Didnt Network Rail originally have Stone down on a closure list just like most of the other local stations south of Stoke On Trent , but public discontent stopped Stone from being closed down for good.
Closures are nothing to do with Network Rail, except inasmuch as they fail to spend money to enable them to remain open.
I don't believe the stations concerned were ever the subject of closure proposals - I often wonder if because the minor wayside stations had already shut on the WCML, Beeching's team overlooked the others
The likes of Barlaston , Wedgwood and Norton Bridge
Does the Birmingham-Liverpool service start earlier on a Sunday?
(02/09/2016 20:35)childwallblues Wrote: [ -> ]Does the Birmingham-Liverpool service start earlier on a Sunday?
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Yes - from stakeholder briefing
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Liverpool – Crewe – Birmingham
●● Later last services from Birmingham to Liverpool on Saturdays, departing Birmingham at
least 45 minutes later by December 2018.
●● Four additional station calls at Acton Bridge Monday to Saturday from December 2018
●● A new Sunday service for Acton Bridge from December 2021.
●● Earlier first services from Liverpool to Birmingham on Sunday, arriving at least three hours
30 minutes earlier by December 2021.
●● Earlier first services from Birmingham to Liverpool on Sunday, departing at least 45
minutes earlier by December 2021.
●● Increased Sunday frequency between Birmingham and Liverpool from one to two
services an hour by December 2021.