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| Leg | From | Dep. WTT | Dep. Real | To | Arr. WTT | Arr. Real | Distance | ID | Oper | Origin | Destination | Class | Car. | Loading | Ref. |
| 1 | Nottingham | 0941 | OT | Birmingham New Street | 1055 | 1056+1 | 57m20c | 1G16 | XC | Nottingham | Birmingham New Street | 170 | 2 | Light | |
| 2 | Birmingham New Street | 1122 | OT | Wrexham General | 1301 | 1302+1 | 72m64c | 1D13 | AW | Birmingham International | Holyhead | 158 | 2 | Full | *1 |
| 3 | Wrexham General | 1430 | OT | Shrewsbury | 1506 | 1505-1 | 30m20c | 1V96 | AW | Holyhead | Cardiff Central | 197 | 2+2 | Medium | |
| 4 | Shrewsbury | 1531 | 1532+1 | Birmingham New Street | 1630 | 1631+1 | 42m44c | 1I20 | AW | Aberystwyth | Birmingham International | 158 | 2+2 | Medium | *2 |
| 5 | Birmingham New Street | 1630 | 1636+6 | Derby | 1704 | 1716+12 | 41m20c | 1E52 | XC | Reading | Newcastle | 222 | 4 | Full | *3 |
| 6 | Derby | 1729 | 1730+1 | Nottingham | 1754 | 1757+3 | 16m0c | 1N21 | EM | Crewe | Newark Castle | 170 | 2 | Medium | |
| ALL | Nottingham | 0941 | OT | Nottingham | 1754 | 1757+3 | 260m8c |
Notes:
*1: Service very busy to Wolverhampton and Telford, revenue protection out in force. This appears to normally be a 4 coach service as far as Shrewsbury but it and a number of other services on this line were short formed today. Noticed there were no Welsh announcements, not sure if this is normal for the 158 services?
Wrexham General is an attractive station with an interesting canopy and footbridge towers, but first impressions of Wrexham were not good, walked down from Wrexham General to Wrexham Central via Watery Road, viewing the sad sight that is Central station from the bridge, and came to a bleak open air shopping centre with no facilities evident and a number of closed units including a large empty Wilko. However, after walking a couple of minutes further things improved considerably, the shopping area seemed quite lively with many independent shops, interesting alleyways and arcades, plus the near cathedral sized St. Giles’ church with its magnificent stained glass.
*2: Waiting at Shrewsbury, 1I20 is normally 2+2 coaches formed of portions from Aberystwyth and Pwllheli, but instead a 2 coach ECS unit arrived first, and then was joined by the 2 coaches from Aberystwyth, with the Pwllheli portion (2I20) having terminated at Machynlleth (where the portions normally join).
*3: Connection to Newcastle service was possible due to it being delayed by a freight service in the Small Heath area.
Photo: Wrexham Central Station
Photo: Wrexham General Station Canopy
Photo: Wrexham Bank Street shopping alley
Photo: Shrewsbury Crewe Junction signal box
Photo: Shrewsbury Crewe Junction semaphore signals
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