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The introduction of 196 units on the Hereford - New Street (via Bromsgrove) route was a great improvement and usually offered 4 carriages (either a 4-car unit or 2x2). However, 6 of the 16 services (Mon-Fri) have been reduced to 3 carriages, running with the older 172 units and occasionally I've...

The 05:43 Great Malvern to New Street (Mon-Fri) was five minutes late into New Street today as it was running immediately behind the first train from Redditch to Four Oaks – a situation I’ve experienced before on the 05:43 service. The Redditch service leaves the town at 06:04 but the regular...

According to the West Midlands Railway travel updates page, as many as 25 services running between New Street, Worcester and Hereford today will have just two carriages instead of the usual four. It's going to be a bit cosy with the additional Christmas shoppers etc I've noticed 172s back on...

I’ve noticed that a number of Birmingham to Hereford services have been formed of just two carriages recently. Even pre-Covid, some services on this route had five carriages and were often full. I note that West Midlands Trains does not release information to the various real-time running...