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North Warwick Line (Whitlocks End line) currently closed (since 7am) due to Spring Road flooded and Wood End is now a canal.
Olton has been reopened since half 2
Chiltern have put out a tender for refurbished and new 250 units (same time as Northerns tender) plus there's the rumour of West Midlands railway starting Banbury services
Tonight, tomorrow night's and Thursdays night 2U88, usually Birmingham Snow Hill to Banbury will run under headcode 2A88 Birmingham Snow Hill to Aylesbury
The 196 departures that happened today from Snow Hill were the 0836 and 1236. Not sure if the 196s would return again as I don't know the diagram its on.
Tbh 2 tph is just about right, loadings are consistent throughout the day. There are usually a 6 car, couple of 5 cars and couple of 4 cars running (better than LM days where only 2 cars and 3 cars came out). I feel that the east side of the line (Dorridge (less so as Chiltern do run til 10pm)...