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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Railway_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="West Midlands Railway (disambiguation)">West Midlands Railway (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/WestMidlandsTrains.svg/300px-WestMidlandsTrains.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9f/WestMidlandsTrains.svg/400px-WestMidlandsTrains.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="94" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg/250px-WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg/375px-WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg/500px-WMT_Class_172_Pair_at_Birmingham_Moor_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="2752" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg/250px-350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg/375px-350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg/500px-350376_Siemens_Desiro_EMU.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5985" data-file-height="2612" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Top: Class 172 in WMR livery at <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Moor_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham Moor Street railway station">Birmingham Moor Street</a> <br /> Bottom: Class 350 in LNR livery near <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Franchise(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">West Midlands<br />10 December 2017 – 20 September 2026<sup id="cite_ref-dft921_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dft921-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Main region(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_London" title="Greater London">Greater London</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other region(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_of_England" title="East of England">East of England</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/North_West_England" title="North West England">North West</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/South_East_England" title="South East England">Southeast</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fleet size</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>West Midlands Railway</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>2 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_139" title="British Rail Class 139">Class 139</a> <i>Parry People Mover</i> sets</li> <li>39 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_172" title="British Rail Class 172">Class 172</a> <i>Turbostar</i> sets</li> <li>26 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_196" title="British Rail Class 196">Class 196</a> <i>Civity</i> <i>sets</i></li> <li>48 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_730" title="British Rail Class 730">Class 730/0</a> <i>Aventra</i> <i>sets</i></li></ul> <p><b>London Northwestern Railway</b> </p> <ul><li>3 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_150" title="British Rail Class 150">Class 150</a> <i>Sprinter</i> <i>diesel multiple units</i></li> <li>87 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_350" title="British Rail Class 350">Class 350</a> <i>Desiro</i> <i>electric multiple units</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations called at</th><td class="infobox-data">178</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stations operated</th><td class="infobox-data">146</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Transport_UK_Group" title="Transport UK Group">Transport UK Group</a> (85%)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mitsui_%26_Co" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsui & Co">Mitsui & Co</a> (15%)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Reporting_mark" title="Reporting mark">Reporting mark</a></th><td class="infobox-data">LM<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Midland" title="London Midland">London Midland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Technical</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">867.4 km (539.0 mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Other</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://westmidlandsrailway.co.uk">westmidlandsrailway<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span><br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk">londonnorthwesternrailway<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="vertical-align: middle; padding: 0"><table style="border-spacing: 0; width: 100%; min-width: 100%" class="mw-collapsible uncollapsed"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #efefef;" class="infobox-header"><th style="text-align:center"><div style="margin:0 4em">Route map</div></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center; padding-top: 3px"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Route map"><img alt="Route map" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png/250px-West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png/375px-West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png/500px-West_Midlands_Trains_route_map_2018_01.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1057" /></a></span> </p> <div style="display:inline-block;border-style: solid;padding: 3px;border-color: black;border-width: 0px;background-color: white;color: black;text-align: left;margin: 3px;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F27B15; color:black;"> </span> West Midlands Railway</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#27B67A; color:black;"> </span> London Northwestern Railway</div></div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>West Midlands Trains</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (WMT) is a British <a href="/wiki/Train_operating_company" title="Train operating company">train operating company</a>. It operates passenger trains on the <a href="/wiki/Passenger_rail_franchising_in_Great_Britain" title="Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain">West Midlands franchise</a> between London and the <a href="/wiki/English_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="English Midlands">English Midlands</a> under two trading names: within the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_region" class="mw-redirect" title="West Midlands region">West Midlands region</a> as <b>West Midlands Railway</b> (WMR) and outside the region as <b>London Northwestern Railway</b> (LNR). </p><p>West Midlands Trains was created as a <a href="/wiki/Consortium" title="Consortium">consortium</a> of three companies, <a href="/wiki/Abellio_(transport_company)" title="Abellio (transport company)">Abellio</a>, <a href="/wiki/JR_East" class="mw-redirect" title="JR East">JR East</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_%26_Co" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsui & Co">Mitsui & Co</a>, which joined to bid for the West Midlands franchise; they were amongst the three bids to be shortlisted in April 2016, and were awarded the franchise during August 2017. JR East sold its 15% interest to Abellio in September 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023 Abellio sold its stake to <a href="/wiki/Transport_UK_Group" title="Transport UK Group">Transport UK Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the DfT, it is also accountable to the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Rail_Executive" title="West Midlands Rail Executive">West Midlands Rail Executive</a> for services that operate wholly within the West Midlands region. On 10 December 2017, West Midlands Trains took over operations from the prior operator, <a href="/wiki/London_Midland" title="London Midland">London Midland</a>. As per the original terms of the franchise, West Midlands Trains is expected to continue to operate until March 2026. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png/330px-Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png/495px-Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png/660px-Lm_passenger_nos_2019.png 2x" data-file-width="1011" data-file-height="603" /></a><figcaption>Passenger journeys on the West Midlands rail franchise from 2010–11 to 2018–19<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In April 2016, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Department for Transport</a> (DfT) announced the shortlist of bidders for the West Midlands franchise, comprising the incumbent operator <a href="/wiki/Govia" title="Govia">Govia</a>, <a href="/wiki/MTR_Corporation" title="MTR Corporation">MTR Corporation</a>, and West Midlands Trains: a consortium of <a href="/wiki/Abellio_(transport_company)" title="Abellio (transport company)">Abellio</a> (70%), <a href="/wiki/JR_East" class="mw-redirect" title="JR East">JR East</a> (15%) and <a href="/wiki/Mitsui_%26_Co" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitsui & Co">Mitsui & Co</a> (15%).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During July 2016, MTR Corporation abruptly opted to withdraw itself from the bidding process.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2016, a formal <a href="/wiki/Invitation_to_tender" title="Invitation to tender">invitation to tender</a> for the franchise was issued to the two remaining bidders.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During August 2017, the West Midlands Trains consortium was awarded the franchise; it took over operations from the prior operator, <a href="/wiki/London_Midland" title="London Midland">London Midland</a>, on 10 December 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The franchise is scheduled to run until March 2026.<sup id="cite_ref-DfT_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DfT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Unlike the previous London Midland franchise, which was solely accountable to the DfT, for services that operate wholly within the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_region" class="mw-redirect" title="West Midlands region">West Midlands region</a>, West Midlands Trains is also accountable to the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Rail_Executive" title="West Midlands Rail Executive">West Midlands Rail Executive</a>, a group of 16 local authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, until the franchise is re-let, the DfT must still approve any changes that the West Midlands Rail Executive may wish to make.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By mid-2020, West Midlands Trains had considerably curtailed its services in response to the significant decline of passenger travel amid the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 15 June 2020, both passengers and staff on public transport in England, including West Midlands Trains services, were required to wear face coverings while travelling, and anyone failing to do so were liable to be refused travel or fined.<sup id="cite_ref-GS4Jun_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GS4Jun-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, the company was criticised after it sent an email to 2,500 employees apparently thanking them for their work during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and offering a financial bonus;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, employees who clicked on the link within the email were informed that there was, in fact, no bonus and that the email had been a "phishing simulation test”.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian_May_2021_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian_May_2021-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2021, following emergency measures to deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the DfT awarded WMT a direct contract until 20 September 2026, replacing its existing franchise agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-dft921_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dft921-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>West Midlands Trains is one of several train operators impacted by the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%932024_United_Kingdom_railway_strikes" class="mw-redirect" title="2022–2024 United Kingdom railway strikes">2022–2024 United Kingdom railway strikes</a>, which are the first national rail strikes in the UK for three decades.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its workers are amongst those who are participating in <a href="/wiki/Industrial_action" title="Industrial action">industrial action</a> due to a dispute over pay and working conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> West Midlands Trains has only been capable of operating a very minimal timetable on any of the planned dates for the strikes due to the number of staff involved.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Abellio's stake in West Midlands Trains was included in the sale of its United Kingdom business to <a href="/wiki/Transport_UK_Group" title="Transport UK Group">Transport UK Group</a> in February 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Penalty_Fares">Penalty Fares</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Penalty Fares"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, West Midlands Trains operates a penalty fare policy requiring passengers to purchase a ticket before boarding. In the event that this is not possible, passengers must make themselves known to the conductor immediately on boarding.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branding">Branding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Branding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg/130px-West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg/195px-West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg/260px-West_Midlands_Railway_generic_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="499" /></a><figcaption>The shared West Midlands branding, here orange for rail</figcaption></figure> <p>WMT services are split into two businesses which operate under two distinct <a href="/wiki/Brand#Subbranding" title="Brand">sub-brands</a>. Train services running on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a>, including those running to/from <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station" title="Liverpool Lime Street railway station">Liverpool Lime Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a>, operate under the <i>London Northwestern Railway</i> brand. This name was chosen in tribute to the former <a href="/wiki/London_%26_North_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London & North Western Railway">London & North Western Railway</a> (LNWR), the company that operated services on the route between 1846 and 1922. Branding of trains and associated publicity use a green colour scheme with a logo composed of the letters L, N and W.