trundlewagon
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A points failure at Kings Norton yesterday has meant the Up Fast has been out of use beyond Longbridge.
Many Cross City services usually get overtaken by XC and WMR Hereford services while they're on the slows between Longbridge and Kings Norton, otherwise the fast train gets stuck behind the stopper all the way to New Street.
An added complication is that only the Up Fast is electrified between Barnt Green and Longbridge where the wires (and the Cross City trains switch to the Up Slow).
The workaround to minimise delays seems to be to hold the Cross City on the fast before Longbridge and send the fast train along the Up Slow from Barnt Green to undercut.
I'd imagine it's a pretty rare thing to happen but wondered if there's anywhere where this kind of thing happens regularly - that is the fast train uses the slow line, while the slow train uses the fast?
Wasn't there an odd set up on the Trent Valley before it got upgraded where some platforms were on the fast?
Many Cross City services usually get overtaken by XC and WMR Hereford services while they're on the slows between Longbridge and Kings Norton, otherwise the fast train gets stuck behind the stopper all the way to New Street.
An added complication is that only the Up Fast is electrified between Barnt Green and Longbridge where the wires (and the Cross City trains switch to the Up Slow).
The workaround to minimise delays seems to be to hold the Cross City on the fast before Longbridge and send the fast train along the Up Slow from Barnt Green to undercut.
I'd imagine it's a pretty rare thing to happen but wondered if there's anywhere where this kind of thing happens regularly - that is the fast train uses the slow line, while the slow train uses the fast?
Wasn't there an odd set up on the Trent Valley before it got upgraded where some platforms were on the fast?