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Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 14:17 #21635
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4869 posts 		Do all the 323s for the Longbridge and Redditch services come ECS in a morning or do some stable at Longbridge over night?
"Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 14:35 #21636
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247 posts 		karl i believe one sits in longbridge rev sdg at night

2N41 2354 arrival from lichfield tv
and works 2N04 next morning 0612 longbridge - lichfield tv
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 14:44 #21637
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989 posts 		In this TT all the stock works in from either Soho Depot or New Street
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 15:59 #21639
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2650 posts 		Noel is correct in his statement, however its subject to what year you are specifically talking about. In the 1995-1996 timetable ECS also comes from Tyseley Sdgs in the shape of various diesel units. However there are one or two ECS movemnts of loco hauled stock from Etches Park CS which then start at New Street. The cross city units originate from Soho Depot when the cross city line was electrified, but when the cross city services were in the hands of 1st generation DMUs they came from Tyseley Sdgs.
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 16:43 #21641
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476 posts 		Hi all, I can concur with most of the previous comments. I worked at New St 1989-2001 and as far as Cross City units go, IIRC before electrification DMUs on the Xcity ran ECS to and from Tyseley. After electrification we used to platform stable some 323s overnight for start of service, the rest going to and coming from Soho depot.
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 16:59 #21642
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2650 posts 		In a more in depth view of ECS workings in & around New Street/Saltley really depends on what era you are talking about. In the 1970s there were carriage sidings at Vauxhall which lay i9n between the lines to Birmingham International & the Camp Hill lines. These primarily held loco hauled stock for New Street. Having said that there are some trains that run ECS from Nottingham to Tyseley & are booked to run via New Street. All WCML loco hauled passenger trains ran from Oxley CS(Wolverhampton), some of which ran via the Up Stour & others via the Up Grand Junction lines through Bescot with some running via Perry Barr triangle & Soho South Junction. In the 1995-1996 timetable there are no units stabled overnight at Longbridge or anywhere else, but there is one part of the timetable in the afternoon prior to the evening peak where there are 3 ECS movements from Soho Depot to Longbridge. 2 of the trains go into the reversing siding at Longbridge & the other sits at Barnt Green(reversing) in P4. Even more surprising is the fact that one of these units is a 1st generation EMU in the shape of a 3 car Cl.308 unit. There are only one or two of these in the whiole timetable, all the others being Cl.323s. Nowadays there are alot of ECS movements between the depot at Barton Under Needwood & New Street via Saltley. Birmingham Snow Hill has quite a number of ECS moves from Tyseley Sdgs which Saltley PSB has to deal with.
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 17:53 #21661
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4869 posts 		Looking at the 2010 - 2011 time.
"Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 18:11 #21664
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2650 posts 		Right fair do's, that's been covered earlier in this thread. I'm more into the 1980s, 1990s & 1970s as opposed to today. However each to their own.
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Re: Saltley Stock Questions 11/10/2011 at 19:55 #21669
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11 posts 		There are no units stable at Lonbridge overnight all stocks are stable overnight at New St or come ECS off Soho Depot in the morning these days.
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