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The class 172/0 will be used on the Leamington Spa-Coventry-Nuneaton and Snow Hill lines.

Press release says they will also cover the 150 turn on New Street-Hereford.
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Has anyone spotted the use of a bowser to empty toilet tanks at Lime St - a number of occurences are shown in the new diagrams. I'm surprised its permitted but apparently they already do it at Northampton, and rather surprisingly, Redditch.

(08/05/2019 12:34)mikestone Wrote: [ -> ]Press release says they will also cover the 150 turn on New Street-Hereford.
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Has anyone spotted the use of a bowser to empty toilet tanks at Lime St - a number of occurences are shown in the new diagrams. I'm surprised its permitted but apparently they already do it at Northampton, and rather surprisingly, Redditch.

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/c...s-16210765

2 class 172/0 will be used between Leamington Spa and Nuneaton.

1 class 172/0 will be used between New Street-Hereford.

The remaining units will be used on Snow Hill lines.

Industrial action taking place this coming Saturday.

Strike action suspended, but special timetable will still apply on Saturday.
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https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/ab...-rmt-union

Here's an article about the first class 196.

https://www.railwaygazette.com/uk/west-m...95.article

WMR times for May now in RTT - as mentioned in Modern Railways both hourly Liverpool services will now run to/from Euston and Crewe-Stoke-Birmingham trains run to/from Birmingham International

730001 has been noted outside at Derby Litchurch Lane.

196101 has been out on test today
https://www.flickr.com/photos/83776890@N...datetaken/

230004 was involved in a signalling farce at Bletchley Depot on Thursday morning which caused the units fuel pump to spark a minor fire. These things aren't getting much luck!