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    Class 323’s in the Central Trains era

    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...
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    Chase Line service pattern 1989 - present

    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...
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    Wolverhampton - Coventry local services

    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...
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    Snow Hill lines in the early 2000’s

    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...
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    Sunday train services in the West Midlands

    I’ve read in discussions on here before that Sunday train services on the local lines around Birmingham became almost non existent almost overnight at some point in the 1960’s and have still not fully recovered. Does anyone have any details about exactly how bad things were and when they...
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    Glasgow South Western Line - station re-openings

    It’s slightly hard to believe that once upon a time Kirkconnel was the only intermediate station between Dumfries and Kilmarnock. No fewer than four stations were reopened between Carlisle and Kilmarnock between 1984 and 1994. But looking at the line on a map, it seems as though stations were...
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    Why did Birmingham Moor Street stay open?

    I’ve read before that the only reason Birmingham Moor Street didn’t close at the same time as Snow Hill in 1972 was because there was insufficient capacity at New Street for the local services from Leamington and Stratford to be re-routed there. Given how basic the frequencies were on some...
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    WCML upgrade

    When the WCML upgrade took place on the 2000’s, were there ever plans to four track Shugborough tunnel and grade separate Colwich junction? These seem like obvious anomalies and capacity constraints. Was this ever seriously considered?
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    Buying a house in Hednesford: what can I expect in terms of passing trains in the future?

    Hi. I’m new here and wondering if anyone can help. I’m looking at buying a house near the railway in the Hednesford area and I’m wondering about potential noise issues. I understand diesel freight trains no longer run to Rugeley power station and the lime is now only used by electric...

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