<sup id="cite_ref-railwaygazette2017_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railwaygazette2017-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Services running in Birmingham and the West Midlands region – previously operated by London Midland under the <i>London Midland City</i> brand – are operated by WMT under the <i>West Midlands Railway</i> brand. WMT have chosen to operate these services as a distinct business unit in order to facilitate a possible future devolution of these services from the national DfT to the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Combined_Authority" title="West Midlands Combined Authority">West Midlands Combined Authority</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-railwaygazette2017_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railwaygazette2017-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These services bear an orange and purple colour scheme and are branded with a hexagonal "WM" <a href="/wiki/Monogram" title="Monogram">monogram</a> adopted as part of a <a href="/wiki/Co-branding" title="Co-branding">shared branding</a> initiative under <a href="/wiki/Transport_for_West_Midlands" title="Transport for West Midlands">Transport for West Midlands</a>, in which several <a href="/wiki/Transport_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport mode">transport modes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands County</a> use similar branding to emphasise integrated transport. Each mode bears a variant of the "WM" logo: West Midlands Buses use a red logo, <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Metro" title="West Midlands Metro">West Midlands Metro</a> trams use a blue logo, cycling initiatives are branded with a green logo, West Midlands Railway bears an orange logo, and the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Rail_Executive" title="West Midlands Rail Executive">West Midlands Rail Executive</a> uses a <a href="/wiki/Turquoise_(color)" title="Turquoise (color)">turquoise</a> logo.<sup id="cite_ref-tfwm-brand_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tfwm-brand-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="London_Northwestern_Railway_services">London Northwestern Railway services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: London Northwestern Railway services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>. The reason given is: Services tables are out-of-date.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>WMT's services along the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> rail corridor are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand. These services include:<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>services out of <a href="/wiki/London_Euston_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Euston railway station">London Euston</a>;</li> <li>branch line services off the south of the West Coast main line.</li></ul> <p>As of December 2023, the typical off-peak Monday - Saturday London Northwestern Railway service pattern, with frequencies in <b>trains per hour</b> (tph), includes:<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="200">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at　 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Euston_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Euston station">London Euston</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tring_railway_station" title="Tring railway station">Tring</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r979066050">.mw-parser-output ul.cslist,.mw-parser-output ul.sslist{margin:0;padding:0;display:inline-block;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output ul.cslist-embedded{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .cslist li,.mw-parser-output .sslist li{margin:0;padding:0 0.25em 0 0;display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:after{content:", "}.mw-parser-output .sslist li:after{content:"; "}.mw-parser-output .cslist li:last-child:after,.mw-parser-output .sslist li:last-child:after{content:none}</style><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_%26_Wealdstone_station" title="Harrow & Wealdstone station">Harrow & Wealdstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hemel_Hempstead_railway_station" title="Hemel Hempstead railway station">Hemel Hempstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkhamsted_railway_station" title="Berkhamsted railway station">Berkhamsted</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>London Euston – <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Central_railway_station" title="Milton Keynes Central railway station">Milton Keynes Central</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Harrow & Wealdstone, <a href="/wiki/Bushey_railway_station" title="Bushey railway station">Bushey</a>, Watford Junction, <a href="/wiki/Kings_Langley_railway_station" title="Kings Langley railway station">Kings Langley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apsley_railway_station" title="Apsley railway station">Apsley</a>, Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring, <a href="/wiki/Cheddington_railway_station" title="Cheddington railway station">Cheddington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard_railway_station" title="Leighton Buzzard railway station">Leighton Buzzard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bletchley_railway_station" title="Bletchley railway station">Bletchley</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>London Euston – <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Watford Junction (1tph), Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, Milton Keynes Central, <a href="/wiki/Wolverton_railway_station" title="Wolverton railway station">Wolverton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northampton_railway_station" title="Northampton railway station">Northampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_Buckby_railway_station" title="Long Buckby railway station">Long Buckby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby_railway_station" title="Rugby railway station">Rugby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coventry_railway_station" title="Coventry railway station">Coventry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canley_railway_station" title="Canley railway station">Canley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tile_Hill_railway_station" title="Tile Hill railway station">Tile Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkswell_railway_station" title="Berkswell railway station">Berkswell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hampton-in-Arden_railway_station" title="Hampton-in-Arden railway station">Hampton-in-Arden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_International_railway_station" title="Birmingham International railway station">Birmingham International</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>London Euston – <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Milton Keynes Central, Rugby, <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_railway_station" title="Nuneaton railway station">Nuneaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atherstone_railway_station" title="Atherstone railway station">Atherstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamworth_railway_station" title="Tamworth railway station">Tamworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lichfield_Trent_Valley_railway_station" title="Lichfield Trent Valley railway station">Lichfield Trent Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Trent_Valley_railway_station" title="Rugeley Trent Valley railway station">Rugeley Trent Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stafford_railway_station" title="Stafford railway station">Stafford</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stafford_railway_station" title="Stafford railway station">Stafford</a> – <a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Stone_railway_station" title="Stone railway station">Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_railway_station" title="Stoke-on-Trent railway station">Stoke-on-Trent</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longport_railway_station" title="Longport railway station">Longport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidsgrove_railway_station" title="Kidsgrove railway station">Kidsgrove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alsager_railway_station" title="Alsager railway station">Alsager</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> – <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station" title="Liverpool Lime Street railway station">Liverpool Lime Street</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Smethwick_Galton_Bridge_railway_station" title="Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station">Smethwick Galton Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton railway station">Wolverhampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Penkridge_railway_station" title="Penkridge railway station">Penkridge</a>, Stafford, Crewe, <a href="/wiki/Winsford_railway_station" title="Winsford railway station">Winsford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hartford_railway_station" title="Hartford railway station">Hartford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acton_Bridge_railway_station" title="Acton Bridge railway station">Acton Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Runcorn_railway_station" title="Runcorn railway station">Runcorn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_South_Parkway_railway_station" title="Liverpool South Parkway railway station">Liverpool South Parkway</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Line" title="Abbey Line">Abbey Line</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="200">Route</th> <th>tph</th> <th>Calling at </th></tr> <tr> <td>Watford Junction – <a href="/wiki/St_Albans_Abbey_railway_station" title="St Albans Abbey railway station">St Albans Abbey</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Watford_North_railway_station" title="Watford North railway station">Watford North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garston_railway_station_(Hertfordshire)" title="Garston railway station (Hertfordshire)">Garston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bricket_Wood_railway_station" title="Bricket Wood railway station">Bricket Wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/How_Wood_(Hertfordshire)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="How Wood (Hertfordshire) railway station">How Wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Park_Street_railway_station_(England)" title="Park Street railway station (England)">Park Street</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Marston Vale Line">Marston Vale Line</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th width="200">Route</th> <th>tph</th> <th>Calling at </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bletchley_railway_station" title="Bletchley railway station">Bletchley</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bedford_railway_station" title="Bedford railway station">Bedford</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Fenny_Stratford_railway_station" title="Fenny Stratford railway station">Fenny Stratford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bow_Brickhill_railway_station" title="Bow Brickhill railway station">Bow Brickhill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Woburn_Sands_railway_station" title="Woburn Sands railway station">Woburn Sands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aspley_Guise_railway_station" title="Aspley Guise railway station">Aspley Guise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridgmont_railway_station" title="Ridgmont railway station">Ridgmont</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lidlington_railway_station" title="Lidlington railway station">Lidlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Millbrook_railway_station_(Bedfordshire)" title="Millbrook railway station (Bedfordshire)">Millbrook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stewartby_railway_station" title="Stewartby railway station">Stewartby</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kempston_Hardwick_railway_station" title="Kempston Hardwick railway station">Kempston Hardwick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedford_St_Johns_railway_station" title="Bedford St Johns railway station">Bedford St Johns</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="West_Midlands_Railway_services">West Midlands Railway services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: West Midlands Railway services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands region</a>, WMT's train services are operated under the West Midlands Railway brand. These services include:<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>services through Birmingham;</li> <li>the <a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Leamington_line" title="Coventry–Leamington line">Coventry to Leamington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Nuneaton_line" title="Coventry–Nuneaton line">Coventry to Nuneaton</a> branch lines.</li></ul> <p>Services on the short <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_branch_line" title="Stourbridge Town branch line">Stourbridge Town branch line</a> are run by the open access operator Pre Metro Operations, who operate services on behalf of WMT under the West Midlands Railway brand name. </p><p>As of June 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the typical off-peak Monday - Saturday West Midlands Railway service pattern, with frequencies in <b>trains per hour</b> (tph), includes:<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Birmingham – Shrewsbury </th></tr> <tr> <th width="250">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at　 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> – <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_railway_station" title="Shrewsbury railway station">Shrewsbury</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Tame_Bridge_Parkway_railway_station" title="Tame Bridge Parkway railway station">Tame Bridge Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_station" title="Wolverhampton station">Wolverhampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bilbrook_railway_station" title="Bilbrook railway station">Bilbrook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Codsall_railway_station" title="Codsall railway station">Codsall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albrighton_railway_station" title="Albrighton railway station">Albrighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cosford_railway_station" title="Cosford railway station">Cosford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shifnal_railway_station" title="Shifnal railway station">Shifnal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telford_Central_railway_station" title="Telford Central railway station">Telford Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakengates_railway_station" title="Oakengates railway station">Oakengates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wellington_railway_station_(Shropshire)" title="Wellington railway station (Shropshire)">Wellington</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Smethwick_Galton_Bridge_railway_station" title="Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station">Smethwick Galton Bridge</a>, Wolverhampton, Shifnal, Telford Central, Wellington</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Malvern Line </th></tr> <tr> <th