Agenda: Promising Start for New Rail Service - but Can It Last? ; the West Midlands Crosscity Route has a New Operator. Alison Stacey Gives Her Views On the First Few Days of the New London Midland Rail Service

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A new era of train travel is upon us!

Gone are the days of waiting for hours for a train in the icy depths of winter because a leaf has fallen on the line, then eventually being packed into a carriage like a battery hen. Our saviour has supposedly arrived to sweep us off our proverbial feet. About time, too.

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Agenda: Promising Start for New Rail Service - but Can It Last? ; the West Midlands Crosscity Route has a New Operator. Alison Stacey Gives Her Views On the First Few Days of the New London Midland Rail Service

London Midland took over the West Midlands rail network last Sunday, bringing a bucket-load of new promises, targets and improvements with it. According to the passenger charter we can look forward to "a service that is punctual, reliable, clean, safe and that continually improves your...

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