Originally Posted by
Mizter T
For a journey between London and Manchester, the place to change would actually Stoke-on-Trent, not Crewe (the cheap London Midland train/ticket being between Stoke and London) - three and a half hours or so total journey time.
Sorry, I forgot the wobble via Stoke. FWIW, that wobble actually, last time I checked, made it quicker to change at Stafford onto a Liverpool train to get to Crewe rather than staying on the same through train.
Neil