And Manchester (which had through services pre-covid), and Sheffied, as well as Nottingham from Cardiff.
Yes, I'd agree - it will almost certainly terminate for connections to HS2. Not ideal, but not the end of the world.
My elderly father wanted to be shown how to use certain things without having to read an instruction manual and I assume there are many others like him.
Because its likely to be faster. Around 40 minutes Cheltenham to Birmingham, then 45 minutes to Euston. Call it 1h45 to allow transfer time. Compared to over 2 hours via Swindon, to Paddington which is further from most destinations in London.
That's what it already gets (few gaps left at present as the timetable returns to normal). The plan was to get another every 2 hours (i.e increase to 2.5tph) but the latest timetable ditched that promise due to lack of capacity.
Surely HS2 trains will use capacity north of Derby vacated by current MML services.
This also assumes the MML will not have its capacity expanded. Certain parts of the MML are definitely getting upgraded as opposed to just electrified (Trent, Dore, Sheffield), so it's not beyond possibility that more space can't be found between those points.
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Thanks. I hadn't picked up on that yet>
There almost certainly will have to be some development at Sheffield, but there isn't the detail to say whether the HS2 services will be on top, or could be replacing some of the existing services. It may be a longer way round, but if you can go 2-3 times faster then overall it will be quicker.
I had assumed it would be faster via EM Parkway. If trains from Central Birmingham are faster to Derby via Tamworth, then does that mean that trains from London to Derby would be faster that way too, if there was an appropriate curve at Water Orton? I'd be very surprised if that were the case.
You would have to do it somewhere between Washwood Heath and Saltley. Would make an interesting system integration problem. HS2 is diving into tunnel at Bromford and doesnt pop out until the back of Water Orton.
As has been pointed out it would be very unpopular if there were no longer Sheffield to Leicester services.
To add 2tph between East Midlands Parkway and Sheffield via Derby overlaid on the current service would be difficult but very possible in line with electrification and some other infrastructure improvements. To add 4tph would require some enormous interventions taking years, causing enormous disruption and coming at unknown cost.
Isn't the quote Curzon St to Nottingham in 28 mins? Take some of that off for the journey from East Mids to Nottingham and its probably very similar to now.
Glad someone spotted that.
Thanks
Second that! I've given up on Twitter at the moment concerning the IRP. It's full of people who don't know the first thing about rail (other than to re-tweet some gormless reporter saying we have the worst railway in Europe and our trains cost more than planes, etc.) saying the plan is bad because "Tories". And then another group of people saying the plan is bad because "Zoom and nobody needs to travel anymore". Tiresome.
