West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services through Stone are being cancelled from Monday – full details below.
LNR Press Release:
London Northwestern Railway will begin running to a new timetable from next week as part of the rail industry’s commitment to operate regular train services during the coronavirus outbreak.
With passenger numbers continuing to fall and increased numbers of rail staff self-isolating, the operator – along with sister company West Midlands Railway – has announced further changes will come into effect on Monday 6 April.
The latest timetable has been designed to keep as many services running as possible if part of the network has to close due to the increased impact of COVID-19.
Julian Edwards, managing director of London Northwestern Railway, said:
“The rail industry is facing our biggest challenge in peacetime. We are working together to operate a regular service for our key workers and those making only the most essential journeys.
“With increased numbers of rail workers entering self-isolation due to coronavirus and a big drop in passenger numbers, now is the right time to make further changes to our service. As the government has made clear, people should only use the train for essential journeys.
“I would like to pay special tribute to our front-line staff, including drivers, conductors, dispatchers, station teams, engineers, cleaners and those in our control centres. Their hard work and dedication to keeping the trains running are helping key workers save lives.”
The new timetable, which will be available to view at www.lnr.uk/coronavirus from tomorrow (Friday), has been built in ‘chunks’ to reduce the length of journeys taken by an individual train.
The frequency of trains has been reduced on some routes. All journeys between Birmingham New Street and London Euston will now involve a change at Northampton.
Some routes will no longer receive a London Northwestern Railway service, including:
- The Abbey Line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey
- The Marston Vale line between Bletchley and Bedford
- Stations between Stafford and Crewe via The Potteries (larger stations served by alternative operators)
To check live journey information visit www.lnr.uk/plan and follow @LNRailway for updates.
Below is a summary of our new timetable plan.
West Midlands Railway
Birmingham New Street lines
Birmingham – Northampton
- Birmingham New Street – Northampton, via Coventry (all stations) – hourly (increases to 2 trains per hour from 15 April).
In addition, Avanti West Coast is planning to run hourly between Coventry – Birmingham International – Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton, and CrossCountry will be running hourly between Leamington Spa – Coventry – Birmingham International – Birmingham New Street – Wolverhampton – Stafford – Stoke-on-Trent.
Cross City (Lichfield – Redditch/Bromsgrove)
- Lichfield Trent Valley – Birmingham (all stations) – 2 trains per hour
- Birmingham – Barnt Green (all stations) 2 trains per hour
- Birmingham – Alvechurch – Redditch – hourly
- Birmingham – Bromsgrove – 2 trains an hour
- University – Birmingham – 3 trains an hour
CrossCountry is planning to run hourly between University – Birmingham New St
Chase Line (Rugeley/Walsall – Birmingham)
- Birmingham – Rugeley Trent Valley (all stations) – hourly
Wolverhampton – Birmingham New Street
- Wolverhampton – Birmingham – 3 trains per hour
- Wolverhampton – Birmingham, all stations – hourly
- Sandwell & Dudley – Wolverhampton / Birmingham – 2 trains per hour
- Smethwick Galton Bridge – Wolverhampton / Birmingham – 2 trains per hour
Birmingham New Street – Stafford / Crewe
- Birmingham New St – Liverpool, via Penkridge / Stafford / Crewe – hourly
- Alsager, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, Stone – no trains will run
CrossCountry is planning to run hourly between Birmingham – Stoke-on-Trent via Stafford
Hereford / Shrewsbury lines
- Worcester Shrub Hill – Droitwich Spa – Bromsgrove – University – Birmingham New Street– hourly
- Hereford, Ledbury, Colwall, Great Malvern, Malvern Link – no train service
- Worcester Foregate St – Birmingham Snow Hill – hourly
- Shrewsbury – Wolverhampton (all stations) – Sandwell & Dudley – Birmingham New Street – hourly
Birmingham Snow Hill lines
- Dorridge – Kidderminster, via Birmingham Snow Hill – hourly
- Stratford-upon-Avon – Worcester, via Whitlocks End / Birmingham Snow Hill / Droitwich Spa – hourly
Chiltern Railways is planning to run hourly between Leamington Spa – Dorridge – Solihull – Birmingham Moor Street
Branch lines
- Coventry – Nuneaton – Leamington Spa – hourly.
- Stourbridge Town – Stourbridge Junction – 4 trains per hour (starts earlier, finishes later than currently)
CrossCountry is planning to run hourly between Leamington Spa – Coventry
London Northwestern Railway
- Birmingham – no direct LNR trains (use Avanti services or change at Northampton)
- Crewe, via Lichfield Trent Valley – hourly between Crewe and Rugby (use Avanti services between London and Rugby)
- Northampton – London Euston – 2 trains per hour (all stations)
Birmingham New Street to Northampton via Coventry
- Birmingham New Street – Northampton, via Coventry (all stations) – hourly (increases to 2 trains per hour from 15 April)
Birmingham New Street towards the north-west
- Birmingham New St – Liverpool, via Penkridge / Stafford / Crewe – hourly
- Alsager, Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, Stone – no trains will run
- Bedford – Bletchley (Marston Vale) –– no train service will run
- St Albans Abbey – Watford Junction (The Abbey) – no train service will run
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