Another WM Day Ranger
A January jolly
© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2020
Geoff’s Rail Diaries
29 January 2020
…which may best be described as an
“interesting” structure, With one
platform, it’s difficult to get a decent
photo (and we miss one passing train
while trying to find a viable photo
spot).
Our next train takes us via Coventry to
Nuneaton, where we’ll spend another hour or so. The service
runs back and forth between Leamington and Nuneaton, lines
which were freight-only when I first became aware of them.
As forecast, the sunshine has given way to cloud - we’ll retire
for refreshments before heading for home. When we emerge,
refreshed, there’s a TransPennine “Nova” (on test,
presumably) standing in the platform opposite. Not quite
what we’d expected to see today.
Link: West Midlands Day Ranger
It’s a lazy day out, exploring the
eastern side of the West Midlands Day
Ranger area. The “stopper” gets me to
Wolverhampton, there meeting a
friend who will accompany me for this
outing. Another stopper takes us to
Smethwick Galton Bridge, where we
change trains, and lines, to ride
through Snow Hill to Moor Street (what
a lovely station this is! Even the new(ish) through platforms
look Edwardian.
Moor Street is the terminus for the Chiltern “Mainline”
service to Marylebone - proper trains with locomotive and
carriages whose comfortable seats offer a good view from
their windows. The furthest we can travel on this train is
Leamington Spa, where we can spend a pleasant forty
minutes or so before heading for Kenilworth and its new
station…
