How busy are the weekday HST's between Tamworth and Birmingham New Street?

[sn1975]

Hi all,

Sometime during the next few weeks we're thinking about travelling to Birmingham from Tamworth, possibly trying to catch one of the HST's for a change, just wondering how busy they are likely to be, both in standard and first class (might take one single journey first class as a one-off treat).

We would probably be travelling on at least one of the following:-
1V50 Edinburgh to Plymouth, calling Tamworth 1048.
1V54 Dundee to Plymouth, calling Tamworth 1248.
1S51 Plymouth to Glasgow Central, New Street 1556, Tamworth 1618.

Many thanks.

 

[redthunder]

You should defo get a comfortable seats on those trains, all you gotta hope is that they dont put a voyager on in its place, then it could get rather interesting to say the least (AND WARM!!!!!)

 

[Martin_1981]

The quiet coach, usually the very front or last coach of the train, (coach G I think) is usually fairly empty as people are not allowed to use mobile phones.

 

[Cherry_Picker]

You should be able to make seat reservations anyway, shouldnt you?

 

[ATW Alex 101]

I wouldn't imagine the midday service would be busy, I could be wrong though, just off the top of my head.

 

[redthunder]

I tend to aim for the standard bit of Coach B, tends to be very quiet in there as theres only 10 seats (if they are available)