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Re: WSMR and New St

Von: Jonathan Morton (jonathan@jonathanmortonbutignorethisbit.co.uk) [Profil]
Datum: 24.07.2008 23:37
Message-ID: <tYidnftvQ9qpaxXVnZ2dnUVZ8qbinZ2d@bt.com>
Newsgroup: uk.railway
"Tom" <tom@midtrees.plus.com> wrote in message
news:ea697717-0802-4c81-a81e-b664aba42e5c@w1g2000prk.googlegroups.com...
> On 24 Jul, 13:07, allan tracy <thunderbird57...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I believe some northbound WSMR services are routed from Banbury -
>> Solihull - New St - Tame Valley rather then the normal route via
>> Coventry - Stechford - Aston - Tame Valley.
>>
>> Purely out of interest, has anyone experienced or witnessed an actual
>> non-stop pass through New St,
>
> Why on earth are these services routed this way? Surely taking the
> avoiding line north of New Street would be far more sensible that
> having to have a complete platform free to pass through?

The service in question (usually about 1810 at New Street) is routed from
Solihull via St Andrews Junction - too far west to access the cut-off from
Stechford to Aston.

Regards

Jonathan



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