New services, new trains, new routes
London Midland launches its new timetable from December 14, with dozens of new services, a brand new fleet of trains and new routes.
For the first time, the London Midland will be operating direct services between London and Birmingham along with a number of other key services which the franchise is based around.
From December 14, London Midland's new timetable will include:
- new direct London Euston - Birmingham services
- new direct services connecting stations along the Trent Valley, Staffordshire and the north west with London
- doubling of services between Birmingham and Liverpool
- new services to Gloucester and Worcester
- extra evening and weekend services in the West Midlands
- longer train at peak periods on the busiest routes
- more long distance services mark the start of London Midland's key role in the rail industry
- £190 million investment in 37 4-carriage Desiros, as well as refurbishing existing fleet and set to benefit from HLOS
- The new services out of London will bring economic benefits to leading regional centres, linking England's first and second cities
More detail is available on services in the West Coast Mainline, West Midlands, Shropshire and Worcestershire, and Merseyside.
