New high speed train service launched?

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[Trowres]

From the National Rail website live departures, 22:27 on 12th January (also visible on the FGW^▸ (First Great Western) site) (sorry about the formatting)

LIVE DEPARTURES:
23:00 LICHFIELD TRENT VALLEY TO PLYMOUTH
Cross Country
As of: Tuesday 12 January 2010 22:27:01
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STATION   TIMETABLE   EXPECTED   ACTUAL
Lichfield Trent Valley (Your station)
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Lichfield City
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Blake Street
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Butlers Lane
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Sutton Coldfield
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Wylde Green
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Chester Road
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Erdington
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Gravelly Hill
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Aston
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Birmingham New Street
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23:40   On time   _
Five Ways
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University
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Selly Oak
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Bournville
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Kings Norton
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Northfield
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Longbridge
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Barnt Green
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Bromsgrove
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00:04   On time   _
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury
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00:05   On time   _
Cheltenham Spa
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Cam & Dursley
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Yate
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Bristol Parkway
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Bristol Temple Meads
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Exeter St Davids
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Newton Abbot
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Plymouth
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00:13   On time   _

[grahame]

I expect we'll get comment from the "don't forget to upgrade west of Exeter folks" ... that's an average speed of 3960 m.p.h. from Bristol to Exeter, dropping to a paultry 1200  m.p.h.on to Newton Abbott, then just 1920 m.p.h. on to Plymouth.

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

well on the road drivers on late shifts always drive faster on the home straight but this is extreame

[JayMac]

It would appear that London Midland and Arriva CrossCountry have managed to, secretly, re-fresh their rolling stock with engines running on Dilithium crystals. Normally a guard would give 'two' to the driver on departure at each station. Anyone know what the bell-code for "Ach, she cannae take much more of it Cap'n, if I give her any more, she'll blow" is?

Warp factor 9 Mr Sulu

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

actually im pretty sure that its very difficult to create a stable warp field within a planitery atmosphere, perhaps they used a quantem slipstream drive?

[JayMac]

I've got a spare anorak if you want it relex! 

[6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01]

wow my spelling was very poor that night wasn't it 

[JayMac]

wow my spelling was very poor that night wasn't it 

but you're analysis of the possibility of using a warp drive was spot on

[Henry]