus Great Western Railway Wellington and Severn Junction Railway Ketley Line and station closed: Admaston Line open, station closed London and North Western Railway Stafford to Shrewsbury Line Hadley Line and ...
Telford Station. From 1967 development of a new town named Telford took place. The town has a station on the S&BR line, opened in 1986. In 1983 a new spur line was built at Wolverhampton, enabling direct running from the Stafford direction to Oxley Carriage Sidings: from Stafford Road Junction to Bushbury Junction.