New Black Country railway stations will be served by fast route from Shrewsbury to New Street
Two under-construction Black Country railway stations will be served by a new fast service, it has been revealed.
Preparation work is under way to build new stations at Darlaston and Willenhall which will be on an extra Shrewsbury-Birmingham timetable.
The changes came to light after train operator West Midlands Railway on Monday dropped its hourly fast direct service from Tame Bridge Parkway to Wolverhampton, which was expected to serve the proposed new stations. But it said the service will be replaced next summer.
The company explained that the route had previously been serviced by the Crewe-Birmingham line and as of this week, that service now only runs between Crewe and Stafford and cannot stop at Tame Bridge Parkway or Wolverhampton.
A West Midlands Railway spokesperson said: "As part of wider timetable changes to improve operational performance, our fastest direct service between Tame Bridge Parkway and Wolverhampton was temporarily withdrawn from December 10.
