Bank Holiday Information: West Midlands Railway
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Saturday 23 December
No changes to train services have been announced.
Christmas Eve Sunday 24 December
After 17:00 services will operate to an amended timetable at reduced frequency, and will close down earlier than normal.
Christmas Day Monday 25 December
No service.
Boxing Day Tuesday 26 December
No service
Wednesday 27 December
An amended timetable will be operating.
Trains between Birmingham New Street and Worcester Shrub Hill / Worcester Foregate Street / Great Malvern will operate to an amended timetable with some morning and evening peak services not running.
Trains between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street will operate to an amended timetable with some morning and evening peak services not running.
Due to a late start after the Christmas break, the 05:46 Four Oaks to Redditch service will start from Birmingham New Street (at 06:15).
Thursday 28 December
An amended timetable will be operating.
Trains between Birmingham New Street and Worcester Shrub Hill / Worcester Foregate Street / Great Malvern will operate to an amended timetable with some morning and evening peak services not running.
Trains between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street will operate to an amended timetable with some morning and evening peak services not running.
Friday 29 December
An amended timetable will be operating.
Trains between Birmingham New Street and Worcester Shrub Hill / Worcester Foregate Street / Great Malvern will operate to an amended timetable with some morning and evening peak services not running.
Trains between Shrewsbury and Birmingham New Street will operate to an amended timetable with some morning and evening peak services not running.
Saturday 30 December
An amended timetable will be operating.
New Year’s Eve Sunday 31 December
An amended timetable will be operating.
New Year’s Day Monday 1 January 2024
West Midlands Railway services will run to a special timetable based on a Sunday service frequency on the following routes.
Hereford / Worcester Foregate Street - Birmingham New Street (subject to the engineering work below)
Shrewsbury - Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street - Longbridge / Redditch / Bromsgrove (due to engineering work buses operate between Lichfield Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street)
Wolverhampton - Birmingham New Street
Leamington Spa - Coventry - Nuneaton
Stourbridge Junction - Stourbridge Town.
Due to morning and afternoon engineering work between Worcester Shrub Hill and Droitwich Spa, before 16:00 replacement buses will run between Worcester Shrub Hill / Worcester Foregate Street and Bromsgrove/Kidderminster. Trains will run between Hereford and Worcester, and between Bromsgrove / Kidderminster and Birmingham / Dorridge / Stratford-upon-Avon.
Due to engineering work between Birmingham New Street and Aston, a reduced service will be in operation between Birmingham New Street and Walsall / Rugeley Trent Valley and trains will not call at Duddeston, Aston, Witton and Perry Barr. Buses will run between Birmingham Moor Street and Tame Bridge Parkway to serve these stations.
Tuesday 2 January
No changes to train services have been announced.
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