London Midland Tyseley-Gloucester runs

[JackJones125]

Week commencing 30th January until the Friday, London Midland operated runs from Tyseley to Gloucester via Stourbridge and Worcester Shrub Hill, and return. Can anyone help with the reasoning for these runs and what it might be? As its the old route of the ex-Gloucester London Midland timetabled trains from about 2009, but also tends to be used for testing (like the 172s) by London Midland.

5T40 1005 Tyseley L.M.D. to Gloucester http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S20429/2017/01/30/advanced
5T41 1305 Gloucester to Tyseley L.M.D. http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/S20428/2017/01/30/advanced

Many thanks!

 

[sd0733]

The damaged coaches from 172338 came back this week so putting 2 and 2 together here but could be a test run for that