width="250">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at　 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hereford_railway_station" title="Hereford railway station">Hereford</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/University_railway_station_(England)" title="University railway station (England)">University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove_railway_station" title="Bromsgrove railway station">Bromsgrove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Droitwich_Spa_railway_station" title="Droitwich Spa railway station">Droitwich Spa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Foregate_Street_railway_station" title="Worcester Foregate Street railway station">Worcester Foregate Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malvern_Link_railway_station" title="Malvern Link railway station">Malvern Link</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Malvern_railway_station" title="Great Malvern railway station">Great Malvern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colwall_railway_station" title="Colwall railway station">Colwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ledbury_railway_station" title="Ledbury railway station">Ledbury</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Cross-City Line </th></tr> <tr> <th width="250">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at　 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_Trent_Valley_railway_station" title="Lichfield Trent Valley railway station">Lichfield Trent Valley</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove_railway_station" title="Bromsgrove railway station">Bromsgrove</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_City_railway_station" title="Lichfield City railway station">Lichfield City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shenstone_railway_station" title="Shenstone railway station">Shenstone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blake_Street_railway_station" title="Blake Street railway station">Blake Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butlers_Lane_railway_station" title="Butlers Lane railway station">Butlers Lane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Four_Oaks_railway_station" title="Four Oaks railway station">Four Oaks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_railway_station" title="Sutton Coldfield railway station">Sutton Coldfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wylde_Green_railway_station" title="Wylde Green railway station">Wylde Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester_Road_railway_station" title="Chester Road railway station">Chester Road</a>, <a href="/wiki/Erdington_railway_station" title="Erdington railway station">Erdington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gravelly_Hill_railway_station" title="Gravelly Hill railway station">Gravelly Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aston_railway_station" title="Aston railway station">Aston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Five_Ways_railway_station" title="Five Ways railway station">Five Ways</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_railway_station_(England)" title="University railway station (England)">University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Selly_Oak_railway_station" title="Selly Oak railway station">Selly Oak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bournville_railway_station" title="Bournville railway station">Bournville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kings_Norton_railway_station" title="Kings Norton railway station">Kings Norton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northfield_railway_station" title="Northfield railway station">Northfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Longbridge_railway_station" title="Longbridge railway station">Longbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barnt_Green_railway_station" title="Barnt Green railway station">Barnt Green</a> (1tph)</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Four Oaks – <a href="/wiki/Redditch_railway_station" title="Redditch railway station">Redditch</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Sutton Coldfield, Wylde Green, Chester Road, Erdington, Gravelly Hill, Aston, <a href="/wiki/Duddeston_railway_station" title="Duddeston railway station">Duddeston</a>, Birmingham New Street, Five Ways, University, Selly Oak, Bournville, Kings Norton, Northfield, Longbridge, Barnt Green, <a href="/wiki/Alvechurch_railway_station" title="Alvechurch railway station">Alvechurch</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Chase Line </th></tr> <tr> <th width="250">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_station" title="Wolverhampton station">Wolverhampton</a> – <a href="/wiki/Walsall_railway_station" title="Walsall railway station">Walsall</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Coseley_railway_station" title="Coseley railway station">Coseley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tipton_railway_station" title="Tipton railway station">Tipton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Port_railway_station" title="Dudley Port railway station">Dudley Port</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sandwell_%26_Dudley_railway_station" title="Sandwell & Dudley railway station">Sandwell & Dudley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smethwick_Galton_Bridge_railway_station" title="Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station">Smethwick Galton Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smethwick_Rolfe_Street_railway_station" title="Smethwick Rolfe Street railway station">Smethwick Rolfe Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duddeston_railway_station" title="Duddeston railway station">Duddeston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aston_railway_station" title="Aston railway station">Aston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Witton_railway_station" title="Witton railway station">Witton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perry_Barr_railway_station" title="Perry Barr railway station">Perry Barr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamstead_railway_station" title="Hamstead railway station">Hamstead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tame_Bridge_Parkway_railway_station" title="Tame Bridge Parkway railway station">Tame Bridge Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bescot_Stadium_railway_station" title="Bescot Stadium railway station">Bescot Stadium</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_International_railway_station" title="Birmingham International railway station">Birmingham International</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Trent_Valley_railway_station" title="Rugeley Trent Valley railway station">Rugeley Trent Valley</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Marston_Green_railway_station" title="Marston Green railway station">Marston Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lea_Hall_railway_station" title="Lea Hall railway station">Lea Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stechford_railway_station" title="Stechford railway station">Stechford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adderley_Park_railway_station" title="Adderley Park railway station">Adderley Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tame_Bridge_Parkway_railway_station" title="Tame Bridge Parkway railway station">Tame Bridge Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walsall_railway_station" title="Walsall railway station">Walsall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bloxwich_railway_station" title="Bloxwich railway station">Bloxwich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bloxwich_North_railway_station" title="Bloxwich North railway station">Bloxwich North</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landywood_railway_station" title="Landywood railway station">Landywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cannock_railway_station" title="Cannock railway station">Cannock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hednesford_railway_station" title="Hednesford railway station">Hednesford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Town_railway_station" title="Rugeley Town railway station">Rugeley Town</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Snow Hill lines </th></tr> <tr> <th width="250">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon_railway_station" title="Stratford-upon-Avon railway station">Stratford-upon-Avon</a> – <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Foregate_Street_railway_station" title="Worcester Foregate Street railway station">Worcester Foregate Street</a> via <a href="/wiki/Dorridge_railway_station" title="Dorridge railway station">Dorridge</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon_Parkway_railway_station" title="Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway railway station">Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lapworth_railway_station" title="Lapworth railway station">Lapworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorridge_railway_station" title="Dorridge railway station">Dorridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Widney_Manor_railway_station" title="Widney Manor railway station">Widney Manor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Solihull_railway_station" title="Solihull railway station">Solihull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olton_railway_station" title="Olton railway station">Olton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acocks_Green_railway_station" title="Acocks Green railway station">Acocks Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Small_Heath_railway_station" title="Small Heath railway station">Small Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Moor_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham Moor Street railway station">Birmingham Moor Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Snow_Hill_railway_station" title="Birmingham Snow Hill railway station">Birmingham Snow Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jewellery_Quarter_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewellery Quarter railway station">Jewellery Quarter</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Hawthorns_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hawthorns railway station">The Hawthorns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Smethwick_Galton_Bridge_railway_station" title="Smethwick Galton Bridge railway station">Smethwick Galton Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rowley_Regis_railway_station" title="Rowley Regis railway station">Rowley Regis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cradley_Heath_railway_station" title="Cradley Heath railway station">Cradley Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hagley_railway_station" title="Hagley railway station">Hagley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blakedown_railway_station" title="Blakedown railway station">Blakedown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station" title="Kidderminster railway station">Kidderminster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Droitwich_Spa_railway_station" title="Droitwich Spa railway station">Droitwich Spa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Shrub_Hill_railway_station" title="Worcester Shrub Hill railway station">Worcester Shrub Hill</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon_railway_station" title="Stratford-upon-Avon railway station">Stratford-upon-Avon</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station" title="Kidderminster railway station">Kidderminster</a> via <a href="/wiki/Whitlocks_End_railway_station" title="Whitlocks End railway station">Whitlocks End</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway, Wilmcote, <a href="/wiki/Wootton_Wawen_railway_station" title="Wootton Wawen railway station">Wootton Wawen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henley-in-Arden_railway_station" title="Henley-in-Arden railway station">Henley-in-Arden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danzey_railway_station" title="Danzey railway station">Danzey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood_End_railway_station" title="Wood End railway station">Wood End</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Lakes_railway_station" title="The Lakes railway station">The Lakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Earlswood_railway_station_(West_Midlands)" title="Earlswood railway station (West Midlands)">Earlswood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wythall_railway_station" title="Wythall railway station">Wythall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitlocks_End_railway_station" title="Whitlocks End railway station">Whitlocks End</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shirley_railway_station_(England)" title="Shirley railway station (England)">Shirley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yardley_Wood_railway_station" title="Yardley Wood railway station">Yardley Wood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hall_Green_railway_station" title="Hall Green railway station">Hall Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spring_Road_railway_station" title="Spring Road railway station">Spring Road</a>, Tyseley, Small Heath, Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, <a href="/wiki/Langley_Green_railway_station" title="Langley Green railway station">Langley Green</a>, Rowley Regis, <a href="/wiki/Old_Hill_railway_station" title="Old Hill railway station">Old Hill</a>, Cradley Heath, <a href="/wiki/Lye_railway_station" title="Lye railway station">Lye</a>, Stourbridge Junction</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Whitlocks End – <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station" title="Kidderminster railway station">Kidderminster</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Shirley, Yardley Wood, Hall Green, Spring Road, Tyseley, 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</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dorridge – Worcester Foregate Street</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li>Widney Manor, Solihull, Olton, Acocks Green, Tyseley, Birmingham Moor Street, Birmingham Snow Hill, Jewellery Quarter, The Hawthorns, Smethwick Galton Bridge, Rowley Regis, Cradley Heath, Stourbridge Junction, Hagley, Blakedown, Kidderminster, <a href="/wiki/Hartlebury_railway_station" title="Hartlebury railway station">Hartlebury</a>, Droitwich Spa</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Branch lines </th></tr> <tr> <th width="250">Route</th> <th><abbr title="trains per hour">tph</abbr></th> <th>Calling at </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Town railway station">Stourbridge Town</a></td> <td align="center">6</td> <td><i>Shuttle service</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leamington_Spa_railway_station" title="Leamington Spa railway station">Leamington Spa</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_railway_station" title="Nuneaton railway station">Nuneaton</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r979066050"><ul class="cslist"><li><a href="/wiki/Kenilworth_railway_station" title="Kenilworth railway station">Kenilworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coventry_railway_station" title="Coventry railway station">Coventry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coventry_Arena_railway_station" title="Coventry Arena railway station">Coventry Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedworth_railway_station" title="Bedworth railway station">Bedworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bermuda_Park_railway_station" title="Bermuda Park railway station">Bermuda Park</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <p>Sunday services are generally hourly on most routes however: </p> <ul><li>On the Malvern Line, services between <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hereford_railway_station" title="Hereford railway station">Hereford</a> are reduced to a two-hourly service.