BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET NOV 2020
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This is a 5-day timetable of trains that actually ran from 00:00 2nd November to 03:00 on 7th November 2020.
Timetable and train info from Official CIF files, WTT's & TRUST.
Please note that there are many daily variations, and there are also several set swaps on what should be through services which needs careful planning to avoid conections being missed.
Platform info is as per what was used on each day simulated.

Chains with : Aston, Coventry & Wolverhampton of the same timetable dates.

Timetabled Trains : 2079
Rules : 742
Decisions : 1
Train Types : 75

Passenger Trains:
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Avanti West Coast:
London Euston - Birmingham/Wolverhampton and onwards to the north and Scotland.
Half Hourly with Class 390 Pendolino EMUs and Class 221 Voyagers

Cross Country :
Edinburgh/Newcastle - Bristol/Plymouth/Penzance
Hourly with Class 220/221 Voyagers and HSTs
Manchester - Reading and Bournemouth.
Hourly with Class 220/221 Voyagers
Nottingham -Birmingham - Cardiff
Hourly with Class 170 DMUs (2 hourly to CArdiff)
Birmingham - Leicester/Cambridge/Stansted Airport
Half Hourly with Class 170 DMUs

Arriva trains Wales:
Birmingham Int/New Street - Shrewsbury/Chester/Holyhead
Hourly with Class 158 DMUs

London Midland:
Birmingham New St - Shrewsbury
Hourly with Class 170 DMUs
Birmingham New St -Hereford
Hourly with Class 170 DMUs
Wolverhampton - Birmingham NS
Hourly with Class 350 EMUs
Wolverhampton - Walsall
Hourly with Class 350 EMUs
Rugeley - Birmingham New St & International
Half Hourly over both sections with Class 350 EMUs
Birmingham - Crewe & Liverpool
Both Hourly with Class 350 EMUs
Birmingham - Northampton/Euston
Half Hourly with Class 350 EMUs
Lichfield/ to Bromsgrove and Four Oaks to Redditch via Birmingham New Street
Both routes are Half Hourly witrh Class 323 EMUs
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The Caedonian Sleeper also makes an occasional appearance.

Empty Stock notes :
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5D83 and 5T61 are routed via Lifford Jn's (not in sim as exit points) so location Kings Norton is shown as exit for these trains.
5PO4 (MO) dep 0600 is formed off 5G70 (arr 0602) this is shown as a warning on the Tools1 tab but this timing does not effect the running of 5P04

Freight :
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All freight trains times are from the official CIF files, consists are checked with trains that have ran during the period of the timetable (2-7 November 2020), and the decisions of DOTW (Day of the week) is based on this imformation.

Rules :
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Rules have been applied to stop sets returning earlier than is possible when the outbound train is late or in times of disruption.
Rules as well as dwell and turnaround times are as per Network Rail's Rules Of The Route document.

Thanks :
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Thanks go to Geoff Mayo for creating SimSig in the first place, and for developing the Birmingham New Street Sim.
Thanks also to Andy Allen and Chris Law for doing some testing, another pair of eyes always helps !

Enjoy and please advise me of any errors found that are not listed above via the forum as the timetable has many scenarios, so some errors may appear despite thorough testing.

I hope you enjoy this intersting timetable as much as I have compiling it.

Timetable written by Phil Hodgson (Phil1044)

Timetable Versions:
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Version 3.3.0 22/11/21 Initial release after testing
Version 3.5.0 08/06/23 Some CIF ID's amended for compatability with other chaining sims