Letter: Was Wrexham & Shropshire too good a deal?

Letter: As an occasional user of the now defunct Wrexham & Shropshire rail service, I entirely agree with the widely expressed sentiments about the quality of service.

However, on a more practical level, the loss of this company will very soon be keenly felt in another area, ie. our pocket.

To illustrate this point I need to travel to London soon for business, and the trip, which would have cost me £44 without Government subsidy and from my local station, is now only available via Virgin Trains after the inconvenience of travelling first to Wolverhampton (£155) or Stafford (£210), or via Chiltern Trains from Birmingham (£129).

With these operators receiving subsidy to run their services these fares are little short of outrageous; but with that wonderful thing hindsight I'm left wondering if Wrexham & Shropshire was in fact trying to offer us too good a deal?

Richard Underwood

Market Drayton