Looks can be deceiving. Despite the lovely early spring sunshine, it was, in fact, a chilly day with a keen easterly wind blowing! 350243 and 350244 pass through Roade about to go under Hyde Road Bridge with the 1Y20 10.13 Rugeley Trent Valley to Euston service. From the coming Monday, there will be a gradual withdrawal of services in response to the dramatic decline in numbers of passengers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I suspect then over the coming months that there will be what amounts to a skeleton service with an increase in freight services also predicted.
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