Transport for Wales Rail

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RE: Transport for Wales Rail
Bidston - Wrexham line service seems to be a line that is in the back of everyones mind .

How long are the signalling sections on the line between Bidston and Shotton , as this is the end of the line seems to struggle if the service gets behind time , when the service will run between Wrexham and Shotton , crossing over at Dee Marsh and returning back to Shotton.

In the 153 era , it was not unknown for both 153's to be connected and for the service to operate every 2 hours to give the service some more ooomph.

Also we had the silly timetable until recently were the service to Wrexham Central was given 62 minutes to complete the route , but hey presto something magical happened at Wrexham as the return working took 58 minutes , so if you add the running time together its 120 minutes with no recovery time whatsoever, hence the short running .

You can imagine the Tfw train crew not being in any hurry at certain times of the day as TfW control down in Cardiff would say this journey is terminating at Shotton with onward Coach service to Bidston , a bus service would take considerably longer and in the end would lose the goodwill of the passengers for Neston and Heswall , and to a lesser extent the least used station on Merseyside of Upton.