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Workings of any interest were as follows:
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Wednesday 31st January
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1034 'Western
Dragoon'
arriving at Birmingham New Street Station on a Honiton
to Market Rasen special working.
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Monday 12th February
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1717 was on a northbound
express and was hit a fallen tree south of
Bromsgrove that caused extensive damage caused to
the cab. Bromsgrove banking engine, 6957 (to
be 37257) was used to haul the
train into Bromsgrove station. 1717
was removed and the Class 37 then
continued to Birmingham New Street station.
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Monday 23rd April
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Banking locomotives at
Bromsgrove on this day
were 6941 (to be 37241) /
6971 (to be 37271). It is
now the norm to have two banking locomotives
available at Bromsgrove.
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Saturday 5th May
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The withdrawal of the
last Blue Pullman train set on 4th May was
commemorated by a special tour called "The
Last Pullman" the day after
from Paddington to Swansea (via Birmingham
and Lickey) and back direct to Paddington.
The special passed through Bromsgrove at
1123
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Saturday 19th May
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1062 'Western Courier' (now
preserved on the Severn Valley Railway)
hauled the 2340 Glasgow to Bristol from
Birmingham New Street station.
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Saturday 2nd June
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5613 (to be 31190)
and 5661
(to be 31234) were used on a Cambridge
to Weston-super-Mare via Birmingham New
Street special train. The locomotives
returned north on the 2100 Bristol to Glasgow train
that evening.
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Sunday 15th July
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A rare sight at
Birmingham New Street station was 1064 'Western
Regent' pulling
failed locomotives 1732 (to be 47140) and
45107 on an
unknown northbound express that had run
through Bromsgrove. Where the three
locomotives were used from is unknown.
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Sunday 25th September
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1906 (to be
47230) failed on the 1E54
0845 Cardiff to Leeds service train and was helped into
Birmingham by the Lickey bankers 6931
(to be 37231) and 6915 (to be
37215) - two bankers were now the norm.
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Sunday 25th November
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1045 'Western Viscount'
arrived Birmingham New Street Station on the Sunday
only Penzance to
Leeds service
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Thursday 20th December
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1029 'Western Legionaire' worked throughout on a
Plymouth to Derby special train.
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More Trains stop at Bromsgrove
There was a fair amount of activity through the year
regarding local services A local advertisement by
British Rail (Westmidrail) in February listed the
weekday commuter services as:
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Bromsgrove |
0752 |
Birmingham |
1705 |
1735 |
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Birmingham |
0830 |
Bromsgrove |
1726 |
1802 |
with the return second class fare being 60p
West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive
announce the creation of the Cross City line
In April the West Midland Passenger Transport
Executive announced a proposal costing £5m for a
cross-city rail scheme as far as Redditch with new
railway stations and some refurbished ones from Four
Oaks via Birmingham New Street to Redditch. This
would come to fruition on Monday 8th May
1978 as far as the new Longbridge railway station with the service
improvements to Redditch coming in May 1981.
Rail tickets accepted by the Midland Red
A 12 month experimental rail-bus interchange link
started on Monday 1st October so that rail passengers
unable to get back to Bromsgrove could use their
return ticket on the Midland Red bus service 144
from Birmingham to the Malvern's via Worcester, all this resulting
from pressure brought by the local passenger action
group.
Even more Trains stop at Bromsgrove
After pressure from the same group this resulted in
one extra train calling at Bromsgrove from Monday 12th
November. This departed from Bromsgrove at 0955 on
Mondays to Saturdays
arriving at Birmingham New Street at 1023.
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