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Ell, the Shakespeare Express is shown in the Timetable as an "Unadvertised Express" operated by West Coast Railway Co. Yesterday it was recorded as leaving Snow Hill at 1404, 3 minutes late. However it arrived at Stratford at 1459¾, 4 minutes early. Who knew that trains were timed to the ¼ minute! Time table information from realtimetrains.co.uk
Before I headed down to platform 3, saw the timetable screen saying for platform 1 a Charter service for 14:01. A Chiltern Railways service was in the way on platform 2 (that didn't depart until after the Shakespeare Express).