West Midlands Railway

[mikestone]

Reported 22.19 Birmingham-Rugeley was emu tonight, presumably to have the right number berthed overnight at Wolverhampton.
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[Tony]

Yes, I posted earlier in the week it would be, along with the 23:18 which is a through service from Liverpool.

350234 did the honours of being the first electric passenger train on the line. A photo is here

http://wmbusphotos.com/Trains/class350/350234.html

[JoNi]

Both Nuneaton - Leamington Spa trains are class 172.
Having seen on Real Time Trains that earlier departures had lost time, the 09:17 from Coventry to Nuneaton arrived late as expected. It lost further time due to flat cross over from platform 4 to Nuneaton line. The light and airy orange seats have been replaced by dull grey seats with small orange triangles. I'll leave the final comment to a customer who along with a group of fellow travellers ran for the Stanstead train at Nuneaton. "At least the old trains ran on time"!

[Westy]

So is the Chase Line 'working' then?

[Sh4318]

The 0955 KID*-DDG** interestingly consisted of a 170/6 + 153/3 today. Is this the booked stock? Or will this be worked by the 172/0s in the future?

* KID - Kidderminster
** DDG - Dorridge

[2206]

The 0955 KID*-DDG** interestingly consisted of a 170/6 + 153/3 today. Is this the booked stock? Or will this be worked by the 172/0s in the future?

* KID - Kidderminster
** DDG - Dorridge

The 08:34 to Worcester Shrub Hill from Moor Street was a 170/6 as well yesterday.
The 08:40 to Dorridge that used to be a 170 was a 172/3 yesterday.

[Cheese]

The 08:34 to Worcester Shrub Hill from Moor Street was a 170/6 as well yesterday.
The 08:40 to Dorridge that used to be a 170 was a 172/3 yesterday.

The 06:25 Worcester Shrub Hill to New Street has been a 172/0 the last two days, always used to be a 170/5. This does the 07:20 New Street to Great Malvern and 08:38 return from Great Malvern to New Street before returning to Tyseley.

[Bob]

Nice to see the 15.21 to cannock from New St is cancelled.....

[Tony]

Nice to see the 15.21 to cannock from New St is cancelled.....

No it wasn't

[Bob]

No it wasn't

It was listed as so on train line at 215pm. In the end it ran half an hour late. The 617am from Cannock stopped with a pantograph fault for 5 mins at landywood this morning meaning people missed the connecting x city train at Aston.

[Bob]

The timekeeping from New St has been horrific this afternoon. 18.21 is cancelled altogether. One of the trips that actually wasnt as late as the others got to cannock around 20 mins late. Its not good

[Kevin]

It was listed as so on train line at 215pm. In the end it ran half an hour late. The 617am from Cannock stopped with a pantograph fault for 5 mins at landywood this morning meaning people missed the connecting x city train at Aston.

What, missed the every 10 mins connection? Shock horror....

[BK63 YWP]

The timekeeping from New St has been horrific this afternoon. 18.21 is cancelled altogether. One of the trips that actually wasnt as late as the others got to cannock around 20 mins late. Its not good

Bob you have a much better service than you have ever had before and you moan about a train cancelled... it's not the end of the world and at least you did not suffer a thameslink disaster!!

There is always a reason for cancellation!! Stop looking for faults and be happy about the new timetable, 4 car 350s and electric trains no more dog boxes

[Tony]

What, missed the every 10 mins connection? Shock horror....

And the 1821 wasn't  cancelled altogether although it was very late and turned at Walsall. But it is more fun for some people to sit watching the internet so they can report every problem they can find

[Bob]

Its not much fun for commuters Tony! Almost every trip from New St was late/very late. And as for "looking at the internet looking for faults"...No! I was looking to make sure it was running. Passengers comments on Twitter werent complimentary