London Midland Trains

[Tony]

London Midland at their best tonight. thousands of people watching the rugby at Fanzone after the game at Villa Park and London Midland are cancelling the last train to London (22:14 of New Street)

[Solo1]

Why how they going to get home the only way is to stop in hotel &bill London midland as I thought they had a duty to get you to your station stop.on the ticket

[tank90]

It's as good as Great Western Railways aka First Great Western not putting on Extra trains tonight to Wales so fans from Twickenham could get home tonight with out having to stop over in England. It makes you wonder what was on the train operators mind when they saw the times of games finishing and where people would want to go after games. It is one reason why the UK or England will not host the Football World Cup nobody thinks.

[Tony]

The 22:14 to Euston was cancelled because the incoming service from Northampton was cancelled because of no train crew.

In the end they fetched a unit up from Coventry empty stock and ran a 22:30 extra to Northampton where they restarted the 22:14 so they did get everybody home eventually. Not sure whether the 22:30 was a 350 or a 323.

The Great Western thing is completely different. Great Western offered to run extras for the rugby, but Network Rail, the nationalised bit of the railways, had the Severn Tunnel closed for engineering work and couldn't give them paths, another good advert for nationalising the railways I don't think, although the press picked on the private company because they ran a couple of staff jolleys on the same day in another part of their area

[B61 ANDREW]

In the end they fetched a unit up from Coventry empty stock. Not sure whether the 22:30 was a 350 or a 323.     

Lets hope is was not the 153 that does the Nuneaton Shuttle  . . . . . . . .  :o

[Sh4318]

On the plus side, trains coming out of Birmingham (to Liverpool at least) are quiet as, on 350102 doing the 11:49 SGB-LIV and its dead, that's not something you can usually say about this service

[T840MAK]

Lets hope is was not the 153 that does the Nuneaton Shuttle  . . . . . . . .  :o

They would have done well to do that considering that diagram finishes in Coventry at 22:33 ;)

Most likely it would have been a spare 350 from the sidings just outside of the station.

[Stuharris 6360]

London Midland at their best tonight. thousands of people watching the rugby at Fanzone after the game at Villa Park and London Midland are cancelling the last train to London (22:14 of New Street)

Not affecting London, but they also cancelled the 22:54 to Northampton which can be a very busy service, especially if there has been anything on at the NEC!

[domino.99]

Every train from BHI between 5:40 and 6:20 was rammed today being the last day of EGX (Which was amazing btw) VT Arriva and LM all rammed

[Sh4318]

Every train from BHI between 5:40 and 6:20 was rammed today being the last day of EGX (Which was amazing btw) VT Arriva and LM all rammed

Reading this with a cheeky smile on my face as my train (from Liverpool) into Smethwick, then Birmingham has plenty of spare seats ;D

[Kevin]

Up to their best again tonight.
Last train from Liverpool to brum is cancelled. I've apparently now got to get the last one to Crewe an hour later and a replacement bus from there.
Oh the joys.

[Stuharris 6360]

Up to their best again tonight.
Last train from Liverpool to brum is cancelled. I've apparently now got to get the last one to Crewe an hour later and a replacement bus from there.
Oh the joys.

@Kevin Train starting from Crewe, why they couldn't hold it to await the connection?

Mind you looking at it, next train is an hour later!

[Kevin]

Well I got home eventually at quarter to 2....
London Midland will be getting a nice taxi receipt with the compensation form because I missed the last bus home as well

[Sh4318]

Apparently the cancellations last night were due to the train's automatic braking system being deployed earlier. That's what it said I'm the app anyway :-\

[Stuharris 6360]

Apparently the cancellations last night were due to the train's automatic braking system being deployed earlier. That's what it said I'm the app anyway :-\

Thought that was on the Cross City line, unless the unit that works that service comes off the Cross City?