West Midlands Trains - London Northwestern Railway Services - B

West Midlands Trains - B
 
London Northwestern Railway Services
 
WMT's services along the West Coast Main Line rail corridor are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand. These services include:
  • Services out of London Euston.
  • Branch line services off the south of the West Coast main line.
As of May 2023, the typical off-peak Monday - Saturday London Northwestern Railway service pattern, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), includes:
 
West Coast Main Line
  • London Euston – Tring   2 tph
Harrow & Wealdstone, Watford Junction, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted
  • London Euston – Milton Keynes Central   2 tph
Harrow & Wealdstone, Bushey, Watford Junction, Kings Langley, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, Cheddington, Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley
  • London Euston – Birmingham New Street   2 tph
Watford Junction (1tph), Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, Milton Keynes Central, Wolverton, Northampton, Long Buckby, Rugby, Coventry, Canley, Tile Hill, Berkswell, Hampton-in-Arden, Birmingham International
  • London Euston – Crewe   1 tph
Milton Keynes Central, Rugby, Nuneaton, Atherstone, Tamworth, Lichfield Trent Valley, Rugeley Trent Valley, Stafford
  • Birmingham New Street – Crewe   1 tph
Tame Bridge Parkway, Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Longport, Kidsgrove, Alsager
  • Birmingham New Street – Liverpool Lime Street   1 tph
Smethwick Galton Bridge, Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford, Crewe, Winsford, Hartford, Acton Bridge, Runcorn, Liverpool South Parkway
 
Abbey Line
  • Watford Junction – St Albans Abbey   1 tph
Watford North, Garston, Bricket Wood, How Wood, Park Street
 
Marston Vale Line
  • Bletchley – Bedford   1[a] tph
Fenny Stratford, Bow Brickhill, Woburn Sands, Aspley Guise, Ridgmont, Lidlington, Millbrook, Stewartby, Kempston Hardwick, Bedford St Johns
 
^ Since December 2022 and until further notice, the route is served by rail-replacement bus (due to failure of Vivarail, the manufacturers and maintainers of the Class 230 trains used on this line).
 
West Midlands Railway Services
 
In the West Midlands region, WMT's train services are operated under the West Midlands Railway brand. These services include:
  • Services through Birmingham.
  • The Leamington to Coventry and Coventry to Nuneaton branch lines.
Services on the short Stourbridge Town branch line are run by the open access operator Pre Metro Operations, who operate services on behalf of WMT under the West Midlands Railway brand name.
 
As of May 2023, the typical off-peak Monday - Saturday West Midlands Railway service pattern, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), includes:
 
Birmingham – Shrewsbury
  • Birmingham New Street – Shrewsbury   1 tph
Smethwick Galton Bridge, Wolverhampton, Bilbrook, Codsall, Albrighton, Cosford, Shifnal, Telford Central, Oakengates, Wellington
 
Malvern Line
  • Birmingham New Street – Hereford   1 tph
University, Bromsgrove, Droitwich Spa, Worcester Foregate Street, Malvern Link, Great Malvern, Colwall, Ledbury
 
Cross-City Line
  • Lichfield Trent Valley – Bromsgrove   2 tph
Lichfield City, Shenstone, Blake Street, Butlers Lane, Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green, Chester Road, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Aston, Birmingham New Street, Five Ways, University, Selly Oak, Bournville, Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge, Barnt Green (1tph)
  • Four Oaks – Redditch   2 tph
Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green, Chester Road, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Aston, Duddeston, Birmingham New Street, Five Ways, University, Selly Oak, Bournville, Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge, Barnt Green, Alvechurch
 
Chase Line & West Coast Main Line
  • Wolverhampton – Walsall   2 tph
Coseley, Tipton, Dudley Port, Sandwell and Dudley, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Smethwick Rolfe Street, Birmingham New Street, Duddeston, Aston, Witton, Perry Barr, Hamstead, Tame Bridge Parkway, Bescot Stadium
  • Birmingham International – Rugeley Trent Valley   2 tph
Marston Green, Lea Hall, Stechford, Adderley Park (1tph), Birmingham New Street, Tame Bridge Parkway, Walsall, Bloxwich, Bloxwich North, Landywood, Cannock, Hednesford, Rugeley Town
 
