Brand New Trains on the Cross City Line: Class 730 Cross City Line Debut

The West Midlands Railway Class 730 have finally been introduced on the Cross City Line on services for Lichfield Trent Valley and Bromsgrove after been working for a while on Milton Keynes Central/Bletchley to London Euston and Walsall to Wolverhampton.

Spent the morning travelling on the Cross City Line between Lichfield and Sutton Coldfield as I've filmed the first service to call at Lichfield City and rode the first southbound service to Sutton Coldfield.

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[SimnTrains]

If you are after working timetables for the Class 730 on the Cross City Line, it is included in the video! They will be the same diagrams for the next 2 weeks.

[Saint_Dan]

great video my friend looks like a nifty train

[GLovesTrains]

Fun vlog! Will be seeing those 323s up here soon then 😂

[MichaelSebastianTodd]

its nice to see the 730s now entering service on the Cross city line & the 730s are amazing & i got to try one out when i had a week in the West Midlands at the end of Febuary well i rode 2 1 during the evening rush hour from Birmingham to Wolverhampton & as it was busy with standing room only there was planty of room for standing passengers & a few day later took the opportunity to ride another one from Wolverhampton to Birmingham which i was sucsessfull in getting a seat all the way to Birmingham & the seats are confortable & i love the 730a they get a thumbs up from me awesome vlog



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[ReecesTrains]

I definitely like the look of both the interior and exterior on the new 730's! I'll have to get down to the Midlands at some point to try them out. It'll mean more 323's for Northern.
Great video, Simon!

[ianr]

Great video Simon!
I'm impressed with the 730's, both interior & exterior. 👍🙂

[TicTacTrolleyServiceTico]

Great Video Cyber!
Indeed the 730s have huge shoes to fill as the 323s are God Tier Traction and are adored by many train enthusiasts and passengers. I'm sure the LNWR or WMR 730s will take over the 350s on the Rugeley diagrams

[arnoldspottingvideos]

Great video Simon. May rest in peace 323s on the XCL 😢. Thanks for sharing 👍

[felixblazer]

Nice video Simon! It was nice to chat with you this morning on the way to Sutton Coldfield, See you soon!

[jacobporrett]

Good video Simon. Good to see the 730s on the Coss City Line.

[Theo]

Great video Simon!! This is now goodbye to the old trains and hello to the new trains

[SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great vlog on the 730s on the CrossCityLine Simon, the days of the 323s in the West Midlands are definitely numbered then.

[ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Cyber, I've been on plenty of 323's on the Cross City line and I can indeed confirm that the 730's have huge holes to fill. The 730's are nice trains though although I wonder why there's no door close button on them lol. :D

[lovefive]

A great video Simon, I'm travelling down to Walsall next week, so hopefully I'll be able to nab a ride on a 730😊😊😊.it's also great because Northern will be getting more 323, s from WMR. Thank you for uploading this 😊😊

[Dowager]

Just watched JENONTHEMOVE with those lol brilliant

[Andrewjg_]

I have to say that the new Class 730/0 are quite nice trains. Nice to see them in service on the Cross-City Line. Hopefully more of them will be in service in the upcoming weeks and months ahead.

[Desiro]

Cool video. Glad you got to see the start of the transition period on the Cross City Line.

[jakewynn]

The acceleration seems quite slow compared to them testing on the WCML. Shame to see the 323s go. One of my favourites.

[lv-ag]

Just seen these at Bromsgrove for the first time earlier today. Stunning new trains 👀

[finsanimations]

Already seen the ex wmr 323s on northern, love a 323 🎉