</li> <li>Two trains per hour run on the Cross-City line between <a href="/wiki/Lichfield_Trent_Valley_railway_station" title="Lichfield Trent Valley railway station">Lichfield Trent Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redditch_railway_station" title="Redditch railway station">Redditch</a> with both trains calling at <a href="/wiki/Duddeston_railway_station" title="Duddeston railway station">Duddeston</a>. An hourly service operates between <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove_railway_station" title="Bromsgrove railway station">Bromsgrove</a>.</li> <li>Services at local stations between <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_International_railway_station" title="Birmingham International railway station">Birmingham International</a> are provided by additional calls on London Northwestern Railway services between <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northampton_railway_station" title="Northampton railway station">Northampton</a>/<a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a>.</li> <li>On the Snow Hill lines, services operate hourly from <a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon_railway_station" title="Stratford-upon-Avon railway station">Stratford-upon-Avon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Worcester_Foregate_Street_railway_station" title="Worcester Foregate Street railway station">Worcester Foregate Street</a> via <a href="/wiki/Shirley_railway_station_(England)" title="Shirley railway station (England)">Shirley</a> and do not call at <a href="/wiki/Wood_End_railway_station" title="Wood End railway station">Wood End</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danzey_railway_station" title="Danzey railway station">Danzey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Small_Heath_railway_station" title="Small Heath railway station">Small Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Langley_Green_railway_station" title="Langley Green railway station">Langley Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Hill_railway_station" title="Old Hill railway station">Old Hill</a> or <a href="/wiki/Lye_railway_station" title="Lye railway station">Lye</a> but calls at <a href="/wiki/Tyseley_railway_station" title="Tyseley railway station">Tyseley</a> in both directions. An hourly service also operates between <a href="/wiki/Dorridge_railway_station" title="Dorridge railway station">Dorridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a> in the daytime which picks up the calls at <a href="/wiki/Langley_Green_railway_station" title="Langley Green railway station">Langley Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Hill_railway_station" title="Old Hill railway station">Old Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lye_railway_station" title="Lye railway station">Lye</a> and runs non-stop between <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Moor_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham Moor Street railway station">Birmingham Moor Street</a> and <a href="/wiki/Acocks_Green_railway_station" title="Acocks Green railway station">Acocks Green</a>.</li> <li>Services between <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Junction_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Junction railway station">Stourbridge Junction</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_railway_station" title="Stourbridge Town railway station">Stourbridge Town</a> are reduced to 4 trains per hour.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Planned_changes">Planned changes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Planned changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG/220px-Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG/330px-Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG/440px-Birmingham_%26_West_Mids_Passenger_Railway_Map.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="1142" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Birmingham & West Midlands rail network (2017)</figcaption></figure> <p>Planned changes included:<sup id="cite_ref-DfT_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DfT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>reintroduction of calls at <a href="/wiki/Barlaston_railway_station" title="Barlaston railway station">Barlaston</a> and therefore closure of <a href="/wiki/Wedgwood_railway_station" title="Wedgwood railway station">Wedgwood</a>. This will mean the end of the long-standing rail replacement bus service.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> 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.</li> <li>reintroduction of calls at <a href="/wiki/Polesworth_railway_station" title="Polesworth railway station">Polesworth</a>, refurbishing and reopening both platforms.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rolling_stock">Rolling stock</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rolling stock"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WMT inherited a fleet of <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_139" title="British Rail Class 139">Class 139</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_150" title="British Rail Class 150">150</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_153" title="British Rail Class 153">153</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_170" title="British Rail Class 170">170</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_172" title="British Rail Class 172">172</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_319" title="British Rail Class 319">319</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_323" title="British Rail Class 323">323</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_350" title="British Rail Class 350">350</a> units from <a href="/wiki/London_Midland" title="London Midland">London Midland</a>, but as the newer units enter service, some will be returned to the <a href="/wiki/Rolling_stock_company" title="Rolling stock company">leasing companies</a> that own them.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TRUKNov17_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TRUKNov17-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fleet_details">Fleet details</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fleet details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_139_Parry_People_Movers">Class 139 <i>Parry People Movers</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Class 139 Parry People Movers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The concept of using the lightweight railcar dates from 2006 when a year-long pilot scheme began on the <a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_branch_line" title="Stourbridge Town branch line">Stourbridge Town branch line</a> on Sundays, using a <a href="/wiki/Parry_People_Movers" title="Parry People Movers">Parry People Movers</a> PPM50 unit constructed in 2002 and numbered as 999900 under <a href="/wiki/TOPS" title="TOPS">TOPS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The success of this trial led to the provision of regular services using the technology in the franchise plans for the new West Midlands Franchise. Following the award of the franchise to London Midland, it placed an order for two PPM60 units with Parry People Movers, through <a href="/wiki/Porterbrook" title="Porterbrook">Porterbrook</a>. The service itself was operated for London Midland by Pre Metro Operations.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>These two units are 139 001 and 139 002, composed of vehicle numbers 39001 and 39002 in the British carriage and wagon numbering and classification system. The vehicles are mechanically similar to 999 900, but are approximately one metre longer. They were intended to start operating on the Stourbridge Town branch in 2008. In January 2009 it was confirmed that 139001 was still undergoing testing at Chasewater Railway and 139002 was still not completed. </p><p>Despite the difficulties in the commissioning of the two Class 139 units, London Midland consistently outlined its faith that they would be ready to enter service. In March 2009, it was announced that the first unit had received its passenger certification from Network Rail, allowing it to carry passengers. London Midland stated that they would begin a phased entry into service, starting with weekend operation in April, leading up to a full service by the timetable change in May 2009. Until then, London Midland temporarily returned a Class 153 to operating the branch service. 139 002 officially entered service on 29 March 2009 as part of the type's phased entry. This unit had previously worked in full service, including all-day on Monday 11 May 2009 and previously had worked all morning services during February and March 2009. In May 2009, the first unit, 139 001 was finally delivered to Stourbridge, with 999 900 removed at the same time.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Test unit 999 900 had been on the branch line between 2005 and 2009. At the point of introduction, they displaced a single Class 153 DMU that was previously allocated to the branch line. By December 2009, the 200,000th passenger had been carried by the railcars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_172_Turbostar">Class 172 <i>Turbostar</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Class 172 Turbostar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West Midlands Trains operate a total of 39 two-car and three-car Class 172 units, 27 of which had been ordered by predecessor London Midland, who originally planned for them to enter service by the end of 2010 on services to and from Birmingham Snow Hill, replacing Class 150s. The original 27 sets have revised front ends with end gangways which make the trains look like the Electrostar family of units. </p><p>From 1 September 2011, the Class 172s started operating on the Snow Hill Lines with some weekend work from Birmingham – Hereford. When first used in service, the units suffered a fault with engine vibration in the passenger cabin, which has since been rectified. </p><p>The units were originally meant to replace all of the Class 150s, however three were retained until 2019 and moved on to Northern after the Class 172/0 and Class 230 units entered service. Between late 2018 and early 2019 West Midlands Railway inherited the London Overground 172/0s to replace the remaining Class 150s and Class 153s operating on the Coventry to Leamington line, the Coventry to Nuneaton line and Birmingham to Hereford. All had entered service by May 2019. </p><p>In May 2021, <a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Railways" title="Chiltern Railways">Chiltern Railways</a>' fleet of four Class 172/1s transferred to West Midlands Trains. This transfer means that all of the Class 172 units are operated by West Midlands Trains. The initial sublease contract was until December 2021, the end of Chiltern Railways' franchise agreement, but the units have remained with West Midlands Trains,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with Chiltern stating that the 172/1s would not be returning to them.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_196_Civity">Class 196 <i>Civity</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Class 196 Civity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WMT is in the process of replacing its fleet of 23 <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_170" title="British Rail Class 170">Class 170/5 and 170/6 <i>Turbostar</i></a> and eight <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_153" title="British Rail Class 153">Class 153</a> units, which operate on West Midlands Railway services, with 26 new <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_196" title="British Rail Class 196">Class 196 <i>Civity</i></a> units.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Class 153 units left West Midlands Trains at the end of 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Class 170 units moved to <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a>, with the exception of the centre cars of the 170/6s which moved to <a href="/wiki/CrossCountry" title="CrossCountry">CrossCountry</a> to lengthen its 170/5s.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first of these new units entered service on the Shrewsbury line on 17 October 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="350_EMUs">350 EMUs</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 350 EMUs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All Class 350/2 units will be replaced by brand new Class 730 units. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_fleet">Current fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Current fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#f9f9f9;"> <th rowspan="2">Family </th> <th rowspan="2">Class </th> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Type </th> <th colspan="2">Top speed </th> <th rowspan="2">Number </th> <th rowspan="2">Carriages </th> <th rowspan="2">Routes operated </th> <th rowspan="2">Built </th></tr> <tr style="background:#f9f9f9;"> <th>mph </th> <th>km/h </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Shunting locomotive </th></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_08" title="British Rail Class 08">08</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg/150px-Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg/225px-Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg/300px-Class_08_Tyseley_100.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2388" data-file-height="2025" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Shunter" class="mw-redirect" title="Shunter">Shunter</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">N/A </td> <td>Stock movements </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="nowrap">1952–1962</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">West Midlands Railway </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Parry_People_Mover" class="mw-redirect" title="Parry People Mover">Parry People Mover</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_139" title="British Rail Class 139">139</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:139002_SBT.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/139002_SBT.jpg/150px-139002_SBT.