Updated: 17:50pm Sunday. This post will not now be updated as the disruption appears to be over. In the last few minutes the company has said: “A normal service will operate between Cardiff and Shrewsbury/Manchester.” See also: Cardiff-Chester rail services resume after defect repaired. Check before you travel. You can check the latest information at […]
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Live updates on snow disruption in Ludlow, Saturday 3 March
Updated at 14.30pm. I’ll be back in the morning with an update on the trains. We had a couple of inches of extra snow in Ludlow overnight. Many side roads are still snowed up. Main roads are looking good for careful drivers. Many side roads need to wait for the thaw which has begun. Below […]
No trains for a third day through Ludlow – no news on when they will resume
Arriva Train Wales has cancelled all trains between Manchester and Cardiff for Friday. There will not be replacement buses. The advice remains not to travel by rail or road. Arriva Trains Wales is running a limited service on the following lines only: Shrewsbury to Crewe; Crewe to Chester; Chester to Holyhead; and Wrexham to Bidston. There is no […]
Performance of Ludlow’s train service company, Arriva Wales, takes a nosedive
A survey released this morning by Passenger Focus, the independent transport user watchdog, shows the performance of Arriva Wales has declined markedly in the past year. Arriva Wales is the only train service through Ludlow and many of us rely on it. The watchdog’s data record changes in satisfaction of users of the train service […]
No Ludlow connection to new Shrewsbury to London service says Arriva Wales
The long awaited direct train service between our county town and the capital launches on 13 December. But Ludlow residents will have to drive to Shrewsbury to catch it. Shropshire Star, 1 October 2014 In today’s Shropshire Star, Tom Morton reports that Arriva is refusing to bring the first train forward to enable a connection […]