West Midlands Railway

[mikestone]

No. I mean that it is only showing three tph through Snow Hill instead of four currently, only one an hour between Kidderminster and Worcester.

[Justin Tyme]

No. I mean that it is only showing three tph through Snow Hill instead of four currently, only one an hour between Kidderminster and Worcester.

From December RTT shows WMR trains to/from Dorridge halved to hourly, except M-F peaks, and the Dorridge - Stratford section will only be served M-F peaks.

RTT also shows Whitlocks End will remain half hourly, with hourly trains continuing to Stratford as now.

[D10]

All four tph are now showing in RTT, looks like the missing Worcester to Stratford diagrams have now been loaded on.

[Justin Tyme]

All four tph are now showing in RTT, looks like the missing Worcester to Stratford diagrams have now been loaded on.

So they are!  Good!

[BK63 YWP]

Take real train times with a pinch of salt, 2D07 Kidderminster to Stratford doesn't show yet it's return working 2V24 shows.

Doubt six trains per hour will return just yet, railway runs on overtime and it's rare for a full day to occur without booked cancellations.

If anything would go back to six trains and hour, it would be cross city first 

[Wba_lad]

Does anyone know if the class 196s and class 172 can actually be joined up?

[Roy]

Does anyone know if the class 196s and class 172 can actually be joined up?

No they can't.

[Roy]

No. They can't

[Roy]

Take real train times with a pinch of salt, 2D07 Kidderminster to Stratford doesn't show yet it's return working 2V24 shows.

Doubt six trains per hour will return just yet, railway runs on overtime and it's rare for a full day to occur without booked cancellations.

If anything would go back to six trains and hour, it would be cross city first

There is no plan to increase Snow Hill line services to 6 tph in the short term.

When the 2-tph stopping service from New Street to Kings Norton via the Camp Hill line is introduced, it will mean that increasing the Cross City line to 6-tph will probably be dependent on infrastructure changes at Kings Norton.  

I also notice that the New Street to Hereford services is unchanged from December according to RTT.  There were plans to change this timetable so either the proposed changes have been shelved or RTT is not showing correct information.

[Wba_lad]

No they can't.

Ah okay thankyou.

[Sh4318]

There is no plan to increase Snow Hill line services to 6 tph in the short term.

When the 2-tph stopping service from New Street to Kings Norton via the Camp Hill line is introduced, it will mean that increasing the Cross City line to 6-tph will probably be dependent on infrastructure changes at Kings Norton. 

I also notice that the New Street to Hereford services is unchanged from December according to RTT.  There were plans to change this timetable so either the proposed changes have been shelved or RTT is not showing correct information.

Do you know what changes were proposed? 2tph would be a great benefit for all stops served

[Roy]

Do you know what changes were proposed? 2tph would be a great benefit for all stops served

All I can say is that the changes were purely cosmetic with an hourly service supplemented by extra rush hour services.  The proposed changes would have created a more clockface timetable.   

[B7RLE]

The last 323 service on the Cross City Line will be this Friday, the 23:31 from Bromsgrove to Birmingham New Street.

[888DUK]

The last 323 service on the Cross City Line will be this Friday, the 23:31 from Bromsgrove to Birmingham New Street.

Gonna miss this sound on the cross city line.

https://youtu.be/RSbjMOr6MjE?si=UbWO4vHpEj69WUpg

[BlackCountryBusSpotter]

I don't how long they have been doing this but WMR are sending the Morning and Evening Liverpool to Birmingham Trains and Birmingham to Liverpool Trains up through Bescot and passing Darlaston, I think it is in one direction so Liverpool to Birmingham of a morning and then Brum to Liverpool of an evening. I know we have the Shrewsbury Service ready for when or if Darlaston and Willenhall reopen and presumably at night the stopping service from Rugeley to Wolverhampton might stop at the two, but why are they sending the Liverpool trains down this way unless they serve the stations to. 

First time In a while I've seen two passenger trains pass through here as I saw the Shrewsbury service not long ago and then as I walked over eairler I saw a 350 and Real Time Trains stated it was from Liverpool to Birmingham