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/139002_SBT.jpg/225px-139002_SBT.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/139002_SBT.jpg/300px-139002_SBT.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2578" data-file-height="1953" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Railcar" title="Railcar">Railcar</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">40 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">64 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge_Town_branch_line" title="Stourbridge Town branch line">Stourbridge Town branch line</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Turbostar" title="Bombardier Turbostar">Bombardier Turbostar</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_172" title="British Rail Class 172">172</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg/150px-172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="56" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg/225px-172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg/300px-172002_Leamingston_Spa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4969" data-file-height="1855" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit" title="Diesel multiple unit">DMU</a> </td> <td rowspan="8">100 </td> <td rowspan="8">161 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td rowspan="4"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Bromsgrove_line" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line">Birmingham–Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Hill_lines" title="Snow Hill lines">Snow Hill lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Leamington_line" title="Coventry–Leamington line">Leamington Spa to</a> <a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Nuneaton_line" title="Coventry–Nuneaton line">Nuneaton</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg/150px-172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg/225px-172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg/300px-172101_passes_Kidderminster_200523.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;">2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg/150px-172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg/225px-172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg/300px-172216_IMG_20221022_143309.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg/150px-172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg/225px-172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg/300px-172331_and_172341_at_Worcester_Shrub_Hill_18th_May_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png/346px-West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png" decoding="async" width="346" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png/519px-West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png/692px-West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-0.png 2x" data-file-width="1330" data-file-height="119" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png/566px-West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png" decoding="async" width="566" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png/849px-West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png/1132px-West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-3.png 2x" data-file-width="1992" data-file-height="119" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midlands_Trains_Class_172-2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Shrewsbury_-_WMR_196107_arrived_from_Birmingham.JPG/150px-Shrewsbury_-_WMR_196107_arrived_from_Birmingham.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Shrewsbury_-_WMR_196107_arrived_from_Birmingham.JPG/225px-Shrewsbury_-_WMR_196107_arrived_from_Birmingham.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Shrewsbury_-_WMR_196107_arrived_from_Birmingham.JPG/300px-Shrewsbury_-_WMR_196107_arrived_from_Birmingham.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="820" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td rowspan="2"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Hill_lines" title="Snow Hill lines">Snow Hill lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton%E2%80%93Shrewsbury_line" title="Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line">Birmingham–Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Bromsgrove_line" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line">Birmingham–Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Leamington_line" title="Coventry–Leamington line">Leamington Spa to</a> <a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Nuneaton_line" title="Coventry–Nuneaton line">Nuneaton</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2019–20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">14 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png/354px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png" decoding="async" width="354" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png/531px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png/708px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_0.png 2x" data-file-width="1814" data-file-height="128" /></a></span> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png/699px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png" decoding="async" width="699" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png/1049px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png/1398px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_196_1.png 2x" data-file-width="3580" data-file-height="128" /></a></span> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">London Northwestern Railway </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/Sprinter_(British_Rail)" title="Sprinter (British Rail)">Sprinter</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_150" title="British Rail Class 150">150</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg/150px-LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg/225px-LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg/300px-LNWR_Class_150_at_Bedford.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3138" data-file-height="2092" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit" title="Diesel multiple unit">DMU</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">75 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">121 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale_line" title="Marston Vale line">Marston Vale line</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1985–1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Siemens_Desiro" title="Siemens Desiro">Siemens Desiro</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_350" title="British Rail Class 350">350</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg/150px-20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg/225px-20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg/300px-20220903_LNR_350114_350124.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:350265_LTV_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/350265_LTV_2024.jpg/150px-350265_LTV_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/350265_LTV_2024.jpg/225px-350265_LTV_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/350265_LTV_2024.jpg/300px-350265_LTV_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Class_350,_LNW,_Rugby.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Class_350%2C_LNW%2C_Rugby.jpg/150px-Class_350%2C_LNW%2C_Rugby.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Class_350%2C_LNW%2C_Rugby.jpg/225px-Class_350%2C_LNW%2C_Rugby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Class_350%2C_LNW%2C_Rugby.jpg/300px-Class_350%2C_LNW%2C_Rugby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="1809" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:350409_Aston_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/350409_Aston_2024.jpg/150px-350409_Aston_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/350409_Aston_2024.jpg/225px-350409_Aston_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/350409_Aston_2024.jpg/300px-350409_Aston_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3984" data-file-height="2656" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit" title="Electric multiple unit">EMU</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">110 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">177 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">87 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td>London Northwestern Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Line" title="Abbey Line">Abbey Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a>–<a href="/wiki/Northampton_railway_station" title="Northampton railway station">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_railway_station" title="Stafford railway station">Stafford</a>–<a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a>–<a href="/wiki/Tring_railway_station" title="Tring railway station">Tring</a>/<a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Central_railway_station" title="Milton Keynes Central railway station">Milton Keynes Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_loop" title="Northampton loop">London Euston–Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a>–<a href="/wiki/Crewe_railway_station" title="Crewe railway station">Crewe</a> <a href="/wiki/Trent_Valley_line" title="Trent Valley line">via Trent Valley Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby%E2%80%93Birmingham%E2%80%93Stafford_line" title="Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford line">London Euston–Birmingham New Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a>–<a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station" title="Liverpool Lime Street railway station">Liverpool Lime Street</a></li></ul> <p>West Midlands Railway </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Line" title="Chase Line">Chase Line</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2004–2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png/566px-LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png" decoding="async" width="566" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png/849px-LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png/1132px-LNWR_Ex-LM_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png 2x" data-file-width="2638" data-file-height="182" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><br /><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png/566px-LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png" decoding="async" width="566" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png/849px-LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png/1132px-LNWR_Class_350-2_3_w-pantograph.png 2x" data-file-width="2638" data-file-height="182" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Aventra" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Aventra">Bombardier Aventra</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_730" title="British Rail Class 730">730/0</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:730018_AST.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/730018_AST.jpg/150px-730018_AST.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/730018_AST.jpg/225px-730018_AST.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/730018_AST.jpg/300px-730018_AST.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2697" data-file-height="1798" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit" title="Electric multiple unit">EMU</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">90 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">145 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">48 (40 in service<sup id="cite_ref-Rail997_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rail997-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tring_railway_station" title="Tring railway station">Tring</a>/<a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Central_railway_station" title="Milton Keynes Central railway station">Milton Keynes Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_loop" title="Northampton loop">London Euston – Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_station" title="Wolverhampton station">Wolverhampton</a> – <a href="/wiki/Walsall_railway_station" title="Walsall railway station">Walsall</a> via <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross-City_Line" title="Cross-City Line">Cross-City Line</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Line" title="Chase Line">Chase Line</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2021–2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png/481px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png" decoding="async" width="481" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png/722px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png/962px-West_Midland_Trains_Class_730_0.png 2x" data-file-width="2132" data-file-height="186" /></a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Future_fleet">Future fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Future fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2017, details were announced of planned new rolling stock for West Midlands Trains.<sup id="cite_ref-TRUKNov17_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TRUKNov17-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, West Midlands Trains placed orders for 26 new <a href="/wiki/CAF_Civity" title="CAF Civity">CAF <i>Civity</i></a> diesel multiple units (80 carriages) as well as 81 electric multiple units based on <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Transportation" title="Bombardier Transportation">Bombardier Transportation</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Aventra" class="mw-redirect" title="Aventra">Aventra</a></i> platform (333 carriages). When combined, this totals 107 new trains that will be operated by the company.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter order was later amended to 84 units totaling 324 carriages.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_730_Aventra">Class 730 <i>Aventra</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Class 730 Aventra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>81 units, comprising 36 three car and 45 five car trains, were ordered in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was later amended to 48 three car trains and 36 five car trains, totaling 84 units.