RAIL USERS should check before they travel over Christmas and New Year as reduced timetables will be operating.
On Christmas Eve, the last trains leaving Birmingham New Street for Worcester Foregate Street will be at 6.49pm, 7.19pm and 8.59pm and the last ones to Shrub Hill at 6.49pm, 8.59pm and 10.10pm. The last trains to Malvern Link will be at 6.49pm, 7.19pm and 8.59pm.
There will be no trains on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.
From December 27 to 30, there will be an hourly service between Birmingham New Street and Worcester and Malvern Link.
On New Year’s Eve there will be a normal Saturday service with the last trains leaving Birmingham New Street for Worcester Foregate Street will be at 6.49pm, 7.19pm and 8.59pm and the last ones to Shrub Hill at 6.49pm, 8.59pm and 10.10pm.
The last trains to Malvern Link will be at 7.19pm, 7.19pm and 9.41pm.
On New Year’s Day, most London Midland services, including the one to Worcester, and the cross-city line will run a Sunday timetable.
On the bank holiday on January 2, Birmingham New Street to Worcester and Malvern Link will have a usual weekday service.
A normal Saturday timetable will run on January 2 and a usual weekday service will return on January 3.
Usual ticket restrictions will apply and, between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, customers with Off-Peak and Off-Peak Day tickets will be allowed to travel in the evening peak during this period. Morning restrictions will still apply.
On Boxing Day (Monday) and New Year’s Day – the bank holidays, all Off-Peak and Off-Peak Day tickets will be valid on any train for the journey stated on the ticket.
Restrictions will remain in place for tickets marked ‘London Midland Only’ (Off-Peak, Super Off-Peak and Advance) during the Christmas period. AM peak times are 6.30am to 9am and 4.30pm to 7pm.
Visit www.londonmidland.com/christmas-travel for more information.
