In atrocious early evening light that almost persuaded me to head for home rather than stop off returning from work 390129 'City of Stoke-on-Trent' passes Bugbrooke on the Weedon loop that avoids passing through Northampton. The Pendolino, working the 17.39 Euston to Glasgow, was one of just two that I saw in thirty minutes by the side of the WCML and this was on a Friday evening! This is the actual effect that Avanti's appalling slashing of services has had on the passage of trains. I had such high hopes for the company when they took over from Virgin in December 2019 but they have proved to be a very poor operator. With their managing director having now resigned with immediate effect it is now time that, like a number of other operators, their franchise is stipped and that the state takes over which is as the railways should be run.
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