Birmingham Central Garage

[Liberator9]

Does the X64 interwork with anything else? I'm just curious as by my calculations it has a generous layover in Woodgate. For example the 10:22am service from Birmingham arrives at Woodgate at 11:08am. Then by logic it would not be leaving back for Birmingham till 11:31am and arriving back at Birmingham at 12:17pm. It just seems that 23 minutes is a bit excessive for a layover time.

[Mike K]

I don't believe it interworks with anything. There seems to be an X64 parked up at the Wood Lane terminus most times of the day. They tend to layover in the 'outside lane' of the turning area to allow the 23s to pull up to the stop.

[Liberator9]

Thanks Mike for clarifying that - must be quite good to have that long a layover  :) Also that layover time enables late running to be compensated for.

[Liverpool Street]

Does the X64 interwork with anything else? I'm just curious as by my calculations it has a generous layover in Woodgate. For example the 10:22am service from Birmingham arrives at Woodgate at 11:08am. Then by logic it would not be leaving back for Birmingham till 11:31am and arriving back at Birmingham at 12:17pm. It just seems that 23 minutes is a bit excessive for a layover time.

Eeyup.

Although it is given 23 minutes, the incorrect running time between the final two timing points results in a loss of usually circa 5 minutes.

[Liberator9]

That would make more sense - 23 minutes looked too good to be true really for a layover! Thanks LS

[Trident 4609]

That would make more sense - 23 minutes looked too good to be true really for a layover! Thanks LS

Well PE241 gets about 35 minutes in the evening (And it did on Sundays until the 20th July changes as it now interworks with the 244E)

[James4368]

4431-900

[2900]

The 127 evening service  to blackheath use have lay over of around 46 minutes up until the changes a while back it's now inter worked with the 128, 140 service when operated by west brom was same great for drivers many bought books bag of food and chilled out,  some boards had two of these lay overs. Great stuff.

[Rob H]

4444 out on the 957 today passed me in Sheldon heading for Solihull while aboard 4621 on the 70

[Trident 4609]

4318 is on the 957 today

And 4622 is on the 900. Passed on the Coventry Rd at 14:16. It was heading toward B'ham

[Rob H]

4318 is on the 957 today

And 4622 is on the 900. Passed on the Coventry Rd at 14:16. It was heading toward B'ham

Which 957 journey did you catch 4318 on? Also Where abouts on the Cov Road did you see 4622 buddy? :)

So I can work out which journeys 4622 had done :)

[Trident 4609]

4318 is on the 957 today

And 4622 is on the 900. Passed on the Coventry Rd at 14:16. It was heading toward B'ham

Which 957 journey did you catch 4318 on? Also Where abouts on the Cov Road did you see 4622 buddy? :)

So I can work out which journeys 4622 had done :)

I didn't catch 4318 sorry. Saw it whilst on 4903 on the 900E to the Airport.

[James4368]

4318 is on the 957 today

And 4622 is on the 900. Passed on the Coventry Rd at 14:16. It was heading toward B'ham

Which 957 journey did you catch 4318 on? Also Where abouts on the Cov Road did you see 4622 buddy? :)

So I can work out which journeys 4622 had done :)

I didn't catch 4318 sorry. Saw it whilst on 4903 on the 900E to the Airport.

I spotted 4318 on 957 by Sheldon wheatsheif 1620 going Solihull

[the trainbasher]

One I forgot to ask on Friday is are tridents on the evening X64 (roughly 7 o clock ish) normal or not??

[Liverpool Street]

One I forgot to ask on Friday is are tridents on the evening X64 (roughly 7 o clock ish) normal or not??

Normal.