London Midland Trains

[Bob]

Can you buy a N train with penkridge extension?

[Tony]

Can you buy a N train with penkridge extension?

Yes, you can extend Ntrain to almost anywhere in the Midlands

[DJ]

Can you buy a N train with penkridge extension?

Would likely be cheaper in the long run if you got it yearly, too, but it'll depend on what you need it for, I guess.

[Bob]

Christ almighty!

[Bob]

Insane! More than double

[Tony]

Insane! More than double

Yes, fares on the Chase line are some of the cheapest in the country for distance travelled

[Bob]

Yes, fares on the Chase line are some of the cheapest in the country for distance travelled

Maybe we deserve the 2 carriages overcrowded smelly old trains lateness and cancellations lol

[DJ]

Maybe we deserve the 2 carriages overcrowded smelly old trains lateness and cancellations lol

I'm not going to dispute the other points, but don't you usually get 170s on there? I wouldn't call them old by any means.

[Bob]

Maybe not old but sometimes a bit smelly and definitely woefully inadequate at peak times

[DJ]

Maybe not old but sometimes a bit smelly and definitely woefully inadequate at peak times

Yeah, I guess they're more suited to longer distance routes rather than for commuting in and out of Birmingham. I've caught a 170 a few times at peak out of New Street to Sandwell and Dudley, and it's been awfully cramped. They were lovely for the journey from Birmingham to Hereford and back though, when it wasn't peak time.

[Bob]

Yea sprinters definitely better for commuting

[DJ]

Yea sprinters definitely better for commuting

They're showing their age nowadays though - would 323's work on the Chase line once the Cross City gets new trains? They're 3 car trains and a lot more suited to commuting.

[Tony]

They're showing their age nowadays though - would 323's work on the Chase line once the Cross City gets new trains? They're 3 car trains and a lot more suited to commuting.

They would, and will turn up on there initially, but they will be going off-lease in a couple of years time

[Bob]

Next December isn't it we've got to wait till....

[Tony]

Next December isn't it we've got to wait till....

Some will be turning up as soon as the wires go live, probably at weekends initially