Recent content by Laurencemcd

210 and 216 must’ve been fun, from my experience they’re two of the fastest units out of the 26 in the West Midlands.

I still commute on the 323s after two decades and think they’re brilliant units and I will be sad to see them go. I think they definitely have a good decade left in them - still as fast as ever on the Cross City.

While true, the age difference is arguably the only logical motive for Northern using 350/2s over 323s. Norther drivers already being familiar with 323s, their length to enable 6 car operation, capacity, acceleration, and most likely cheaper leasing and track access cost makes the planned...

I regularly travel on both the Northern and West Midlands sets and would support that they have another 10 years in them. For a train built and designed almost three decades ago they feel relatively modern in my opinion. The ongoing additions of digital screens and charging ports are also a...

323209 is in service, just came off it from New St .

Having been on both up the Incline, I’ve clocked a super voyager (from a running start) achieving no more than 60mph until the summit, and a 323 achieving no more than 63mph until the summit. So I’d probably say a 323 by a small margin. Both easily achieved 90mph by Barnt Green.

Was just at Vigo Bridge and yes a 6-car 323 did run to Bromsgrove, seemed to have no trouble racing up the Incline!