All express passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) are currently operated by the Train Operating Company (TOC) Avanti West Coast, who were awarded the franchise to provide those services by the Government after having beaten the tender submitted by the former franchise holder, Virgin Trains. Avanti provides […]
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Following feedback from various SRCG supporters and members of the public, SRCG will periodically publish reports or notes that its technical team have compiled as part of evidence gathering process. These documents are predominantly based on detailed assessments of information produced by HS2 Ltd and are intended to inform readers of […]
HS2 Phase 2a Consultation (West Midlands to Crewe) February 2021 Following the inclusion in the HS2 Phase 2 Hybrid Bill of amendments proposed in the House of Lords, HS2 Ltd started a new consultation with the affected residents of Staffordshire, South Cheshire and North Shropshire. Leaflets started to be delivered […]
Staffordshire currently has very good train services to/from London via the West Coast Mainline (WCML) with travel times to London Euston station ranging from 77 minutes for Stafford and 85 minutes for Stoke on-Trent. The frequency of trains to/from London is also good. Stoke-on-Trent is provided with two trains per […]
Following the acceptance of an amendment to the Phase 2a Hybrid Bill proposed by the House of Lords, HS2 has started a consultation process with the residents of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire regarding road traffic, ancient woodland, rail connectivity to HS2 and the reopening of railway stations. Although we have […]
Hello All. We just wanted to notify you of our latest presentation at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre on Sunday 1st March 2020 The presentation will give a project update as follows: Government announcement of 11th February 2020 and what it means: At a national level for HS2 Phases One, 2a […]
Hello All. We just wanted to notify you of our presence at the Yarnfield Fete on Saturday 13th July, and our upcoming AGM at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre – Leighton Suite at 17:00 on Sunday 21st July 2019 During the AGM we will provide an update on our activities over recent months: […]
Hello, SRCG are inviting Stone & surrounding residents to a public meeting from 6 – 8 pm on Friday 29th March at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre. HS2 has proposed further changes to its High Speed Rail project in the Stone area via a process called Additional Provisioning (AP)2. These changes will […]
Hello, SRCG are inviting Stone & surrounding residents to a public meeting from 5 – 7 pm on Sunday 2 September at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre. The agenda will include: Evidence given by SRCG on behalf of Stone Town and Chebsey Parish Councils at their second appearance in front of the […]
Hello everyone, you may have heard that the Select Committee has supported the easy (but wrong) option for the siting of the Railhead/IMB-R. However, the fight is far from over, so join us at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre to hear – Plan B (and as one of our members pointed […]