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This video shows the current and future train fleet/rolling stock for the West Midlands Trains franchise which is currently operated by Abellio.
West Midlands Trains is split in to 2 different brands which both operate different service and have their own rolling stock, although the train fleet can be shared between the 2 when required.
West Midlands Railway operates services around the West Midlands centred around Birmingham operating services to places like Shrewsbury, Hereford, Coventry, Lichfield and Rugeley.
London Northwestern Railway operates services from London Euston along the West Coast Main line towards Birmingham, Crewe, Liverpool which are slower services than those operated by Avanti West Coast, they also operate local stopping services from London to Northampton, Milton Keynes and Watford as well as branch line services on the Marston Vale and Abbey lines.
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West Midlands Railway mostly operate DUM units as the majority of their routes are unelectrified. Currently they operate class 139 Parry People Movers which take turns each day operating the 10 minute shuttle between Stourbridge Junction and Town, these will be remaining with WMR.
Currently the majority of regional services out of New Street are formed of the 2 and 3 carriage class 170 Turbostar sets, these operate on New Street services to Worcester, Hereford and Shrewsbury and can appear on the Snow Hill route the class 170 will be leaving WMR going to East Midlands Railway and some centre carriages to Cross Country.
Along with the Class 170 units there are 8 single carriage class 153 sprinters which will also be leaving WMR, these usually operate either in multiple or coupled to a class 170 on the Hereford route.
WMR operate 3 sub classes of 172 Turbostars, these consist of the ex London Overground class 172/0 which joined WMR in 2019 and operate services on the Nuneaton to Coventry to Leamington Spa route as well as Snow Hill services. There are also the 172/2 and 172/3 units which operate on the Snow Hill line between Worcester, Kidderminster and Dorridge, Whitlocks End. All the class 172 units will be remaining with WMR.
The only WMR electric stock is the 26 class 323 units which will be leaving WMR and moving to Northern. These operate services on the Cross City line in 6 carriage formations and can operate other WMR electric services on occasion. Although the Chase line via Walsall and local Wolverhampton services are WMR services they are usually operated by LNWR units.
The new WMR train fleets will consist of the DMU class 196 Civity trains in 2 and 4 carriage formations, these will be similar in design the 195 units with Northern but with end gangways as well as the 197 units Transport for Wales has ordered. The 196 trains are currently being tested and should enter service in late 2020/early 2021. They will operate services to Worcester, Hereford and Shrewsbury.
The replacement EMU units for WMR will be the 730/0 Aventra trains which will operate all Cross City services. These are the first Aventra trains to have end gangways. Once the Aventras arrive all Cross City services should be operated by 6 carriages by having the 3 carriage 730/0 units operating in multiple.
London Northwestern Railway operate mostly EMU units with the only Diesel units being the 3 class 230 trains on Bedford to Bletchley services, there are 3 of these with LNWR and they car 2 carriage sets which are known as the D-Train as they have been converted from ex London Underground District line D stock.
Currently LNWR operate 15 class 319 units of 3 sub classes, these are 4 carriage units and usually operate peak services out on London in 12 carriage formations with 1 unit each day operating the Watford to St Albans shuttle service. The class 319 units will be leaving LNWR.
The majority of LNWR services are operated by 4 sub classes of class 350 Desiro trains. There are the 30 class 350/1 which will be remaining with LNWR, 27 class 350/2 which are leaving LNWR, 10 class 350/3 which will be remaining with LNWR and 10 class 350/4 which are also remaining with LNWR. The class 350 Desiros have 2+2 seating except the 350/2 units which have 2+3 seating, all class 350s have first class seating. The 10 class 350/4 joined more recently after leaving Trans Pennine Express.
The future LNWR will consist of Aventra trains which will be similar to the WMR 730 units but will be classes 730/1 and 730/2 which will be 5 carriage sets and have a higher top speed. There are 2 sub classes of LNWR units as the 730/1 units will be more suited in their layout to Outer Suburban services where as the class 730/2 will be suited to longer distance LNWR services.
All information is correct as of October 2020
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