London Midland Trains

[andy]

350/1s much preferred in my opinion. Presumably all 26 Class 323s will be used on the CrossCity Line when the 350/3s come, does that mean the New Street - International shuttle will become Class 350?

Most likely yes, as will the Walsall and Wolves stoppers

I knew they were destined for the Walsall - Wolverhamptons, I was just wondering the fate of the International shuttle. It will more than likely be Class 350 to allow another 323 to be used on the CrossCity line

The current rumour is that the International Shuttle will go back onto either the Wolves or Walsall, leaving one or the other of those as stand alone. All will be 350 run with the 323's going onto cross city and eventually the Bromsgrove work.

[Sh4318]

350/1s much preferred in my opinion. Presumably all 26 Class 323s will be used on the CrossCity Line when the 350/3s come, does that mean the New Street - International shuttle will become Class 350?

Most likely yes, as will the Walsall and Wolves stoppers

I knew they were destined for the Walsall - Wolverhamptons, I was just wondering the fate of the International shuttle. It will more than likely be Class 350 to allow another 323 to be used on the CrossCity line

The 3503xx's are going to used with 323's on Cross City. This is due Bromsgrove getting wires. People of Redditch are expecting to see them as they have been told in the local papers abou

I think there are capability issues with the 323s & 350s, the plan is to use all 323s on the CrossCity line so most diagrams will be 6 cars long

[Tony]

350/1s much preferred in my opinion. Presumably all 26 Class 323s will be used on the CrossCity Line when the 350/3s come, does that mean the New Street - International shuttle will become Class 350?

Most likely yes, as will the Walsall and Wolves stoppers

I knew they were destined for the Walsall - Wolverhamptons, I was just wondering the fate of the International shuttle. It will more than likely be Class 350 to allow another 323 to be used on the CrossCity line

The 3503xx's are going to used with 323's on Cross City. This is due Bromsgrove getting wires. People of Redditch are expecting to see them as they have been told in the local papers abou

I think there are capability issues with the 323s & 350s, the plan is to use all 323s on the CrossCity line so most diagrams will be 6 cars long

More to the point, why on earth would you buy brand new 110mph trains to use on the Cross-City where trains very rarely get above 50mph?

[Kevin]

More to the point, why on earth would you buy brand new 110mph trains to use on the Cross-City where trains very rarely get above 50mph?

Be honest the same could be said about the Walsall service, seems a tad wasted but never mind

[Sh4318]

More to the point, why on earth would you buy brand new 110mph trains to use on the Cross-City where trains very rarely get above 50mph?

Be honest the same could be said about the Walsall service, seems a tad wasted but never mind

Good point, although the Walsall - Wolvos can cope with 3/4 coaches, the Cross City line can't, so it makes sense to keep the 323s on the Cross City line so that they can be coupled up to 6 cars

[mikestone]

There likely to be few, if any, extra six car workings as the sets released will be needed for the 20 minute service to Redditch and extension of the rest to Bromsgrove.

[Sh4318]

There likely to be few, if any, extra six car workings as the sets released will be needed for the 20 minute service to Redditch and extension of the rest to Bromsgrove.

When will the electrification to Bromsgrove be ready? 2014 or 2019?

[Tony]

There likely to be few, if any, extra six car workings as the sets released will be needed for the 20 minute service to Redditch and extension of the rest to Bromsgrove.

When will the electrification to Bromsgrove be ready? 2014 or 2019?

Depends more on the building of the replacement station at Bromsgrove than how fast the wires can be put up

[mikestone]

http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/10882559.Construction_can_now_begin_on_Bromsgrove_Railway_Station/
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suggests 2015 for the station and 2016 for the wires.

[Sh4318]

There likely to be few, if any, extra six car workings as the sets released will be needed for the 20 minute service to Redditch and extension of the rest to Bromsgrove.

Will that many extra 323s be required for the Redditch loop? I would only think it would be an extra 2/3 on the current layover times

[mikestone]

2/3 is all they are going to have - 7 of the 350/3s are for Euston suburban

[Dylan4579]

Staff on strike again.

[Tony]

London Midland's first new 350/3 (350368) is due to be delivered on 9th April. Initial shakedown running and testing will take place Monday to Friday with a run from Northampton to Stafford and back, in Stafford arround 11am.

[D10]

Staff on strike again.

Did anybody have any problems? I travelled on Friday and Saturday on the Snow Hill line and had no trouble.

[Tony]

Staff on strike again.

Did anybody have any problems? I travelled on Friday and Saturday on the Snow Hill line and had no trouble.

It was a small number of 'non-operational' TSSA members that does not affect the running of the trains directly