West Midlands Railway

[Rachvince53]

As far as I'm aware you can't change the route you take to Worcester (ie departing from Snow Hill/Moor St instead of New St) once the ticket is booked. What you could do is buy a return ticket from Bloxwich to Bham and then if there are problems on the New St service go to Moor St. Please note that there are fewer trains through to Worcester on the Snow Hill line and you would likely still have to return from Worcester the same route (via Stourbridge). 

[Tony]

As far as I'm aware you can't change the route you take to Worcester (ie departing from Snow Hill/Moor St instead of New St) once the ticket is booked. What you could do is buy a return ticket from Bloxwich to Bham and then if there are problems on the New St service go to Moor St. Please note that there are fewer trains through to Worcester on the Snow Hill line and you would likely still have to return from Worcester the same route (via Stourbridge).

Yes you can go either way from Birmingham to Worcester on any turn & go ticket, no need to pay more splitting the ticket

[Stu]

Sister & brother are considering Worcester on Thursday, plus, if we book a through ticket from Bloxwich, can we go via either route , if there's problems?

Yes, if you book from Bloxwich to Worcester, you can use either route.

"Route information - Valid only for travel via (changing trains or passing through) Birmingham."

[Westy]

Change of plan, going tomorrow instead!

Long story!

[BBS]

Has WMR proposed anything with this 172 carriage shortage yet? Seems to be getting very very worrying when their doing peak services and there's not even a space to breathe 

[Roy]

This page has been added to the WMR website today regarding short formations.

https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/about-us/our-performance/performance-update

[D10]

National Rail Enquiries now has an warning note against the trains that will be shorter than usual when you use the journey planner. 

It doesn't advise currently how many carriages will actually now be scheduled, e.g. one of the morning trains I sometimes catch is normally scheduled as 4 carriages and is one of the affected ones, so it will be shorter than that, but no info yet as to whether it will now be 2 or 3 carriages.