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RE: West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR - 507022 - 30/06/2025 14:44
Sorry for going off thread, but the Euston to Man Vic idea takes me back to the 1990s when Regional Railways were planning a similar service using pairs of 158s, but it never got off the ground
RE: West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR - knutstransport - 30/06/2025 16:53
(30/06/2025 14:44)507022 Wrote: Sorry for going off thread, but the Euston to Man Vic idea takes me back to the 1990s when Regional Railways were planning a similar service using pairs of 158s, but it never got off the ground
North Western Trains did run a Rochdale to London service (using 158s), as well as a Manchester Airport to Euston service (using 322s). Neither lasted long. There's also been some track applications from Alliance Rail regarding running services from Huddersfield/Victoria to London via Warrington, but they failed to get approved.
I think at one point Central Trains extended a service to Manchester Airport, while London Midland did attempt to start an hourly stopping Preston to Birmingham service. At a timetable change they introduced one northbound afternoon service to Preston that didn't stop between Crewe and Warrington and ran back ECS to Crewe - which defeated the point of it!
RE: West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR - childwallblues - 16/07/2025 17:50
From next Monday Class 730/2 units are due to start in service on the Liverpool to Birmingham route. There will be two diagrams at first.
RE: West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR - knutstransport - Yesterday 19:33
(16/07/2025 17:50)childwallblues Wrote: From next Monday Class 730/2 units are due to start in service on the Liverpool to Birmingham route. There will be two diagrams at first.
Any news on the exact diagrams?