Full journey from London Euston to Birmingham New Street via Northampton along the West Coast Main Line (WCML) on board an 8 carriage formation (4+4) class 350 Desiro train. This journey was filmed on Saturday 8th May 2021 on the 1815 service which called at Leighton Buzzard, Bletchley, Milton Keynes Central, Wolverton, Northampton, Long Buckby, Rugby, Coventry, Canley, Tile Hill, Berkswell, Hampton-in-Arden, Birmingham International and Marston Green.
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London Euston (EUS) (depart): 0:00:15
South Hampstead (SOH): 0:04:19
Kilburn High Road (KBN): 0:04:52
Queens Park (QPW): 0:05:24
Kensal Green (KNL): 0:06:00
Willesden Junction (WIJ): 0:06:37
Wembley Central (WMB): 0:08:13
Harrow and Wealdstone (HRW): 0:10:04
Bushey (BSH): 0:12:33
Watford Junction (WFJ): 0:13:22
Kings Langley (KGL): 0:15:18
Apsley (APS): 0:16:29
Hemel Hempstead (HML): 0:17:15
Berkhamsted (BKM): 0:19:12
Tring (TRI): 0:21:17
Cheddington (CED): 0:23:46
Leighton Buzzard (LBZ): 0:26:57
Bletchley (BLY): 0:33:27
Milton Keynes Central (MKC): 0:39:15
Wolverton (WOL): 0:43:42
Northampton (NMP): 0:55:57
Long Buckby (LBK): 1:08:52
Rugby (RUG): 1:21:12
Coventry (COV): 1:34:17
Canley (CNL): 1:37:37
Tile Hill (THL): 1:41:16
Berkswell (BKW): 1:44:44
Hampton-in-Arden (HIA): 1:48:58
Birmingham International (BHI): 1:52:49
Marston Green (MGN): 1:56:32
Lea Hall (LEH): 1:59:18
Stechford (SCF): 2:00:05
Adderley Park (ADD): 2:01:30
Birmingham New Street (BHM): 2:05:03
Note that only Watford DC line stations visible on this journey have been included above.
Services on this route operated by West Midlands Trains run 2 trains an hour with one service having the calling pattern of this service (except Marston Green) and the other serving Watford Junction additionally. Avanti West Coast operate 3 trains an hour between London and Birmingham with services either being non stop to Coventry or serving Watford Junction, Milton Keynes Central and Rugby. Other LNWR services operate on this route between London and Milton Keynes serving all stations between Watford and Milton Keynes and limited calls at certain Watford DC line stations with platforms on the main WCML. London Overground operate services serving all stations between Euston and Watford Junction along with the Bakerloo line from Queens Park to Harrow & Wealdstone. Other services operate between Coventry/International and New Street operated by West Midlands Railway, Avanti West Coast, Cross Country and Transport for Wales.
The rolling stock used on this route is 4 carriage class 350 Desiro which usually operate as 8 carriage trains and can be 12 carriages. Other LNWR services on this route are currently class formed of class 350 but will be taken over by 5 carriage class 730 Aventra which can form 10 carriage services. Avanti services on this route are formed of 9 and 11 carriage class 390 Pendolino and 5 carriage class 221 Super Voyager which will be replaced by class 805 and class 807. Overground services out of Euston are formed of class 378 Capitalstar and class 710 Aventra.
This route is fully electrified throughout and the WCML is 4 track until Wolverton where there are 2 fast line tracks and 2 slow line tracks via Northampton where they meet at Rugby. Between Rugby and New Street this route is double track. This service uses the fast lines until Leighton Buzzard where before the station switches to the slow/relief lines for the rest of the journey to Birmingham.
Journey sections:
London Euston to Watford Junction: 0:00:00
Watford Junction to Leighton Buzzard: 0:13:28
Leighton Buzzard to Bletchley: 0:28:11
Bletchley to Milton Keynes Central: 0:36:01
Milton Keynes Central to Northampton: 0:41:04
Northampton to Rugby: 0:58:57
Rugby to Coventry: 1:22:45
Coventry to Birmingham International: 1:35:39
Birmingham International to Birmingham New Street: 1:54:07
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