West Midlands Railway

[Tony]

Will that mean 150s are leaving?

Once the 230s enter service - yes.

I think the lease on them finished December 2018

[Bob]

If theres any spare between the 230s and dec could they be used on another line??

[Tony]

If theres any spare between the 230s and dec could they be used on another line??

No - Driver familiarisation. If a driver hasn't driven any type of traction for 6 months they will need a traction refresher

[mikestone]

It is unlikely, as keeping the old timetable also means keeping current driver diagramming, and some of the drivers are Shrewsbury men who do not sign electric traction

Have they have already recruited the drivers for the extra trains that were supposd to have started in December - if so they could perhaps cover the Shrewsbury drivers workings?
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[Roy]

In addition, some of the Chase line diagrams involve journeys to Shrewsbury and back.  Therefore, these diagrams cannot utilise electric units.

[Trident 4194]

The Booked 170/153 was cancelled earlier today. Due to staff experiencing travel disruption apparently

[Bob]

The Booked 170/153 was cancelled earlier today. Due to staff experiencing travel disruption apparently

On which line?

[BK63 YWP]

The Booked 170/153 was cancelled earlier today. Due to staff experiencing travel disruption apparently

Cross city line is currently blocked

[Dom]

Cross City line is blocked due to two trees falling on the OHL. One of the said trees then caught fire. The line remains blocked and will do for the immediate future.
The line went down this morning at around 11:20.

[Trident 4194]

On which line?

Snow hill line

[B61 ANDREW]

Cross city line is currently blocked

Yes, fun and games at Bromsgrove today . In a nutshell , the arrivals screen said a number of electric trains were cancelled , the departure screen and PA system said most were running , to be fair a replacement coach appeared in quick time but was told only to go to Longbridge when almost all passengers wanted Brum. ::) The booking office clerk did a fair job but when the shift ended , there were no afternoon staff.  :o When I left , there were three empty coaches awaiting passengers but no announcements or "officials" about to direct awaiting passengers.   :-\

[Solo1]

Yes, fun and games at Bromsgrove today . In a nutshell , the arrivals screen said a number of electric trains were cancelled , the departure screen and PA system said most were running , to be fair a replacement coach appeared in quick time but was told only to go to Longbridge when almost all passengers wanted Brum. ::) The booking office clerk did a fair job but when the shift ended , there were no afternoon staff.  :o When I left , there were three empty coaches awaiting passengers but no announcements or "officials" about to direct awaiting passengers.   :-\

the 144 buses were all full due to the fallen  tree

[Cheese]

Tree came down due to a landslide. More trees will need to be removed apparently. Wonder if it will be sorted by the morning, not going to be a quick job.

[Sh4318]

The B'ham - Herefords are still running, omitting University - presumably exiting New Street via Kings Heath

[B61 ANDREW]

the 144 buses were all full due to the fallen  tree

And the taxi's were making a fortune from Bromsgrove railway station with passengers to Birmingham.  :o