West Midlands Trains Timetable for Coventry - Leamington.

[Class 170101]

Indeed they do. And it’s very unlikely they’ll ever see either branch again.

172’s in December for the new Kenilworth service then.....meanwhile the Nuneatons will remain a 153 until the LO cascade.

That will be traction knowledge issues. Leamington depot presumably don't sign 153s but will clearly sign via Kenilworth as where as Coventry I believe its been said before on here only sign 153s but don't sign 172s. I assume there there must be more spare capacity in the 172 fleet.

 

[whhistle]

Did I miss something?
I thought the 230's were going to be used on this and the COV - NUN service?

 

[causton]

Did I miss something?
I thought the 230's were going to be used on this and the COV - NUN service?

You missed the prototype class 230 catching fire!

That put everything too far behind track for LM to use the 230 for this line.

 

[OwlMan]

Kenilworth station will not be finished until early next year - so no service in December

 

[HLE]

The service will still run but miss the Kenilworth stop to start with.

Apparently. All up in the air as usual.

 

[ChrisHogan]

This letter http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/25813/london-midland-reply-XC-trains-2017-10-06.pdf confirms the service will start using Class 172s but not the start date.

 

[STKKK46]

Credit where credit is due for LM and West Midlands Trains. To get this even close to moving in December with a Class 172 to boot, I’m sure has been a difficult challenge.

 

[E_Reeves]

Will all current London Midland:City services be WMR?

 

[Ibex]

Will all current London Midland:City services be WMR?

Yes, WMR will encompass Birmingham - Hereford / Shrewsbury / Rugeley, the Cross City, Snow Hill routes and Coventry - Nuneaton / Leamington.
London Northwestern will be London - Birmingham / Crewe, Birmingham - Liverpool, the Abbey & Bedford branches.

 

[HLE]

Despite that letter from October, since then it’s now just as unclear whether it will be 153’s or 172’s that will be used and which depot will work the route.

 

[centraltrains]

Despite that letter from October, since then it’s now just as unclear whether it will be 153’s or 172’s that will be used and which depot will work the route.

Has a 170 been ruled out? Always seems to be loads of them sat in Tyseley in the daytime...

 

[PHILIPE]

Has a 170 been ruled out? Always seems to be loads of them sat in Tyseley in the daytime...

They out in the peaks though

 

[causton]

Currently 7 DMUs stopped at Tyseley waiting for work, exams, repairs etc. There is one not currently being used though!

I thought today sounded bad but on Friday it looks like there were 10 and Thursday there were 9...

 

[samjackson7]

Kenilworth station will not be finished until early next year - so no service in December

Hi there,

My name's Sam, and I'm a journalist from the Kenilworth Weekly News.

I've been trying to get confirmation that the station's opening is delayed once again, but all I've heard are rumours. For now, Warwickshire County Council are sticking to the December 10 date.

I've seen your post which claims the opening is indeed delayed, and I'd like to have a chat with you about this if possible.

Please could you give me a call on 01926 457732?

 

[HLE]

Has a 170 been ruled out? Always seems to be loads of them sat in Tyseley in the daytime...

I’d say so. Coventry don’t sign them. They aren’t the quickest off the mark either - see above.

 

[HLE]

Currently 7 DMUs stopped at Tyseley waiting for work, exams, repairs etc. There is one not currently being used though!

I thought today sounded bad but on Friday it looks like there were 10 and Thursday there were 9...

No fault found. Next....

 

[Minilad]

No fault found. Next....

Tyseley Tape can cover all manner of faults in a quick and easy way

 

[HLE]

Tyseley Tape can cover all manner of faults in a quick and easy way

Legendary tape.

 

[OwlMan]

19th February being suggested as first day of service
see thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/proposed-new-kenilworth-station.139168/

 

[pdeaves]

19th February being suggested as first day of service
see thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/proposed-new-kenilworth-station.139168/

Post 57, if you want to go straight there.

 

[OwlMan]

I am led to understand that crew training runs will start on Monday 11 December

 

[BlythPower]

The entries for 10th December are now showing in Real Time Trains as cancelled with Saturday 16th now for passenger services to start.

 

[HLE]

Won’t take too long for crews to be passed out on that route. 1 day road learning and 1 day pass out tops I should think.

 

[bnsf734]

I am led to understand that crew training runs will start on Monday 11 December

Saves London Midland the trouble of training the crews for no benefit to them...

 

[trains2064]

A 153 in LM livery seen at leamington today on the 1st day of Crew training

 

[STKKK46]

A 153 in LM livery seen at leamington today on the 1st day of Crew training

Seemingly due to leave Coventry CE sidings back into Coventry station at 1132 (4m late) and is still there....

 

[STKKK46]

Seemingly due to leave Coventry CE sidings back into Coventry station at 1132 (4m late) and is still there....

Now en route back to Leamington Spa as 5T86.

 

[Ian Brown]

I went to Coventry yesterday for a London train and noticed a Class 153 leaving for the Leamington directi9n around 1250.presumably it was a crew training run in preparation for the new Kenilworth service.

 

[HLE]

Yes that would have been a training run.
Not sure how many are left to train up but not all of link 1 are going to work the service.

 

[Ianno87]

There was a unit out on Tuesday morning doing it. Passed it at Leamington Spa about 1000ish.