Train bashing in the West Midlands, 06/02/2024

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Had a bit of a mid-semester crisis today and decided to just go train bashing, what the hell.

I have an Oxford to Banbury off peak return, Banbury to Leamington Spa off peak return, and a West Midlands Day Ranger. I’ll only be posting about the service I’m on after I have gotten off them, for obvious reasons. Photos will follow afterwards.

Suggestions on what to do are welcome!

 

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1M42 221137 XC Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly
Oxford 1241 (+2)
Banbury 1258 (0)

 

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Can anyone advise of the service pattern around Rugeley and Lichfield Trent Valley on the WCML?

 

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1R26 168002 CH London Marylebone to B’ham Moor St
Banbury 1308 (0)
Leamington Spa 1327 (-1)
Warwick 1333 (0)
Warwick Pkwy 1337 (0)
Dorridge 1349 (+1)
Solihul 1354 (0)
B’ham Moor St 1403 (-1)

 

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2K66 172101 WM Whitlocks End to Kidderminster
B’ham Moor St 1408 (+1)
B’ham Snow Hill 1412 (-1)
Jewellry Quarter 1418 (0)
The Hawthorns 1422 (0)
Smethwick Galton Bridge 1424 (0)

 

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1F60 350117 LNWR B’ham New St to Liverpool Lime St
Smethwick Galton Bridge 1441 (0)
Wolverhampton 1453 (+1)
Penkridge 1503 (+1)
Stafford 1510 (0)
Crewe 1529 (-1)

 

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2K80 350244 LNWR Crewe to Stafford via Stoke-on-Trent
Crewe 1534 (+1)
Alsager 1542 (0)
Kidsgrove 1549 (+3)
Longport 1554 (+2)
Stoke-on-Trent 1559 (+2)
1O24 220012/221139 XC Manchester Piccadilly to Bournemouth
Stoke-on-Trent 1604 (0)
Stafford 1624 (+4)
1U38 LNWR Crewe to London Euston Cancelled due to high winds (XW)

 

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1U40 350409/350265 LNWR Crewe to London Euston
Stafford 1732 (+1)
Rugeley Trent Valley 1742 (+1)
Lichfield Trent Valley 1749 (0)
Tamworth 1756 (0)
Aetherstone 1804 (0)
Nuneaton 1810 (0)
Rugby 1825 (-1)

 

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1Y55 350110/350369 LNWR London Euston to B’ham New St
Rugby 1832 (0)
Coventry 1844 (0)
Canley 1847 (0)
Tile Hill 1851 (-1)
Berkswell 1854 (-1)
Hampton in Arden 1859 (-1)
B’ham Intl 1904 (0)

 

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And the final leg, thanks Crosscountry for the delay.

2H77 350108 WM B’ham Intl to Rugeley Trent Valley
B’ham Intl 1928 (+7)
Marston Green 1931 (+7)
Lea Hall 1934 (+7)
Stechford 1937 (+7)
Adderley Pk 1940 (+7)
B’ham New St 1946 (+7)
Tame Bridge Pkwy 2001 (+2)
2W58 350267 WM Walsall to Wolverhampton
Tame Bridge Pkwy 2014 (0)
Hamstead 2017 (0)
Perry Barr 2020 (0)
Witton 2023 (0)
Aston 2026 (0)
Duddeston 2029 (0)
B’ham New St 2034 (0)
1O34 220016 XC Manchester Piccadilly to Southampton Central
B’ham New St 2103 (0)
B’ham Intl 2112 (0)
Coventry 2122 (0)
Leamington Spa 2137 (+1)
Banbury 2154 (0)
Oxford 2243 (+30)

 

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A large amount of class 350s.

 

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XC Voyagers at Stoke-on-Trent, Banbury, and passing at Smethwick.

 

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And finally, two somewhat questionable design choices at BHM and Stafford.