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« Reply #45 on: March 18, 2010, 18:56:36 »
But keep watching this space.

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What price Aberystwyth to Marylebone change at Shrewsbury for the W & S service?
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« Reply #46 on: March 18, 2010, 21:58:23 »
Quote from: welshman on March 18, 2010, 18:56:36
But keep watching this space.

According to my newspaper yesterday
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Arriva...has received a ^1.2bn takeover bid from Deutsche Bahn, the German state-run transport group, just weeks after ending merger talks with French rail operator SNCF▸ (Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Francais - French National Railways).

What price Aberystwyth to Marylebone change at Shrewsbury for the W & S service?

More to the point, if DB» (Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway - about) buy Arriva there would no longer be a conflict of interest between WS&MR▸ (Midland Railway, or Motor Rail, depending on context) and ATW▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former Train Operating Company)) Marylebone services.  When DB got both Chiltern and WS&MR they rapidly withdrew Chiltern's objections to WSMR▸ (Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway) stopping at Leamington or carrying London-Banbury passengers, indeed they now see WS&MR as a useful addition to the Chiltern services by providing faster London-Banbury/Leamington trains.  With ATW in the fold they could now add Marylebone - Aberystwyth services into the mix, probably timed so they roughly alternated with the Wrexham ones...
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« Reply #47 on: March 18, 2010, 22:07:11 »
If DB» (Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway - about) do get their hands on Arriva it will be interesting to see what changes if any come about to the way XC▸ (Cross Country Trains (franchise)) is currently being run.
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« Reply #48 on: March 18, 2010, 22:14:05 »
Pre DB» (Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway - about),  Chiltern and W&S▸ (Wrexham and Shropshire (Open Access Operator)) were still related companies, so Chiltern have never objected to W&S's operations. If they had,  it is unlikely that W&S would have got off the ground and been given permission for the paths into Marylebone.
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