53/53A - 15-minute service between Cramlington, Dudley, Killingworth, Benton and Shiremoor extending
half-hourly to Whitley Bay or North Shields.
A
half-hourly service on the Vale of Glamorgan line;
Service 449 between Brandhall and West Bromwich - Sunday and Bank Holiday daytime frequency increased to
half-hourly.
It would seem a sensible solution to restore the 64A to Lazenby as a
half-hourly service and change the time of the 71 leaving the Norman Conquest to 45 minutes past the hour.
Congestion on the A470 between Merthyr and Cardiff at peak times demands that a
half-hourly train service should have been introduced first.
The
half-hourly link between Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff will prove hugely popular, according to Professor Stuart Cole, of the Wales Transport Research Centre at the University of Glamorgan.
The
half-hourly service will run through the night, seven days a week and will also serve Liver-pool John Lennon Airport.
7 is supposed to run
half-hourly, but it is more like hourly, which is a damned disgrace asa lot of elderly people are left out in the cold.
The launch of a
half-hourly semi-fast service between New Street and Coventry which would cut journey times for commuters in outlying communities such as Marston Green, Hampton-in-Arden and Berkswell.
With its
half-hourly train service to Euston, the M1 on its doorstep, and easy access to open countryside, the area is looking more and more attractive to home-hunters from further south.
With the Beeb losing its sports franchises hand over fist, can it not in future consider getting an hourly, or even
half-hourly, snooker slot around midday to show the early action, then go live to MC Alan Hughes in the auditorium at 2.
Power data provided in this report include non
half-hourly and
half-hourly metered volumes and sites by supplier, respectively
