Rolling stock allocations on London Midland Birmingham-Liverpool.

[knight2004]

Hi all, since the changes made for the 110 project has London Midland moved some of their commuter style stock from the Trent Valley services to the Birmingham New Street service to Liverpool Lime Street?

I sometimes get the slightly cheaper option via Crewe from LM
as it's often quiet and more relaxing and 3 pounds cheaper and doesn't really take any extra time to get to Manchester by changing at Crewe. Today it is one of their commuter style trains on the 14:01 Birmingham to Liverpool and not the normal with tables?

 

[tbtc]

From memory, I think that 75% of the EMUs on the Liverpool - Birmingham service are 350/2s now (the one with the 3+2 seats) due to the need to keep more of the 350/1s (with tables) on the London services. Could be wrong though.

 

[317666]

Most of the times I've ever used a New St - Lime St LM service, a 350/2 has turned up.

 

[MCR247]

I'd never been on a /2 to Liverpool before yesterday, bearing in mind the others would be pre December

 

[Pumbaa]

7 of the 8 units diagrammed M-S are /2.