Passenger hopes that the southern part of Birmingham’s Cross-City Line could see a restoration in the near-term of its six trains per hour service appear to have been dashed.
Instead, West Midlands Trains looks set to use the spare capacity on the route for the new Camp Hill services.
The Cross-City Line runs from Lichfield in the north to Bromsgrove and Redditch in the south.
Prior to COVID, there were six trains per hour in both directions at all stations. The service pattern was reduced to just four trains per hour during the pandemic, and has stayed the same ever since.
West Midlands Trains (WMT) has now applied to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for access rights to use the spare slots on Cross-City south, to help serve…
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