Snow Hill Lines
  • Stratford-upon-Avon – Worcester Foregate Street via Dorridge   1 tph
Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway, Wilmcote (limited), Bearley (limited),[a] Claverdon (limited),[a] Lapworth, Dorridge, Widney Manor, Solihull, Olton, Acocks Green, Small Heath, Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Langley Green, Rowley Regis, Old Hill, Cradley Heath, Lye, Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster, Droitwich Spa, Worcester Shrub Hill
  • Stratford-upon-Avon – Kidderminster via Whitlocks End   1 tph
Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway, Wilmcote, Wootton Wawen, Henley-in-Arden, Danzey, Wood End, The Lakes, Earlswood, Wythall, Whitlocks End, Shirley, Yardley Wood, Hall Green, Spring Road, Tyseley, Small Heath, Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Rowley Regis, Cradley Heath, Stourbridge Junction, Hagley, Blakedown
  • Whitlocks End – Kidderminster   1 tph
Shirley, Yardley Wood, Hall Green, Spring Road, Tyseley, Small Heath, Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Rowley Regis, Cradley Heath, Stourbridge Junction, Hagley, Blakedown
  • Dorridge – Worcester Foregate Street   1 tph
Widney Manor, Solihull, Olton, Acocks Green, Tyseley, Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Langley Green, Rowley Regis, Old Hill, Cradley Heath, Lye, Stourbridge Junction, Kidderminster, Hartlebury, Droitwich Spa
 
West Midlands Trains Branch Lines
  • Stourbridge Junction – Stourbridge Town   6 tph
Shuttle service
  • Leamington Spa – Nuneaton   1 tph
Kenilworth, Coventry, Coventry Arena, Bedworth, Bermuda Park
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Sunday services are generally hourly on most routes however:
  • On the Malvern Line, services between Birmingham New Street and Hereford are reduced to a two-hourly service.
  • Two trains per hour run on the Cross city line between Lichfield Trent Valley and Redditch with both trains calling at Duddeston. An hourly service operates between Birmingham New Street and Bromsgrove.
  • Services at local stations between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham International are provided by additional calls on London Northwestern Railway services between Birmingham New Street and Northampton.
  • On the Snow Hill lines, services operate hourly from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester Foregate Street via Shirley and do not call at Wood End, Danzey, Small Heath, Langley Green, Old Hill or Lye but calls at Tyseley in both directions. An hourly service also operates between Dorridge and Stourbridge Junction in the daytime which picks up the calls at Langley Green, Old Hill and Lye and runs non-stop between Birmingham Moor Street and Acocks Green.
  • Services between Leamington Spa and Nuneaton are split at Coventry.
  • Services between Stourbridge Junction and Stourbridge Town are reduced to 4 trains per hour.
West Midlands Trains Planned Changes
 
West Midlands Trains Planned changes included:
  • Reintroduction of calls at Barlaston and therefore closure of Wedgwood. This will mean the end of the long-standing rail replacement bus service. From 10 December 2017, the Stafford – Stoke-on-Trent rail replacement bus was cut back to run only between Stoke-on-Trent and Norton Bridge, via Wedgwood, Barlaston and Stone.
  • Reintroduction of calls at Polesworth, refurbishing and reopening both platforms.
West Midlands Trains Overview
 
West Midlands Trains Franchise(s): West Midlands
10 December 2017 – 20 September 2026
West Midlands Trains Main Region(s): West Midlands
Greater London
West Midlands Trains Other Region(s): North West
East Midlands
 
West Midlands Railway
Fleet Size:
2 Class 139 Parry People Mover sets
39 Class 172 Turbostar sets
26 Class 196 Civity sets
26 Class 323 electric multiple units
 
London Northwestern Railway
Fleet Size:
7 Class 319 electric multiple units
87 Class 350 Desiro electric multiple units
West Midlands Trains Stations Called At: 178
West Midlands Trains Stations Operated: 146
West Midlands Trains Parent Company: Transport UK Group (70%)
JR East (15%)
Mitsui & Co (15%)
West Midlands Trains Reporting Mark: LM
West Midlands Trains Predecessor: London Midland
West Midlands Trains Technical Length: 867.4 km (539.0 mi)
 
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