West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR

[knutstransport]

RE: West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR

(Today 17:21)Gordon V Wrote:  It's not a sudden thing they've gone,they were always planned to finish on the Liverpool route at the start of the December timetable change.

Weekdays the 1933 Liverpool-Birmingham is 8 car.

I knew they were temporary, but the original announcement from the operator referred to the 730s entering service to allow the 350/2s to be withdrawn, and leaving the Liverpool route once the southern depots had been trained on the 730s. But the MD did talk about doubled up 350s for Liverpool and said doubled up 730s wouldn't work on that route.

[Gordon V]

RE: West Midlands Trains - WMR & LNR

(Today 17:29)knutstransport Wrote:  I knew they were temporary, but the original announcement from the operator referred to the 730s entering service to allow the 350/2s to be withdrawn, and leaving the Liverpool route once the southern depots had been trained on the 730s. But the MD did talk about doubled up 350s for Liverpool and said doubled up 730s wouldn't work on that route.

Don't know how long ago that announcement was but it's been known since at least September this year that at the timetable change the 730s would move off the Liverpool to Birmingham route.