Which stations are either side of the Lickey incline?

[Nash]

Not disused stations either, I am catching a train from possibly Cardiff or Bristol to Birmingham, do the routes go up the incline ?

 

[Wyvern]

Yes

The Lickey is on what was the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.

 

[bnm]

Bromsgrove up to Barnt Green. All CrossCountry services from either Cardiff and Bristol travel over the Lickey.

 

[Nash]

Thanks for the help.

 

[scotsman]

I was at my cousin's place in Bromsgrove in the summer, about 1.5miles from Lickey. I could hear the Turbostars struggling up it!

Need to try it some time, sounds more intense than Drumochter!

 

[Gareth Marston]

London Midland New St to Hereford service (hourly) is routed over the Lickey too its Class 170 operated as are the Cardiff trains.

 

[daikilo]

Thanks for the help.

Nash, I'd select an HST as it has drop downs windows at the end of the cars. The sound of any engine at full bore on a 1:37 is impressive. Too bad the Valentas are gone. Try typing "lickey" in Youtube.

 

[BrummyBoy]

Ive travelled on the LM 170s and they didnt seem to struggle much

 

[Crossover]

I went on a 170 a couple of months ago up the Lickey - been wanting to do it for a while. It didn't seem to struggle too much but it does feel like quite a gradient!

 

[TomJ93]

When would a HST do the Lickey?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Having done it uphill on HSTs several times when they were used by XC, I would say... they still get slowed down, but not as much as loco hauled services used to. You don't really notice the incline in an HST until you're ½ way up it!

 

[ainsworth74]

When would a HST do the Lickey?

Several times a day when the XC HSTs go up/down it.

 

[sprinterguy]

The Lickey doesn’t seem to phase the Crosscountry HSTs, Voyagers and 170s much, they get a good run up at it as they’ll have been running at line speed for a good few miles beforehand, but for the LM 170 services that stop at Bromsgrove before the ascent, you can tell there’s a struggle getting up speed on the climb. I’ve been over the Lickey on a 153+170 combination: That was slow: After the Bromsgrove stop, it seemed to take an age to get above walking pace and sounded like a colossal effort: You could tell when we were finally over the top of the gradient!