West Midlands Railway

[Dom]

West Midlands Railway currently have 4 class 172s in different liveries, what a time to be alive ;D

4?

[Tony]

4?

LM, Orange, Launch, and London Overground

[Dom]

LM, Orange, Launch, and London Overground

Ahhh, forgot about Overground.

[The Real 4778]

I heard it's being fitted with a toilet. Will the cab be converted to include gangways?

This is neither economically feasible nor necessary for their intended use, so the reallocated 172s will not be through-gangwayed.

[BK63 YWP]

According to the rail forums the first new livery train is done orange and silver looks quite nice @StourValley98

[Tony]

There is a photo on Twitter of what looks like 170503 in the new livery

[Sh4318]

There is a photo on Twitter of what looks like 170503 in the new livery

Not bad. I don't like the orange combining with the yellow on the front however

[Isle of Stroma]

There is a photo on Twitter of what looks like 170503 in the new livery

All I can say is:

[BigDaddyCool]

Does this now mean the orange and purple that was originally intended has been dropped in favour of this one?

[Roy]

It will be interesting to see what the Class 172 looks like.  I'm wondering whether the 170s and 323s will just get a refresh with the green bits painted orange, given that they are due to be withdrawn by 2020/21. 

[Stu]

For anyone not on Twitter who hasn't seen it yet:


Credit to: https://twitter.com/domcovkid/status/1021789368850280448/photo/1

[Kevin]

--> Press release <-- from WM trains saying electric services to Bromsgrove due to start this Sunday

[Sh4318]

--> Press release <-- from WM trains saying electric services to Bromsgrove due to start this Sunday

A little misleading to have a picture of a Class 350 when the service is going to be ran by Class 323s

[mikestone]

From the tail light it is presumably on its way back from Long Marston.
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Worth noting the press release says the CrossCountry services will no longer call at bromsgrove (with the usual cavalier disregard for the published timetable).

[Cheese]

Just been past Soho depot and 323209 is in the new orange livery, looks a bit odd still with yellow fronts.