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There has been some publicity in the Shropshire Star newspaper about the VLR being tested on the old Ironbridge Power station site and it possible being used to reopen the Ironbridge freight line for passengers long term.

The good news is that Network Rail are saying that they've almost completed the repair work and that the line should reopen first thing Friday morning.

Well done to West Midlands Trains/Network Rail for eventually sorting out a rail service from Telford C to Wolverhampton in very difficult circumstances - shows what can be done if the will is there! Pity that Transport for Wales can't be bothered to do the same from Wellington to Shrewsbury!

that the official figures from the ORR data travel flow 2023-2024 so your right it's a lot more in reality!

A rail shuttle from Shrewsbury to Wellington over the next 2 weeks is easily doable (WMT are eventually managing a BIrmingham-Shifnal rail shuttle, starting Monday which is much more complicated) and TFW need to put passengers and show that the rail industry is flexible and is passengers...

The buses are taking around 30 mins via the new A5 and the train takes 12 mins - capacity bus 52 and a 4 coach 196 around 300 (and more accessible for those with luggage, mobility issues) and there is a very busy 'flow' Wellington-Shrewsbury over 200,000 per year. So TFW could (and should) run a...

Has anyone found the detailed WSMR application on the ORR website? I've not managed to find it

Interesting news but they seem to be choosing a strange stopping pattern and route and and by not calling at Wellington station (which had over 14,000 journeys to and from London last year) makes it difficult to see how they will fill 5 daily return trains.

Yes, you are completely correct! TfW are telling lots of lies, as a shuttle service is fairly straightforward as there are crossovers, bi-directional signals and run round facilities. They don't have a can-do approach and even WMT are showing (eventually) what can be done if there is the will!

Running a Shrewsbury -Wellington shuttle (by TFW) should be straightforward (they have done before several times) as Wellington station has the infrastructure (bi-directional signalling etc) and a Wolves-Telford shuttle should be possible as there is a cross-over at Madeley Jnt. It needs the...

That would be a good idea as a Wolves-Telford shuttle would help passengers (especially with heavy luggage/mobility issues) and a similar shuttle could operate Wellington-Shrewsbury leaving only a very short bus connection which has already got a service bus every 15 minutes! (No 4 which...

The actual reason numbers were not high recently is the huge number of cancellations on this route (the 18-16pm Avanti Euston-Shrewsbury has been cancelled or terminated at Wolverhampton virtually every day for the last month) and this totally unreliability is part of a 'managed decline' by the...

Completely agree - there's more to this than meets the eye, especially with a new open access company suddenly appearing! Avant have perhaps been 'instructed ' to run the route down?

The Ironbridge Gorge is an area of severe flooding of the river Severn (5 times flood defences put up this winter blocking the main road), buses regularly cannot get to the town and the rail infrastructure is intact (although needs upgrading) and is above the flood plain and the VLR being much...

The VLR has a lot of potential for reviving short branch lines, very cheap to operate and 'green'. Locally there are a couple of lines that they could be used in, a reopened Ironbridge -Wellington line and the Oswestry-Gobowen route (which is on the restoring your railway list) and of course...

completely agree - this was managed decline by the Dft/Avanti, there has been no marketing/specialoffers/publicity and added to that a service with only peak hour trains with huge fares which were regularly fully cancelled or part cancelled at Wolverhampton.

This is the work of the Dft (on a desperate Govt driven money saving agenda) and sadly it will have a negative impact on the whole of Shropshire (which will again becomes the only county without a direct train to London). Passengers with mobility issues, with heavy luggage and young children do...

The TfW hourly service to International is hopeless, with often only 2 coaches, usually overcrowded and it regularly misses out Wellington and Telford stations when they are full and standing from Shrewsbury. A present it is being operated by very old rolling stock 150s and 158s. which is...

This will be very unpopular with travellers and politicians in Shropshire and especially as the general election is due this year! It's a very bad look as the new Avanti 805s are preparing to be used from June 24. Changing trains at Birmingham NS for disabled travellers, or others with heavy...

thank you