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  1. Chris172

    WMTrains livery and station branding

    No Coventry is having the 2 tone blue as their livery which is on some of their single deckers and doubles at the mo blue and white and the red and white are going
  2. Chris172

    Class 172 Refurbishment/Snow Hill Capacity

    Could some 172s help out the 170s on the Birmingham to Hereford service? 172s are cleared for use on that service.
  3. Chris172

    WMTrains livery and station branding

    They are around 10 years old and the bogies are the part of the train that will corrode the earliest as they are exposed to the elements, shock of bouncing around and general wear and tear. So like tyres they need to be change and corrosion proof for a good number of years. Found this on...
  4. Chris172

    Rare visits by Pacers

    Here it is a class 143 001 By the way @superalbs i love the reskins you do for TS 2018
  5. Chris172

    Rare visits by Pacers

    There is a photo of a pacer reaching Birmingham New Street on WMBuses forum
  6. Chris172

    Creation of class 230 DEMUs from ex-LU D78s by Vivarail

    Yorkshire already beat Cheshire when a 150 dispaired from one another. When two become one?
  7. Chris172

    Class 319's into storage/withdrawals tracker

    LNWR are due a few more so some 350s can be released for the chase line
  8. Chris172

    Creation of class 230 DEMUs from ex-LU D78s by Vivarail

    I was looking forward to doing my ironing on the 230s
  9. Chris172

    Leapfrogging of already delayed trains

    I travelled on an XC service 2 weeks ago. The 16.23 to Plymouth to Wakefield and it was running 15 late when it arrived. After we departed WKF en route to Sheffield and the train suddenly stopped in Swinton and it was stuck at a red signal for 60 mins as there was a signal failure at Sheffield...
  10. Chris172

    WMTrains livery and station branding

    The local authority TfWM is deciding the design for the station
  11. Chris172

    Arriva Rail North DOO

    I was in West Yorkshire all day yesterday and every train I boarded the Northern Guard would do all the customer service part and none of them were depressed but they were happy. I spoke to a young lad around early 20s and he felt that he provided more customer service and helped customers more...
  12. Chris172

    WMTrains livery and station branding

    Maybe they will go for the original design though they could use the orange on the front like LO 710s except lighter?
  13. Chris172

    Scot Rail class 158s in York

    i was in York this morning and noticed a couple of Scot rail 158s there with no branding has northern gained these?
  14. Chris172

    Most Desired TS2018 Route In The UK That Should Be Made

    An offical Birmingham New Street 2015would be nice
  15. Chris172

    Network Rail looking at how it could bring in 24 hour train service

    There are a few 24 hour routes (74 Birmingham to West Bromwich, 63 Birmingham to Selly Oak and X1 Birmingham to airport which you have mentioned) these run 7 days a week whilst there are some weekend exclusives (50 Birmingham to Maypole and 9 Birmingham to Halesowen). I agree there is a...
  16. Chris172

    Kenilworth station Opened 30th April 2018

    They already have loo’s on the 153s haha
  17. Chris172

    Kenilworth station Opened 30th April 2018

    Would be nice for xc to stop there also! Are the class 172s still coming in May?
  18. Chris172

    Abellio wins West Midlands franchise

    http://wmbusphotos.com/forum/index.php?topic=4990.225 The link
  19. Chris172

    Abellio wins West Midlands franchise

    According to West Midlands bus forums the diesels trains will class 196/0 and 196/2 with cross city 730
  20. Chris172

    Abellio wins West Midlands franchise

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aventra According to Wikipedia (which I normally take with a pinch of salt) it states that the aventras to be but purchased by West Midlands Railway are to be designated class 730

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