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They will be built at <a href="/wiki/Derby_Litchurch_Lane_Works" title="Derby Litchurch Lane Works">Derby Litchurch Lane Works</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#f9f9f9;"> <th rowspan="2">Family </th> <th rowspan="2">Class </th> <th rowspan="2">Image </th> <th rowspan="2">Type </th> <th colspan="2">Top speed </th> <th rowspan="2">Number </th> <th rowspan="2">Carriages </th> <th rowspan="2">Route(s) to be operated </th> <th rowspan="2">Built </th> <th rowspan="2">In service </th></tr> <tr style="background:#f9f9f9;"> <th>mph </th> <th>km/h </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Aventra" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombardier Aventra">Bombardier Aventra</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_730" title="British Rail Class 730">730/2</a><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg/150px-730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg/225px-730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg/300px-730210_at_Nuneaton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3520" data-file-height="1980" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit" title="Electric multiple unit">EMU</a> </td> <td>110 </td> <td>177 </td> <td>36<sup id="cite_ref-:0_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>Electrified LNR suburban services<sup id="cite_ref-Birmingham_Post_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birmingham_Post-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p>Long distance LNR services<sup id="cite_ref-Birmingham_Post_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Birmingham_Post-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td>2021–present </td> <td>Expected in 2024<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Past_fleet">Past fleet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Past fleet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Class_230_D-Trains">Class 230 <i>D-Trains</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Class 230 D-Trains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>West Midlands Trains were the first operator of the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230" title="British Rail Class 230">Class 230</a>, a new class of <a href="/wiki/Diesel-electric_multiple_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel-electric multiple unit">diesel-electric multiple unit</a> that were <a href="/wiki/Upcycling" title="Upcycling">upcycled</a> <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_D78_Stock" title="London Underground D78 Stock">London Underground D78 Stock</a>. </p><p>The company announced its plans to procure three two-car D-Train units for use on the <a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale_line" title="Marston Vale line">Marston Vale line</a> during October 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-westmid17_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-westmid17-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2019, four months later than intended, the first Class 230 entered regular service.<sup id="cite_ref-railuk-dec2018_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-railuk-dec2018-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2022, the units were withdrawn after Vivarail, the units' manufacturer and maintainer, entered administration.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#f9f9f9"> <th> Family  </th> <th> Class  </th> <th> Image  </th> <th> Type  </th> <th>Number </th> <th>Carriages </th> <th> Built  </th> <th>Routes operated  </th> <th> Withdrawn  </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sprinter_(British_Rail)" title="Sprinter (British Rail)">Sprinter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_150" title="British Rail Class 150">150/1</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hereford_-_WMT_150109_(London_Midland_livery).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Hereford_-_WMT_150109_%28London_Midland_livery%29.JPG/150px-Hereford_-_WMT_150109_%28London_Midland_livery%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Hereford_-_WMT_150109_%28London_Midland_livery%29.JPG/225px-Hereford_-_WMT_150109_%28London_Midland_livery%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Hereford_-_WMT_150109_%28London_Midland_livery%29.JPG/300px-Hereford_-_WMT_150109_%28London_Midland_livery%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit" title="Diesel multiple unit">DMU</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td>1985–86 </td> <td>London Northwestern Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Marston Vale Line">Marston Vale Line</a></li></ul> <p>West Midlands Railway </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Bromsgrove_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line">Birmingham–Hereford</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_153" title="British Rail Class 153">153</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG/150px-Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG/225px-Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG/300px-Leamington_Spa_-_WMR_153364_Coventry_service.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">1 </td> <td>1987–88 </td> <td>West Midlands Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Bromsgrove_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line">Birmingham–Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Hill_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Snow Hill Lines">Snow Hill Lines</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bombardier_Turbostar" title="Bombardier Turbostar">Bombardier Turbostar</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_170" title="British Rail Class 170">170</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG/150px-Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG/225px-Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG/300px-Hereford_-_WMT_170510_on_the_way_to_Birmingham_New_Street.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1366" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">17 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td rowspan="2">1999–2000 </td> <td rowspan="2">West Midlands Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Bromsgrove_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove Line">Birmingham–Hereford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton_to_Shrewsbury_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line">Birmingham–Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snow_Hill_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Snow Hill Lines">Snow Hill Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton%E2%80%93Shrewsbury_line" title="Wolverhampton–Shrewsbury line">Shrewsbury</a>-<a href="/wiki/Chase_Line" title="Chase Line">Walsall via Birmingham New Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Line" title="Chase Line">Chase Line</a></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;">2021–2023<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Vivarail_D-Train" title="Vivarail D-Train">Vivarail D-Train</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_230" title="British Rail Class 230">230</a><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_(40769962033).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_%2840769962033%29.jpg/150px-D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_%2840769962033%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_%2840769962033%29.jpg/225px-D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_%2840769962033%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_%2840769962033%29.jpg/300px-D-Train-230004-Approaching-Ridgmont-P1560319_%2840769962033%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3712" data-file-height="2784" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Diesel-electric_multiple_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel-electric multiple unit">DEMU</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><span class="nowrap">2016–2018<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </td> <td>London Northwestern Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marston_Vale_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Marston Vale Line">Bedford-Bletchley</a></li></ul> </td> <td>1 December 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BR Second Generation (<a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Mark_3" title="British Rail Mark 3">Mark 3</a>) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_319" title="British Rail Class 319">319</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rail998_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rail998-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20220912_LNR_319457.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/20220912_LNR_319457.jpg/150px-20220912_LNR_319457.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/20220912_LNR_319457.jpg/225px-20220912_LNR_319457.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/20220912_LNR_319457.jpg/300px-20220912_LNR_319457.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Electric_multiple_unit" title="Electric multiple unit">EMU</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td> <td>1987–1988 </td> <td>London Northwestern Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Euston_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Euston railway station">London Euston</a>–<a href="/wiki/Tring_railway_station" title="Tring railway station">Tring</a>/<a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes_Central_railway_station" title="Milton Keynes Central railway station">Milton Keynes Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_Loop_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Northampton Loop Line">London Euston–Northampton</a></li></ul> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">2022-2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hunslet_Engine_Company" title="Hunslet Engine Company">Hunslet Transportation Projects</a>/Holec<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_323" title="British Rail Class 323">323</a> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:323214_Aston_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/323214_Aston_%28crop%29.jpg/150px-323214_Aston_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/323214_Aston_%28crop%29.jpg/225px-323214_Aston_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/323214_Aston_%28crop%29.jpg/300px-323214_Aston_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2418" data-file-height="1484" /></a></span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">26 </td> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td> <td>1992-1995 </td> <td>West Midlands Railway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_to_Worcester_via_Bromsgrove_line" title="Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line">Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove line</a><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross-City_Line" title="Cross-City Line">Cross-City Line</a></li></ul> </td> <td>2023-2024<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FarewellTour_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FarewellTour-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Converted from <a href="/wiki/London_Underground_D78_Stock" title="London Underground D78 Stock">London Underground D78 Stock</a> originally built between 1979 and 1983.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-79"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-79">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Between Birmingham and Bromsgrove.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_Trains&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Express" title="Gatwick Express">Gatwick Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_route" title="Great Northern route">Great Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Line_(brand)" title="Island Line (brand)">Island Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Northwestern_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London Northwestern Railway">London Northwestern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Riviera" title="Night Riviera">Night Riviera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_(Govia_Thameslink_Railway)" title="Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stansted_Express" title="Stansted Express">Stansted Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thameslink" title="Thameslink">Thameslink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="West Midlands Railway">West Midlands Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>Operators not subject to <a href="/wiki/Passenger_rail_franchising_in_Great_Britain" title="Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain">franchising or concession</a>:</b> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Government-owned <a href="/wiki/Operator_of_last_resort" title="Operator of last resort">operator of last resort</a></li> <li><sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Open-access_operator" title="Open-access operator">Open-access operator</a></li> <li><sup>3</sup> Operates on the <a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Ireland" title="Rail transport in Ireland">Irish railway network</a> and state-owned</li> <li><sup>4</sup> Owned by the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Defunct_(since_1994)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_operating_trains_in_the_United_Kingdom#Defunct_operating_companies" title="List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom">Defunct</a> (since 1994)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Abellio_ScotRail" title="Abellio ScotRail">Abellio ScotRail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglia_Railways" title="Anglia Railways">Anglia Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Rail_North" title="Arriva Rail North">Arriva Rail North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Trains_Merseyside" title="Arriva Trains Merseyside">Arriva Trains Merseyside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Trains_Northern" title="Arriva Trains Northern">Arriva Trains Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Trains_Wales" title="Arriva Trains Wales">Arriva Trains Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Trains" title="Central Trains">Central Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connex_South_Central" title="Connex South Central">Connex South Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connex_South_Eastern" title="Connex South Eastern">Connex South Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_(train_operating_company)" title="East Coast (train operating company)">East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Trains" title="East Midlands Trains">East Midlands Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Capital_Connect" title="First Capital Connect">First Capital Connect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Great_Eastern" title="First Great Eastern">First Great Eastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Great_Western_Link" title="First Great Western Link">First Great Western Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_North_Western" title="First North Western">First North Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_ScotRail" title="First ScotRail">First ScotRail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_TransPennine_Express" title="First TransPennine Express">First TransPennine Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Express" title="Gatwick Express">Gatwick Express</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_North_Eastern_Railway" title="Great North Eastern Railway">Great North Eastern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Connect" title="Heathrow Connect">Heathrow Connect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Island_Line_(brand)" title="Island Line (brand)">Island Line</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KeolisAmey_Wales" title="KeolisAmey