West Midlands Railway

[Bob]

I've seen Midland Classic, Arriva and one Coastal Liner bus this afternoon.

Wonder which depot Arriva bus was from

[I love Walsall buses]

Wonder which depot Arriva bus was from

Either Cannock or Tamworth

[2206]

Either Cannock or Tamworth

I think we all could have guessed that.
It was hardly going to be Shrewsbury (or any other Arriva Garage).
Saying that doesn't realy answer his question at all.

I think the reason @Bob asked is because Cannock is normally closed on Sundays.
So i'd imagine he was wandering whether it'd be a bus from Tamworth or if it was Cannock (as they don't usually open on Sundays).

[WMT3000]

Wonder which depot Arriva bus was from

I saw 3719 (possibly reserve), 3722, 3762 and 3805 (again possibly reserve), all from Cannock.

[2206]

17:36 from Kidderminster to Dorridge cancelled due to shortage of train crew.
18:06 from Kidderminster to Dorridge turned up at 18:08, extremely overcrowded and only 2 carriages (172216) meaning it was extremely overcrowded as the last one was cancelled.
Another train in the other direction from Kidderminster to Worcester 18:12 (?) was also cancelled.

[Solo1]

17:36 from Kidderminster to Dorridge cancelled due to shortage of train crew.
18:06 from Kidderminster to Dorridge turned up at 18:08, extremely overcrowded and only 2 carriages (172216) meaning it was extremely overcrowded as the last one was cancelled.
Another train in the other direction from Kidderminster to Worcester 18:12 (?) was also cancelled.

Why couldn't they put the train 17 36 on the the 1806 train so every one would of had a seat

[Dom]

Why couldn't they put the train 17 36 on the the 1806 train so every one would of had a seat

Did you really just say that?!

[Tony]

Why couldn't they put the train 17 36 on the the 1806 train so every one would of had a seat

They start from different stations which makes it slightly difficult to just couple them up, as well as all the other operational reasons

[DJ]

It sounds like they're finally making some progress towards the Camp Hill Line reopening, there's an article from ITV News on it.

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2018-09-26/three-new-train-stations-to-open-in-birmingham-camp-hill-line-moseley-kings-heath-hazelwell-commonwealth-games/

[Sh4318]

Any particular reason Greater Anglia's 153322 is at Tyseley Depot?

[Bob]

Short forming of trains on Shrewsbury and Chase Line today...8am from Landywood was a 2 car instead of 4 and apparently people left behind....hope everything is running ok tomorrow!

[Tony]

Short forming of trains on Shrewsbury and Chase Line today...8am from Landywood was a 2 car instead of 4 and apparently people left behind....hope everything is running ok tomorrow!

All sorts of problems this morning due to Network Rail

[Bob]

All sorts of problems this morning due to Network Rail

Did Network Rail make them run short formed Carriages then? What did they do steal the 2nd 2 car unit?

[Tony]

Did Network Rail make them run short formed Carriages then? What did they do steal the 2nd 2 car unit?

It meant different units were in the wrong place

[Tony]

It meant different units were in the wrong place, for instance none of the first three trains managed to get to Rugeley this morning. The set that should have made the second train of the day booked to run Tyseley-Wolverhampton-Stafford-Rugeley ran Wolverhampton-Walsall-Hednesford and formed the 07:16 starting from there