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Thanks for the help. Does anyone know how many diagrams there were on the Cross City back then? An educated guess would say 11, but I’m not sure how many were strengthened to 6 car and how many peak extras there were. I’m also guessing there were 5 on the Wolves - Coventry locals, 1 on the...

Today, the Birmingham Cross City line is an all 6 car Class 323 affair. But this wasn’t the case pre Covid when a majority of diagrams on the old 6tph service were only 3 car. Going further back to the early 2000’s, I’m wondering how many 3 & 6 car diagrams there were. My thinking is that...

Thank you for posting. That answers a lot of questions. The only thing I can’t seem to find mentioned is the London - Blackpool service. Is this being withdrawn completely?

Any idea what this will entail?

Any changes on the cards for WMR? They should have cleared the training backlog and the 730’s should be coming online by December. I’m aware of issues relating to the new Camp Hill Line service that will prevent the Cross City Line going back to 6tph, but they should be able to do 4tph to...

Just wondering if anyone can help confirm some rather hazy memories and bits of information I’ve picked up over the years about how services on the Chase Line have gradually improved over the years. My recollection is that it goes something like this: 1989 - hourly Walsall - Hednesford shuttle...

That timetable was a bit of an eye opener. Why so big a gap from Dorridge towards Birmingham on a Saturday morning? And only two Birmingham - Dorridge services on Sundays.

The 0738 Hednesford to Birmingham. Used to be the only service of the day to skip stops north of Walsall. It was annoying stopping at every station south of Walsall, but it broke up an otherwise 40 gap between arrivals at New Street in the morning peak. It’s started at Walsall since Dec 2011...

Thank you. I clearly remember going to Penkridge market as a child in the mid 90’s and seeing 310’s crossing Penkridge viaduct on the Liverpool - Birmingham route. They were regular visitors to Walsall as well. I think the last one ran in 2000. I’m fairly sure the Holyhead class 37’s used to...

And didn’t some extend beyond Reading to Brighton and Portsmouth 3-4 times per day. Was there also one or two to London Paddington or am I imagining that? I’m sure this has been discussed at length in another thread. I’m trying to jog my memory of the Birmingham-Wolves line at that time...

Are those crossovers actually used anymore? And just out of interest, what’s a switch diamond?

Interesting, thank you.

Yes there was. Walsall - Birmingham stoppers used to head to the low numbered platforms at New Street to form the semi-fasts back to Walsall which used the Stour Valley line as far as Soho Junction. These were run as circular services for operational purposes with the driver only changing ends...

Thank you. So the locals must have left New Street xx20 and xx50 with the XC and Silverlinks hot on their heels on the approach to Coventry. Must have been some very tight timing. This fits in with the Walsall/Hednesford/Rugeley/Stafford stoppers at xx12 and xx42, with the Cross City...

In the late 1990’s/early 2000’s, the Wolverhampton - Birmingham stopping services extended to Coventry. But without having an actual timetable at hand, I’m perplexed as to how this worked in practice. I know the Coventry locals had to leave New Street 3 minutes after the Euston service so they...

Stechford. No services are booked to call at the platform on the Aston - Stechford line.

Thank you, a very helpful insight.

Based on bits of information from different parts of this forum and my own hazy recollections of this time, I’ve tried to piece together what the service pattern on the Snow Hill lines was like before the big timetable change in December 2004. At the eastern end I believe services were half...

When does the overnight engineering blockade usually end on a Sunday?

WMT certainly isn’t. I think they’ve pencilled in 12th September for an interim timetable change to return to a more ‘normal’ timetable. This won’t be a return to the full December 2019 timetable as there won’t be any LNWR services running across New Street. Not sure if there will be reductions...