Wales">KeolisAmey Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Midland" title="London Midland">London Midland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Overground_Rail_Operations" title="London Overground Rail Operations">London Overground Rail Operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Mainline_(train_operating_company)" title="Midland Mainline (train operating company)">Midland Mainline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Express_East_Anglia" title="National Express East Anglia">National Express East Anglia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Express_East_Coast" title="National Express East Coast">National Express East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Rail" title="Northern Rail">Northern Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ScotRail_(National_Express)" title="ScotRail (National Express)">ScotRail (National Express)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silverlink" title="Silverlink">Silverlink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Trains" title="South Eastern Trains">South Eastern Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company_2006-2021)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern (train operating company 2006-2021)">Southeastern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_West_Trains" title="South West Trains">South West Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TfL_Rail" title="TfL Rail">TfL Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thameslink_(train_operating_company_1997-2006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thameslink (train operating company 1997-2006)">Thameslink</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thames_Trains" title="Thames Trains">Thames Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TransPennine_Express_(2016-2023)" class="mw-redirect" title="TransPennine Express (2016-2023)">TransPennine Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valley_Lines_(train_operating_company)" title="Valley Lines (train operating company)">Valley Lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_CrossCountry" title="Virgin CrossCountry">Virgin CrossCountry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_East_Coast" title="Virgin Trains East Coast">Virgin Trains East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Trains_West_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Trains West Coast">Virgin Trains West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_%26_Borders" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales & Borders">Wales & Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_%26_West" title="Wales & West">Wales & West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wessex_Trains" title="Wessex Trains">Wessex Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Anglia_Great_Northern" title="West Anglia Great Northern">West Anglia Great Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_%26_Shropshire" title="Wrexham & Shropshire">Wrexham & Shropshire</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Separate franchise until 2008; now a sub-brand of <a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Govia Thameslink Railway</a></li> <li><sup>2</sup> Separate franchise until 2007, now a sub-brand of <a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway" title="South Western Railway">South Western Railway</a></li> <li><sup>3</sup> Separate franchise until 2006; later reintroduced as a sub-brand of <a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Govia Thameslink Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Future" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_operating_trains_in_the_United_Kingdom#Future_operators" title="List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom">Future</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" 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style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station" title="Victoria Coach Station">Coach station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santander_Cycles" title="Santander Cycles">Cycle hire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Dial-a-Ride" title="London Dial-a-Ride">Dial-a-Ride</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_cable_car" title="London cable car">IFS Cloud Cable Car</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_River_Services" title="London River Services">London River Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Streets" title="London Streets">London Streets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Source_London" title="Source London">Source London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxis_of_the_United_Kingdom#TfL_Taxi_and_Private_Hire_office" title="Taxis of the United Kingdom">Taxi and Private Hire office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Bus operators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Herts_%26_Essex" title="Arriva Herts & Essex">Arriva Herts & Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_London" title="Arriva London">Arriva London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Southern_Counties" title="Arriva Southern Counties">Arriva Southern Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go-Ahead_London" title="Go-Ahead London">Go-Ahead London</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Triangle" title="Blue Triangle">Blue Triangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Buses" title="Docklands Buses">Docklands Buses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Central" title="London Central">London Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_General" title="London General">London General</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metrobus_(South_East_England)" title="Metrobus (South East England)">Metrobus</a></li> 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style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arriva_Rail_London" title="Arriva Rail London">Arriva Rail London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avanti_West_Coast" title="Avanti West Coast">Avanti West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C2c" title="C2c">c2c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caledonian_Sleeper" title="Caledonian Sleeper">Caledonian Sleeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Railways" title="Chiltern Railways">Chiltern Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Railway" title="East Midlands Railway">East Midlands Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurostar" title="Eurostar">Eurostar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Govia Thameslink Railway</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Express" title="Gatwick Express">Gatwick Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Great Northern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_(Govia_Thameslink_Railway)" title="Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)">Southern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Govia_Thameslink_Railway" title="Govia Thameslink Railway">Thameslink</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Central_(train_operating_company)" title="Grand Central (train operating company)">Grand Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Railway_(train_operating_company)" title="Great Western Railway (train operating company)">Great Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Anglia" title="Greater Anglia">Greater Anglia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stansted_Express" title="Stansted Express">Stansted Express</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Express" title="Heathrow Express">Heathrow Express</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_Trains" title="Hull Trains">Hull Trains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTR_Corporation#Current_operations" title="MTR Corporation">MTR Elizabeth line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_North_Eastern_Railway" title="London North Eastern Railway">London North Eastern Railway</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">London Northwestern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumo_(train_operating_company)" title="Lumo (train operating company)">Lumo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Western_Railway" title="South Western Railway">South Western Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company)" title="Southeastern (train operating company)">Southeastern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Global_Infrastructure_Partners" title="Global Infrastructure Partners">Global Infrastructure Partners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport_Holdings" title="Heathrow Airport Holdings">Heathrow Airport Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_of_London_Authority" title="Port of London Authority">Port of London 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title="London Biggin Hill Airport">Biggin Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Outside London</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gatwick_Airport" title="Gatwick Airport">Gatwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_Airport" title="Luton Airport">Luton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Southend_Airport" title="London Southend Airport">Southend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Stansted_Airport" title="London Stansted Airport">Stansted</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em"><a href="/wiki/London_station_group" title="London station group">Central area</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_tube_station" title="Baker Street tube station">Baker Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_and_Monument_stations" title="Bank and Monument stations">Bank-Monument</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackfriars_station" title="Blackfriars station">Blackfriars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bond_Street_station" title="Bond Street station">Bond Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Street_station" title="Cannon Street station">Cannon Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_railway_station" title="Charing Cross railway station">Charing Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_Thameslink_railway_station" title="City Thameslink railway station">City Thameslink</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl%27s_Court_tube_station" title="Earl's Court tube station">Earl's Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elephant_%26_Castle_railway_station" title="Elephant & Castle railway station">Elephant & Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">Euston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farringdon_station" title="Farringdon station">Farringdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenchurch_Street_railway_station" title="Fenchurch Street railway station">Fenchurch Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Park_tube_station" title="Green Park tube station">Green Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_station" title="London King's Cross railway station">King's Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Street_station" title="Liverpool Street station">Liverpool Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_station" title="London Bridge station">London Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marylebone_station" title="Marylebone station">Marylebone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorgate_station" title="Moorgate station">Moorgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_tube_station" title="Oxford Circus tube station">Oxford Circus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Paddington_station" title="London Paddington station">Paddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">St Pancras International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Court_Road_station" title="Tottenham Court Road station">Tottenham Court Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_station" title="Vauxhall station">Vauxhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Waterloo_station" title="London Waterloo station">Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_East_railway_station" title="Waterloo East railway station">Waterloo East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westminster_tube_station" title="Westminster tube station">Westminster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barking_station" title="Barking station">Barking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bromley_South_railway_station" title="Bromley South railway station">Bromley South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canary_Wharf_tube_station" title="Canary Wharf tube station">Canary Wharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_railway_station" title="Clapham Junction railway station">Clapham Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_Broadway_station" title="Ealing Broadway station">Ealing Broadway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Croydon_station" title="East Croydon station">East Croydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Park_station" title="Finsbury Park station">Finsbury Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport#Public_transport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow stations</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Transport_and_Communications_(Japan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Transport and Communications (Japan) (page does not exist)">Ministry of Transport and Communications</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8B%E8%BC%B8%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%9C%81_(%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC)" class="extiw" title="ja:運輸通信省 (日本)">ja</a>]</span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transport_(Japan)" title="Ministry of Transport (Japan)">Ministry of Transport</a></dd> <dd><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Japanese_National_Railway_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Japanese_National_Railway_logo.svg/30px-Japanese_National_Railway_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="4" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:14%; text-align:center;font-weight:normal;">Passenger Railway Companies </th> <td style="width:14%; border-left:10px solid #2cb431;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Railway_Company" title="Hokkaido Railway Company"><img alt="The logo of Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/JR_logo_%28hokkaido%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28hokkaido%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/JR_logo_%28hokkaido%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28hokkaido%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/JR_logo_%28hokkaido%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28hokkaido%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Railway_Company" title="Hokkaido Railway Company">JR Hokkaido</a> </td> <td style="width:14%; border-left:10px solid #008000;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company"><img alt="Logo