Chiltern's plans for May 2011

Chiltern has published the draft May 2011 timetable for comment (http://bit.ly/ec4MvJ). The changes, due to the completion of the Mainline element of the £250 million Evergreen 3 project, are significant... Chiltern summarise them as
* two fast trains from Birmingham Moor Street to London in the morning, and two return trains in the evening which run non-stop from Warwick Parkway. Most of these trains will take just 90 minutes between Birmingham and London
* Substantial journey time improvements, spread along the whole London to Birmingham route

In detail, the key changes are:
from Birmingham...
First train from Moor Street 0546 arr Marylebone 0733
0655 from Moor Street stops only at Solihull and Warwick Parkway and arrives Marylebone at 0825 (90 mins journey time)
First train from Snow Hill 0646 arr Marylebone 0906
0852 from Snow Hill fast from Warwick Parkway arriving Marylebone 1027 - this will be the FIRST off-peak arrival
Off-peak service pattern: fast from Moor Street at 55 mins past the hour; slow from Snow Hill at 12 mins past the hour.
Last train from Snow Hill: 2145 arr Marylebone 2346

from London Marylebone...
First train 0700 arr Birmingham Snow Hill 0907
Off-peak service pattern: 07 mins past the hour to Snow Hill (117 mins); 37 mins past the hour to Moor Street (100 mins).
1630 and 1810 stop only at Warwick Parkway and Solihull to give 91 min journey to Moor Street NB Major changes to evening peak hour departure times!
Last train 2307 arr Moor Street 0050

COMMENTS to timetableconsultation@chilternrailways.co.uk by Thursday 24th February