of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/JR_logo_%28east%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28east%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/East_Japan_Railway_Company" title="East Japan Railway Company">JR East</a> </td> <td style="width:14%; border-left:10px solid #f77321;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company"><img alt="The logo of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/JR_logo_%28central%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28central%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/JR_logo_%28central%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28central%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/JR_logo_%28central%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28central%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Central_Japan_Railway_Company" title="Central Japan Railway Company">JR Central</a> </td> <td style="width:14%; border-left:10px solid #0072ba;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/West_Japan_Railway_Company" title="West Japan Railway Company"><img alt="Logo of the West Railway Company (JR West)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/JR_logo_%28west%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28west%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/West_Japan_Railway_Company" title="West Japan Railway Company">JR West</a> </td> <td style="width:14%; border-left:10px solid #1cadca;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Shikoku_Railway_Company" title="Shikoku Railway Company"><img alt="The logo of Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/JR_logo_%28shikoku%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28shikoku%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/JR_logo_%28shikoku%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28shikoku%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/JR_logo_%28shikoku%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28shikoku%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shikoku_Railway_Company" title="Shikoku Railway Company">JR Shikoku</a> </td> <td style="width:14%; border-left:10px solid #ff0000;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Railway_Company" title="Kyushu Railway Company"><img alt="Logo of the Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/JR_logo_%28kyushu%29.svg/20px-JR_logo_%28kyushu%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/JR_logo_%28kyushu%29.svg/30px-JR_logo_%28kyushu%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/JR_logo_%28kyushu%29.svg/40px-JR_logo_%28kyushu%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Railway_Company" title="Kyushu Railway Company">JR Kyushu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/JR_Bus" title="JR Bus">JR Bus</a> Companies </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2cb431;"><a href="/wiki/JR_Hokkaido_Bus_Company" title="JR Hokkaido Bus Company">JR Hokkaido Bus</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #008000;"><a href="/wiki/JR_Bus_Tohoku_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="JR Bus Tohoku Company">JR Bus Tohoku</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=JR_Bus_Kanto_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JR Bus Kanto Company (page does not exist)">JR Bus Kanto</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E9%96%A2%E6%9D%B1" class="extiw" title="ja:ジェイアールバス関東">ja</a>]</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=JR_Bustech&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JR Bustech (page does not exist)">JR Bustech</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF" class="extiw" title="ja:ジェイアールバステック">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #f77321;"><a href="/wiki/JR_Tokai_Bus_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="JR Tokai Bus Company">JR Tokai Bus</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #0072ba;"><a href="/wiki/West_JR_Bus_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="West JR Bus Company">West JR Bus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:西日本ジェイアールバス">ja</a>]</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Japan_JR_Bus_Service_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Japan JR Bus Service Company (page does not exist)">West Japan JR Bus Service</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:西日本ジェイアールバスサービス">ja</a>]</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chugoku_JR_Bus_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chugoku JR Bus Company (page does not exist)">Chugoku JR Bus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:中国ジェイアールバス">ja</a>]</span><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hikari_Guru_Rin_Bus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hikari Guru Rin Bus (page does not exist)">Hikari Guru Rin Bus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%B2%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8A%E3%81%90%E3%82%8B%E3%82%8A%E3%82%93%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:ひかりぐるりんバス">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #1cadca;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=JR_Shikoku_Bus_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JR Shikoku Bus Company (page does not exist)">JR Shikoku Bus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E5%9B%9B%E5%9B%BD%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:ジェイアール四国バス">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #ff0000;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=JR_Kyushu_Bus_Company&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JR Kyushu Bus Company (page does not exist)">JR Kyushu Bus</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JR%E4%B9%9D%E5%B7%9E%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9" class="extiw" title="ja:JR九州バス">ja</a>]</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Smart_cards" class="mw-redirect" title="Smart cards">Smart cards</a> </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2cb431;"><a href="/wiki/Kitaca" title="Kitaca">Kitaca</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #008000;"><a href="/wiki/Suica" title="Suica">Suica</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Suica" title="Suica">Mobile Suica</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #f77321;"><a href="/wiki/TOICA" title="TOICA">TOICA</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/EX-IC" title="EX-IC">EX-IC</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #0072ba;"><a href="/wiki/ICOCA" title="ICOCA">ICOCA</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #1cadca;"><a href="/wiki/ICOCA" title="ICOCA">ICOCA</a> (SHIKOKU ICOCA) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #ff0000;"><a href="/wiki/SUGOCA" title="SUGOCA">SUGOCA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Shinkansen" title="Shinkansen">Shinkansen</a> lines </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2cb431;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Shinkansen" title="Hokkaido Shinkansen">Hokkaido Shinkansen</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #008000;"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Shinkansen" title="Tōhoku Shinkansen">Tōhoku Shinkansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Detsu_Shinkansen" title="Jōetsu Shinkansen">Jōetsu Shinkansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hokuriku_Shinkansen" title="Hokuriku Shinkansen">Hokuriku Shinkansen</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #f77321;"><a href="/wiki/Tokaido_Shinkansen" title="Tokaido Shinkansen">Tokaido Shinkansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen" title="Chūō Shinkansen">Chūō Shinkansen</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #0072ba;"><a href="/wiki/San%27y%C5%8D_Shinkansen" title="San'yō Shinkansen">San'yō Shinkansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hokuriku_Shinkansen" title="Hokuriku Shinkansen">Hokuriku Shinkansen</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #1cadca;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shikoku_Shinkansen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shikoku Shinkansen (page does not exist)">Shikoku Shinkansen</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E5%9B%BD%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B9%E7%B7%9A" class="extiw" title="ja:四国新幹線">ja</a>]</span>(proposed) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #ff0000;"><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Shinkansen" title="Kyushu Shinkansen">Kyushu Shinkansen</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Nishi_Kyushu_Shinkansen" title="Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen">Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;">Railway museums </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2cb431;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hokkaido_Railway_Technology_Museum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hokkaido Railway Technology Museum (page does not exist)">Hokkaido Railway Technology Museum</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%97%E6%B5%B7%E9%81%93%E6%97%85%E5%AE%A2%E9%89%84%E9%81%93%E8%8B%97%E7%A9%82%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4#北海道鉄道技術館" class="extiw" title="ja:北海道旅客鉄道苗穂工場">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #008000;"><a href="/wiki/Railway_Museum_(Saitama)" title="Railway Museum (Saitama)">Railway Museum</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ome_Railway_Park" title="Ome Railway Park">Ome Railway Park</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #f77321;"><a href="/wiki/SCMaglev_and_Railway_Park" title="SCMaglev and Railway Park">SCMaglev and Railway Park</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #0072ba;"><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Railway_Museum" title="Kyoto Railway Museum">Kyoto Railway Museum</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tsuyama_Railroad_Educational_Museum" title="Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum">Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #1cadca;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shikoku_Railway_Cultural_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shikoku Railway Cultural Center (page does not exist)">Shikoku Railway Cultural Center</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E5%9B%BD%E9%89%84%E9%81%93%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E9%A4%A8" class="extiw" title="ja:四国鉄道文化館">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #ff0000;"><a href="/wiki/Kyushu_Railway_History_Museum" title="Kyushu Railway History Museum">Kyushu Railway History Museum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;">Rolling stock manufacturers </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2cb431;">- </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #008000;"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Transport_Engineering_Company" title="Japan Transport Engineering Company">Japan Transport Engineering Company</a><br />(J-TREC) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #f77321;"><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Sharyo" title="Nippon Sharyo">Nippon Sharyo</a> (50.1%) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #0072bc;"><a href="/wiki/Kinki_Sharyo" title="Kinki Sharyo">Kinki Sharyo</a> (partner) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #1cadca;">- </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #ff0000;">- </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;">International operations </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2cb431;">- </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #008000;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">West Midlands Trains</a> (14.95%) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #f77321;">- </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #0072bc;">- </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #1cadca;">- </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #ff0000;">- </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;font-weight:normal;">Other organizations </th> <td style="border-left:10px solid #2d86bd;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(freight).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JR_logo_%28freight%29.svg/23px-JR_logo_%28freight%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JR_logo_%28freight%29.svg/35px-JR_logo_%28freight%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/JR_logo_%28freight%29.svg/46px-JR_logo_%28freight%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/JR_Freight" class="mw-redirect" title="JR Freight">JR Freight</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #835ec5;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_RTRI.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/JR_logo_RTRI.svg/23px-JR_logo_RTRI.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/JR_logo_RTRI.svg/35px-JR_logo_RTRI.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/JR_logo_RTRI.svg/46px-JR_logo_RTRI.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Railway_Technical_Research_Institute" title="Railway Technical Research Institute">Railway Technical Research Institute</a> (RTRI) </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #b3424a;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_systems.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/JR_logo_systems.svg/23px-JR_logo_systems.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/JR_logo_systems.svg/35px-JR_logo_systems.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/JR_logo_systems.svg/46px-JR_logo_systems.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Railway_Information_Systems_(JR_Systems)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Railway Information Systems (JR Systems) (page does not exist)">Railway Information Systems (JR Systems)</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%89%84%E9%81%93%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A0" class="extiw" title="ja:鉄道情報システム">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td style="border-left:10px solid #bbbcbe;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:JR_logo_(tsushin).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/JR_logo_%28tsushin%29.svg/23px-JR_logo_%28tsushin%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/JR_logo_%28tsushin%29.svg/35px-JR_logo_%28tsushin%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/JR_logo_%28tsushin%29.svg/46px-JR_logo_%28tsushin%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="278" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Telecom" title="SoftBank Telecom">Railway Telecommunication</a> <br />↓<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Softbank_mobile_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Softbank_mobile_logo.svg/50px-Softbank_mobile_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Softbank_mobile_logo.svg/75px-Softbank_mobile_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Softbank_mobile_logo.svg/100px-Softbank_mobile_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="216" data-file-height="37" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank</a> </td> <td style="border-left:10px background: transparent;"><span 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